Ararahih'urípih
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ixraam / ixraamu- to bet

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3514 | revised Apr 06 2016

ixraam / ixraamu- • V • to bet

Derivatives (2)
ixraam "a bet, a stake (in gambling)"
ixraaméeshiip "the main bet, the "purse" in Indian cards"

Source: WB 807, p.356

  • táay vúra póoxraamuti péeshpuk. He's betting a lot of money. [Reference: KV]
  • pâanpay vúra asiktaván'uup tápaan takuníxraamuti. After a while they were even betting women's outfits. [Reference: KM 16.4]

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  1. xas   pa-mú-kîit   u-peer   tâak   pa-mi-yáfus   ní-xraam  
    then   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3s(>3)-say.to   give.me!   the-2sPOSS-wear.dress   1s(>3)-bet  
    And he told his grandmother: “Give me your dress. Let me bet it.”
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. váa   ta   ifuchtîimich   váa   tápaan   u-xraam   pa-mú-kiit   mu-yáfus  
    that   PERF   last.one   that   must(?)   3s(>3)-bet   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3sPOSS-dress  
    Then at last he even bet his grandmother's dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  3. chavúra   koovúra   ixráam   u-pikyafipáyaachha   pa-'ípa   kóo   kin-páxeep-at  
    finally   all   bet   3s(>3)-win.back.(in.betting)   NOMZ-PAST   as.much.as   3pl>3pl-win.from-PAST  
    Finally he won back all the stakes, as much as they had won away.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  4. p-eekxaréeyav   vúra   ixráam   u-pikyafipáyaachha  
    the-spirit.person   Intensive   bet   3s(>3)-win.back.(in.betting)  
    He won back the stakes from the gods.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  5. yakún   tá   ní-xraam   pa-naní-'aramah  
    you.see   PERF   1s(>3)-bet   the-1sPOSS-child  
    I'll bet my child.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  6. koovúra   t-óo   xraam  
    all   PERF-3s(>3)   bet  
    He had bet everything.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   u-píip   pá-akraah   nani-'ípi   tá   ní-xraam  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   the-eel   1sPOSS-bone   PERF   1s(>3)-bet  
    And Eel said, "I'll bet my bones."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  8. xás   pa-afishríhan-sas   kun-kúniihvu-naa   taay   kun-íxraam-tih  
    then   the-young.man-PL   3pl(>3s)-shoot-PL   much   3pl(>3s)-bet-DUR  
    And the young men shot arrows, they bet a lot.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text