Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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kúupha doing, way of doing things, custom

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4087 | revised Aug 07 2015

kúupha • N • doing, way of doing things, custom

Derivation:  kúupha-a
do-DEVERB

Derivative (1)
kuphákaam "Ghost Dance, Round Dance"

Note: Cf. ararákuupha 'Indian custom.'

  • ee! pihnêefich múkuupha, púya íp nípaat, kúhuumum. Oh! it's Coyote's doing, I said so, he's not reliable. [Reference: KT 154.16]
  • pavúra uumkun vaa mukúnkuupha, uhráam vúra vaa pupuyaahanapîimach éethmutihap. Since that is their custom, they don't pass over a pipe near a dead person. [Reference: TK 164.26]

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  1. naa   káru   vúra   vaa   naní-kuupha   naa   káru   vúra   iim   vaa   mí-kuupha   vaa   p-ee-páathkuri   káru  
    1sg.   also   Intensive   so   1sPOSS-doing   1sg.   also   Intensive   2sg.   so   2sPOSS-doing   so   NOMZ-2s(>3)-throw.into   also  
    That's my way of doing it, and that's your way of doing it, when you throw it in the water.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  2. manâa   uum   pu-koovúra   kin-'ítap-tih-ara   pu-koovúra   kin-'áapunmu-tih-ara   pa-kúupha  
    maybe   3.SG   NEG-all   1>2s-know-DUR-NEG   NEG-all   1pl(>3)-know-DUR-NEG   the-doing  
    We didn't learn everything, we don't know all the customs.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. hãã   vúra-va   ishimfirá-kuupha   vaa  
    yes   just-that   brave-doing   so  
    Yes, (it was) a big happening.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  4. kári   xás   chaka'îimich   ni-'apúnmiik   pa-'arará-hih   pa-'arará-kuupha   pa-'arara-píkvah  
    then   then   slowly   1s(>3)-learn.from   the-human-language   the-human-doing   the-human-story  
    And so I slowly learned the Indian language, the Indian customs, the Indian stories.
    Source: William Bright, "Speech to Karuk Tribal Council" (WB-01) | read full text
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  5. vaa   uum   arará-kuupha  
    that   3.SG   human-doing  
    That was Indian law.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text