Word: handgames
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hand
games
Definition: Plural of handgame. A Native American guessing game, in which marked " bones" are concealed in the hands of one team while another team guesses their location.
Morphemes:
Affix: hand
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
Affix: game
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ga-
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: ga-
Meaning: collective prefix
Affix: mann-
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: mann-
Meaning: man
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.