Ararahih'urípih
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páxeep to win from (in gambling)

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lexicon ID #4702 | revised Nov 08 2005

páxeep • V • to win from (in gambling)

Source: WB 1099.1, p.372

  • chavúra koovúra ixráam upikyafipáyaacha, pa'ípa kóo kinpáxeepat. Finally he won back all the stakes, as much as they had won away. [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 016]

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  1. xás   vaa   kúna   kun-páxeep  
    then   that   in.addition   3pl(>3s)-win.from  
    And they won it from him.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. víri   váa   vúra   payváhiim   kári   u-'ívun-ti   pa-kun-páxeep-anik   pa-mú-kiit   mu-yáfus  
    so   so   Intensive   nowadays   then   3s(>3)-cry.for-DUR   the-3pl(>3s)-win.from-ANC   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   3sPOSS-dress  
    He is crying for it now yet, because they won it from him, 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. vúra   koovúra   tá   kun-paxeep-áyaachha   pa-mukún-'uup  
    Intensive   all   PERF   3pl(>3s)-win.from-well   the-3plPOSS-possession  
    They won all their property from them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play

  4. 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
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play