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Found 13 items.

  • altestakon - wooden dish used in traditional dice game; the game itself
  • amkakon - (animate) die, playing piece; (inanimate) game
  • amke - s/he plays (game, dice, cards, football); (candidate) s/he runs for office; s/he competes
  • amotuwok - they play game with each other
  • apamke - s/he is back from having played game; s/he is back from having run for office (e.g., in another community), is back from having competed
  • 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!"
  • epeskomhotin - there is a ballgame (especially, baseball)
  • kisamotuwok - they played game, can play game (with each other)
  • kotunkewey - (animate) game animal; (inanimate) meat of game animal
  • pokuwisamotuwok - they play game against each other for pieces of gum (i.e., instead of for money)
  • tolamotuwok - they are playing game with each other
  • waltestakon - wooden dish used in traditional dice game
  • wikuwatamkehtun, wihqatamkehtun - s/he likes to play it (game)