altestakon

noun animate

wooden dish used in traditional dice game; the game itself

Notes

(also, waltestakon, walotehs; compare Mi'kmaq, waltes; compare yaltehsin)

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey	English
Nisuwok kosqehsuhsok etolamoticik altestakon.	Two old women are playing the traditional dice game.
Amotine altestakon.	Let's play the dice game.
(as prenoun) Tepit wewitahatomon wikuwossol etolamkelit altestakoni-amkakon.	David remembers his mother playing the dice game.