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chifich to defeat, to beat someone in a contest, to beat someone at gambling

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1110 | revised Nov 03 2005

chifich • V • to defeat, to beat someone in a contest, to beat someone at gambling

Source: WB 289, p.330

  • ápapkam takinchífich. One side beat the other. [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 007]

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. ápapkam    tá    kinchífich   
    one side    PERF    they beat them   
    One side beat them (on the other side).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | 

  2. vúra    tá    kinchífich   
    Intensive.    PERF    they beat them   
    They beat them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | 

  3. púyava    patóo    xus    tá    kanachífich    kári    pamutêenva    tóo    syuunkiv   
    you see    when she did    think.    PERF    you beat me    then.    her earrings    she did    pull.out   
    And when she thought, "I've been beaten," then she pulled off her earrings.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  4. púyava    pakéevniikich    tá    kunchífich   
    you see    the old woman    PERF    she was beaten   
    Then the old woman was beaten.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  5. chavúra    uum    koovúra    tá    kunchífich    akráa    chamuxich'îin   
    finally    3.SG.    all    PERF    they beat    eel    sucker   
    Finally Sucker won everything from Eel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    vaa    káru    vúra    uchífich   
    then.    then.    so    also.    Intensive.    he beat   
    Then he won those too.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    uxus    máva    aaníhich    tá    kunchífich   
    then.    then.    he thought    here!.    my.older.brother    PERF    they are beating him   
    And he thought, "Look, big brother's getting beaten."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  8. xás    kunchífich   
    then.    they beat him   
    And they beat him.
    Source: Nettie Reuben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text