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 kunpáxeep.
    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'ívunti, pakunpáxeepanik, pamúkiit muyáfus.
    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 kunpaxeepáyaachha, pamukún'uup.
    They won all their property from them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  4. chavúra koovúra ixráam upikyafipáyaachha, pa'ípa kóo kinpáxeepat.
    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