Kick stick

French translation: jeu des osselets

16:39 Jun 10, 2010
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology / First nation game
English term or phrase: Kick stick
This was a game played by native people on the West coast of Canada. It consisted of sticks made of bones from a moose. It was a guessing game and the first nation people would use it to gamble for food, hides, fur or carvings.
Nicole Dargere
Canada
Local time: 23:08
French translation:jeu des osselets
Explanation:
Le jeu des osselets est un jeu très ancien qui semble assez bien correspondre à la définition donnée ici

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Note added at 12 mins (2010-06-10 16:52:36 GMT)
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On trouve aussi le mot jeu d'osselets concernant les Inuits Ammassalimiut. Pourquoi ne pas employer ce terme pour les Tlingit ?
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Imanol
Local time: 07:08
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3jeu des osselets
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Games of the North American Indians
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kick stick
jeu des osselets


Explanation:
Le jeu des osselets est un jeu très ancien qui semble assez bien correspondre à la définition donnée ici

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Note added at 12 mins (2010-06-10 16:52:36 GMT)
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On trouve aussi le mot jeu d'osselets concernant les Inuits Ammassalimiut. Pourquoi ne pas employer ce terme pour les Tlingit ?

Imanol
Local time: 07:08
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Pourquoi pas? Merci.
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Reference comments


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Reference: Games of the North American Indians

Reference information:
Games of the North American Indians
Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929
A wonderful book, free on-line. In it, the game is described with wooden sticks.
Not of great help for your translation...
http://www.archive.org/details/gamesofnorthamer00culirich

Jean-Louis S.
United States
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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