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

  3. táay nik tá kunchífich vúra pu'ixraratihara, váa xás u'ívur pamúkiit muyáfus.
    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

  4. koovúra kunchífichtih.
    They were winning everything.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  5. xás pâanpay xás pamu'ípi káru vúra chavúra vaa káru kunchífich.
    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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  6. xás koovúra tá kunchífich.
    They won them all.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  7. ápapkam tá kinchífich.
    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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  8. vúra tá kinchífich.
    They beat them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  9. púyava patóo xus " tá kanachífich," kári pamutêenva tóo syuunkiv.
    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

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

  11. chavúra uum koovúra tá kunchífich akráa chamuxich'îin.
    Finally Sucker won everything from Eel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

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

  13. kári xás uxus, " máva aaníhich tá kunchífich."
    And he thought, "Look, big brother's getting beaten."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

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