alyáwa

Wager, bet, bet in stick-game. alyáwašamaš čí útpas ‘I am betting you this blanket’; alyáwašamaš páx̣at ‘I’m betting you five dollars’; alyáwašaaš útpas ‘I am putting the blanket out for bet’; áwalyawašaaš paanáy ‘I am betting him’; paˀalyáwašaaš ‘they are betting me’; pápaˀalyawaša ‘they are playing the stick-game’; palyáwat ‘stickgame’. See also palyáwa. [NE ílyuun; NP /lóx̣mi/; alyáwa is perhaps a diminutive of aní ‘make’ plus directive -awa.]