Ararahih'urípih
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tâat to handle with an implement; to toss the 'tossel' in a shinny game

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5533 | revised Dec 20 2015

tâat • V • to handle with an implement; to toss the 'tossel' in a shinny game

Derivatives (6)
tâatsur "to cut off (salmon tail)"
táatramnih "to hook into"
tâatripaa "to hook (something) out of water, toward land"
táatruprav "to scoop out; to dig out"
táatvarayva "to hook around"
uhtatváraar "tobacco tonging inserter, i.e. sticks used in sweathouse to light pipes"

Source: WB 1334, p.384

Sentence examples (13)

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  1. uhtatváraar
    sweathouse tobacco lighting stick
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. u'ihukárahitih veeshura'ípan pakuntâatathunatih."
    They're having a puberty dance, they're tossing her around on the ends of their horns."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  3. víri pootâatsip pamutákasar yá káruk ithivthaneen'ípan úkuuyva.
    When he tossed his tossel, he saw it landed at the upriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  4. kári xás áhup mûuk utâatsur.
    And he poked it off with a stick.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  5. púyava xákaan vúra patá kunxús " kíri nutâatsip."
    Both (men) thought, "Let's toss it!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  6. púyava yítha uum tóo tâatsip.
    And one tossed it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  7. yúruk tóo tâatrupuk.
    He tossed it downriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  8. púyava xás uum píshiip tóo tâatsip.
    So he tossed it first.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  9. káruk tóo ptâatroov.
    He tossed it back upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  10. púyava patákasar tóo kyívishrihaak púyava tóo tâatsip.
    When the tossel fell, (one of them) tossed it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  11. káruk tóo tâatroov.
    He tossed it upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  12. púyava yúruk tóo tâatrupuk.
    So (one of them) tossed it downriver
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  13. púyava payu'kúkam tá kuntâativrukahaak púyava kári tá kunkôokha payúruk va'áras.
    If the ones on the downriver end toss it over (the goal line), then the downriver people won.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text