k'itiqich

stick game

Stick game.

k'itiqich

stick game

is

the

name

of

the

game.

k'itiqich

stick game

And

what

you

do

is...

k'ite'iqich-te:-mił

when the stick game is starting

ta:q'i

three

'iłch'in'

together

ch'e'indil

they come out

'iłma'n-e: mił

from different sides

When the stick game is starting, there are three (places), two people come out together from different sides.

mine:jit

in the middle

hay dundi

whoever

xo'ji ch'itilte'

they are strongest

no:ya'xwe'iliwh

they put them

mine:jit

in the middle

haya:ł

[and then]

Whoever is the strongest, they put them in the middle. And then...

yitsin'-ch'in' yisin-ch'in'

on the lower side

q'ina'

also

haya:ł

[and then]

On the lower side also. And then...

hay

those

xa'

fast

na'wa:-tah

who can [go]

no:ya'xwe'iliwh

they put them there

Those who can run fast, that's who they put there.

haya:ł

and then

mine:jixomił

after a while

hay tossel 'olye:

the thing called the "tossel"

no'oliwh

they put them down

haya:ł

[and then]

And then, after a while they put down the thing that is called the "tossel." And then...

hayi k'ite:qich-te:

that's what they're going to throw

haya:ł

then

mine:jixomił q'ut

after that

'iłq'it dahxo:'awh 'e'iliw

they sort of start wrestling

haya:ł

[and then]

xosah

in their mouths

na:na:ya:k'ining'ay

[it lies across]

hay mił-k'itiqich

what you throw with

That's what they're going to throw. Then they sort of start wrestling, and they have the stick ('you throw with it') in their mouths.

haya:ł q'ut

[and then]

mine:jixomił

after a while

k'e'xwe'iłtsa:s

a person throws someone down

gya'

maybe

xo:'

whatever

gya'

maybe

'a'xwe'iliw

he does it to him

haya:ł

[and then]

hay-yo:w

that

xe'e:wilin

it's laying there

ya'uqich

he slings it

After a while, maybe one person will throw the other down, or maybe he will do something else to him. He will sling that thing laying there (the tossel).

hay da:ywho'-ch'in' gya'

whichever way

ya'uqich

he slings it

haya:ł

[and then]

Whichever way (their goal is), he will sling it. And then...

hay widmil

as it's flying along

hayah no:ndimił-ding

where it landed

hayah

there

midiłwa:

it could change

hay yo:n'-ch'in'

on that end

na'dehłyay

they are standing

hay łiwung

one person

ch'ixe'ina'

he will get loose

haya:ł

[and then]

hayah mił

[from there]

ya'uqich

he slings it up

mitis

over it

ch'e'iqich-e:

he throws it [out]

As it's flying along, where it landed, it could change. The people standing on that end, one person will get loose, then he'll sling it up, he'll throw it over (the goal).

ła'-din

sometimes

daw

not

hay yo:n'-ch'in' mił

[from] the opposite side

hayi

that

ya'uqich

he slings it up

de:-xw na:yide'

in the other direction

ya:na'uqich

he slings it back up

Sometimes, no, the one from the opposite side slings it up, he slings it back up in the other direction.

haya:ł

and

hayi-xw

that [way]

'a'uneh-hit

[when] he does it

haya:ł

[and then]

And if he does that (sling it back), then...

hay

the ones

mine:jit

in the middle

na'dehłyay

they are standing

xolisch

fast

na'wa:-de'

if they can [go]

hayi

that

ch'ite'ilda:wh

he will run

ya'uqich

he slings it up

mitis

over it

ch'e'imil-e:

he throws it out

haya:ł

[and then]

hayi-xw mił

with that

na:ne'idliwh

it's a win

hay da:ywho'-ch'in' gya'

whichever side

mitis

over it

widmił-te:

it will be thrown

The ones that are standing in the very middle, if they can run fast, one of them will run and sling it up, he will throw it over (out of the play area). In that way, it's a win, whichever side it is thrown over.

Whichever

side

it

goes

over,

that's

who

will

win.