Ararahih'urípih
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tákasar / takasara- 'tossel' or double-ball used in shinny

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5583 | revised Dec 20 2015

tákasar / takasara- • N • 'tossel' or double-ball used in shinny

Derivation:  tákas-ar-a
tákas-INST-DEVERB

Source: WB 1280, p.382; JPH mat ?:788

Sentence examples (12)


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  1. káru pamútiik yánava káan pamutákasar.
    And there in his hands she saw his shinny-tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  2. yukún vaa xákaan u'iifshípreenik, pamutákasar.
    You see, he had grown up with that tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | 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. ta'ítam upithvúkaheen patákasar.
    And it brought the tossel back.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  5. yá yúruk ithivthaneen'ípan kúna úkuuyva patákasar.
    He saw the tossel land in turn at the downriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  6. xás kunsáanvuti áhup, úthvuuyti imtháatvar káru tákasar.
    And they carried sticks, they were called shinny sticks and a 'tossel' (i.e., a double ball).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  7. xás patákasar uum ahuptunvêechas, unhítunvahitih.
    And the tossel was little sticks, they were tied together.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  8. yítha uum pa'ávansa poo'avíkvuti patákasar.
    One man carried the tossel.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  9. xás âapun patákasar tóo kyívish.
    The tossel fell on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  10. púyava payítha peeshnaaníchhaak uum píshiip tu'úum patákasar uphírivirak.
    If one was swift, he arrived first where the tossel lay.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  11. 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

  12. púyava hâari uum payu'kúkam pa'ávansas píshiip tu'úum, patákasar uphírivirak.
    Sometimes the men on the downriver end arrived first where the tossel lay.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text