Ararahih'urípih
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sáamkir / sáamkiri- to be left; to win, to beat (in a competition)

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lexicon ID #5211 | revised Oct 31 2014

sáamkir / sáamkiri- • V • to be left; to win, to beat (in a competition)

Note: Cf. ipsháamkir(i) 'to leave'.

  • íshkiit-heesh pa'ára saamkíreeshhan. He will be lucky, the person who wins. [Reference: KS2.Turtle & Abalone 005]

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  1. kunpíip: " fâat kumá'ii peekmaháchraam tá nupsáamkir?"
    They said: "What did we leave him there for in the sweathouse?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text