The stick game, bone game. Also pronounced paˀalyáwat. iƛ̓ɨ́x̣ʷaˀuyiša palyáwatpa ‘he is guessing first in the stick game’; palyáwatpa iƛ̓úna ‘he guessed right in the stick game’; miimá palyáwat ‘the traditional stick-game (where they bet shawls, horses, etc., not money)’. See also alyáwa ‘bet in the stick game’. [NE paˀlyúut; NW palyúut; NP /lóx̣mit/.]
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