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imthatváram shinny field
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2546 | revised Dec 23 2014
imthatváram • N • shinny field
Literally: 'shinny-playing place'
Derivation: | imtháatva-ram | (= imthat-va-ram) |
play."stick.game"-place | (= imthat-PL.ACT-place) |
Source: WB 606.2, p.345
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papanamnihimthatváram uum vaa káan ukyâasipreehiti paGeorgia mutasa'îikukam,
xás yúruk paxánthiip u'iihyírak u'ípanhitih.
The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text