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enyupal children's game formerly played at Sipayik in which players throw a ball back and forth over the roof of a house so that it rolls down the far side; if an opposing player catches the ball before it hits the ground, s/he can come around and chase and try to hit the person who threw the ball; if s/he is successful, then the one who gets hit must throw the ball again; the thrower shouts, "Enyupal!" when throwing the ball; if the ball fails to go over, the thrower shouts, "Katekon!"
ep- (see also entries beginning with op-, p-)
epahsahkew person who lives halfway up the hill
epahsahkiw halfway up or down hill
epahsahsu s/he is half illuminated
epahsakisu (money) half dollar, fifty cents; (shape) half disk
epahsakom, epahsakomew, epahsakomiw in the middle of the lake
epahsakutom s/he is half by descent (half Peskotomuhkati, half Irish, etc.)
epahsamkopu (fruit, etc. in quantity) s/he half fills container; (container) s/he is half full of berries, apples, nuts, etc.
epahsapekhasu (flag) it is at half mast
't-epahsapenkatomon s/he pays for half of it
't-epahsapenkatomuwan s/he pays for half of something belonging to h/ (e.g., item in hock, item being purchased by h/)
epahsaqote it is half cooked
epahsaskutew in the center or middle of the field
epahsaskuwipit (baseball) center fielder
epahsasokiw in the middle of the floor, in the middle of the room
epahsatokahte (something string-like) it is piled up halfway
epahsatuwe s/he climbs halfway up; s/he mixes two languages when speaking, speaks half and half
't-epahseksal s/he slices h/ in half
't-epahseksomon s/he slices it in half
't-epahseksomuwan s/he slices in half something belonging to h/
epahsi (epahs-, epas-) half; halfway, in the middle; in two, in half
epahsikapuwik middle finger
epahsikoton it is half a year
't-epahsiksal s/he saws h/ in two, in half