Ararahih'urípih
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ixtíivha / ixtíivhi- game (athletic)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3531 | revised Oct 31 2014

ixtíivha / ixtíivhi- • N • game (athletic)

Source: WB 812.1, p.356; KM 32.45

  • vúra uum koovúra kuméextiivha pooxtiivhárahiti. There were all kinds of games that people were playing. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 045]

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  1. ta'ítam kunpáxtiivpunaa, aachíchhar vúra kunpihmarápiithva.
    So they played again, they ran around again happily.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  2. pa'arara'avanséextiivha uum yítha pakuméextiivha úthvuuyti imtháatva.
    One game, of the Indian men's games, was called 'the stick game' (i.e., shinny).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text