Ararahih'urípih
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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 07 2014

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

Derivative (1)
chifíchfip "to beat completely at a game"

Source: WB 289, p.330

  • chifíichtihaphanik ikreemyahváraa pakurihákaam. They couldn't beat him at playing music or singing. [Reference: KS1. Eel 003]
  • ápapkam takinchífich. One side beat the other. [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 007]

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  1. chavúra    pâanpay    vúra    tá    kunchífich   
    finally    after.while    Intensive    PERF    they.beat.him   
    And later on all at once they beat him.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. vúra    koovúra    pamú'uup    tá    kunchífichfip    vúra   
    Intensive    all    his.possession    PERF    they.beat.him.completely    Intensive   
    They won from him all that he had.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  3. tá    kunchífich   
    PERF    they.beat.him   
    They beat him.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  4. táay    nik    tá    kunchífich    vúra    pu'ixraratihara    váa    xás    u'ívur    pamúkiit    muyáfus   
    much    a.little    PERF    they.won    Intensive    he.didn't.cry    that    then    he.cried.for    his.grandmother    her.dress   
    They had won lots of things from him but he never cried, all he cried for was 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

  5. koovúra    kunchífich   
    all    they.won   
    They were winning everything.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  6. xás    pâanpay    xás    pamu'ípi    káru    vúra    chavúra    vaa    káru    kunchífich   
    then    after.while    then    his.bones    also    Intensive    finally    so    also    they.won   
    And after a while, finally they also won his bones.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  7. xás    koovúra    tá    kunchífich   
    then    all    PERF    they.won   
    They won them all.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  8. xás    koovúra    kinchifíchfip   
    then    all    they.beat.them.completely   
    And (the upriver people) beat them completely.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  9. 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
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  10. vúra    tá    kinchífich   
    Intensive    PERF    they.beat.them   
    They beat them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

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

  17. vúra    tá    pura fâat    thiinátihara    vúra    tá    kunchifíchfip   
    Intensive    PERF    nothing    he.did.not.have    Intensive    PERF    they.beat.him.completely   
    He didn’t have anything, they beat him completely.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text