Ararahih'urípih
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kupavêenaha / kupavêenahi- to do; to be up to something, to make mischief

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4007 | revised Aug 02 2015

kupavêenaha / kupavêenahi- • V • to do; to be up to something, to make mischief

Derivation:  kupa-vêen-aha
MODAL pray-Modal

Derivative (1)
kupaveenahíichva "to make-believe"

Source: WB 1541.1, p.394

  • hâari vúra vaa kích mûuk takuniptaxuyxúuyvaan pa'ifuxâa pa'asiktávaansa, pa'iinâak vúra pafáat kunkupavêenahitihanik. Sometimes the women just wipe themselves with the rotten wood when they are doing something in the house. [Reference: TK 205.4]
  • fâat ikupavêenahiti. What are you (sg.) doing? [Reference: Richardson 1993:6]
  • táay ukupavêenahiti. He's making a lot of mischief. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (15)

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  1. xas   yítha   pa-mu-xuun-ak   ífuni   u-mah  
    then   one   do-3sPOSS-acorn.soup-Locative   hair   3s(>3)-see  
    Then one of the boys found a hair in his mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xás   váa   káan   kâarim   u-kupavêenah-anik  
    then   that   there   bad   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Then he did not do right there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. chavúra   pâanpay   pa-mu-'ávan   húukava   u-'uum  
    finally   after.while   do-3sPOSS-husband   to.somewhere   3s(>3)-arrive  
    Then later on her [Crow Woman's] husband went off somewhere.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  4. fâat   u-kupavêenah  
    what   3s(>3)-do  
    What is it doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. fâat   i-kupavêena-tih  
    what   2s(>3)-do-DUR  
    What are you doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  6. fâat   iimkun   ku-kupavêenahi-tih  
    what   2pl.   2pl(>3)-do-DUR  
    What are you guys doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  7. fâat   iimkun   ku-kupavêena-tih  
    what   2pl.   2pl(>3)-do-DUR  
    What are you guys doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  8. iim   fâat   i-kupavêena-tih  
    2sg.   what   2s(>3)-do-DUR  
    What are you doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  9. purafâat   vúra   ni-kupavêena-tih  
    nothing   Intensive   1s(>3)-do-DUR  
    I am doing nothing.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  10. hûut   i-kupavêena-tih  
    how   2s(>3)-do-DUR  
    What are you doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  11. vaa   kíp   pu-'ípararah-ara   taay   kíp   u-kupavêenahi-tih  
    that   just   NEG-reliable-NEG   much   just   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    That one is just not reliable, he just does lots of tricks."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  12. vaa   pá-vaa   tá   kupavêenah-an   koovúra   t-u-tháfip   pa-nunu-patúmkir  
    that   NOMZ-so   PERF   do-Participial   all   PERF-3s(>3)-devour   the-1plPOSS-head-rest  
    That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  13. kári   xás   kun-'áharam   kun-piip   vaa   pá-vaa   kupavêenah-an  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-follow   3pl(>3s)-say   that   NOMZ-so   do-Participial  
    Then they chased him, they said, "That's the one who did that mischief."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  14. xás   pa-kéevniikich   u-piip   oo!   pu-yáv-hara   pa-pihnêefich   táay   u-kupavêenahi-ti   pa-pihnêefich  
    then   the-old.woman.(dimin.)   3s(>3)-say   oh!   NEG-good-NEG   the-coyote   much   3s(>3)-do-DUR   the-coyote  
    And the old woman said, "Oh, Coyote's no good, he does lots of mischief!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  15. hínupa   páy   uum   vaa   u-kupavêenahi-ti   atahári  
    surprise   this   3.SG   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR   always  
    There (the doctor) was doing that mischief all the time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text