Karuk Dictionary
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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]
Sentence examples (6)
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xas pamúkîit upeer:
" tâak pamiyáfus níxraam."
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 -
váa ta ifuchtîimich váa tápaan uxraam pamúkiit muyáfus.
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 -
yakún tá níxraam pananí'aramah".
I'll bet my child.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text -
koovúra tóo xraam.
He had bet everything.Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text -
kári xás upíip páakraah, " nani'ípi tá níxraam."
And Eel said, "I'll bet my bones."Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text -
xás paafishríhansas kunkúniihvunaa,
taay kuníxraamtih.
And the young men shot arrows, they bet a lot.Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text