mat uuniiw
English: Translation
gambles, plays against
Part of Speech
verb phrase
Semantic Domain
Sports and games
Notes
Lit. "they play against each other" or "he plays against himself".
Mat "himself, each other"
Uuniiw (ucheniw) "is opposed, against, opposite to; challenges, competes, plays together with someone"
Defined as "gambles, plays against" in Mesa Grande dictionary. Barona dictionary defines as, "they play as a team".
For "gambles", other speakers such as from Barona tend to use suunaar/suunaarr (suunarch/suunarrch) "he plays (child), plays competitively, gambles, plays cards" (Mesa Grande suunaarr "plays alone")