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    pamúkîit    upeer    tâak    pamiyáfus    níxraam   
    then    his.grandmother    he.tells.her    give.me!    your.dress    I.bet.it   
    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    uxraam    pamúkiit    muyáfus   
    that    PERF    last.one    that    must(?)    he.bet.it    his.grandmother    her.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    upikyafipáyaachha    pa'ípa    kóo    kinpáxeepat   
    finally    all    bet    he.wins.back    recently    as.much.as    they.won.from.them   
    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. peekxaréeyav    vúra    ixráam    upikyafipáyaachha   
    the.god    Intensive    bet    he.wins.back   
    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    níxraam    pananí'aramah   
    you.see    PERF    I.bet    my.child   
    I'll bet my child.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

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

  7. kári    xás    upíip    páakraah    nani'ípi    tá    níxraam   
    then    then    he.said    the.eel    my.bone    PERF    I.bet   
    And Eel said, "I'll bet my bones."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  8. xás    paafishríhansas    kunkúniihvunaa    taay    kuníxraamtih   
    then    the.young.men    they.shot    much    they.bet   
    And the young men shot arrows, they bet a lot.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text