Ararahih'urípih
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kúupha / kúuphi- (variant kupi) to do

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4086 | revised Oct 31 2014

kúupha / kúuphi- V • to do

Variant kupi (lexicon ID #7809): Used with the durative suffix -ti(h)

Derivatives (8)
kúphaan "doer, one who does"
kúphaat "did (past tense)"
kuphákaam "Ghost Dance, Round Dance"
kupháraha "to happen"
kuphêen "did (anterior tense)"
kuphêesh "will do"
kúupha "doing, way of doing things, custom"
seeykúupha "to not to get along with (someone)"

Source: WB 926, p.363

Note: Irregular tense forms: ukúphaanik 'he once did it' (ancient tense, G822.3); ukúphaat 'he did it (past tense, G534); ukúpheen 'he had done it' (anterior tense, G822.2); ukuphêesh 'he will do it' (future tense, G822.1); ukupíti 'he's doing it' (durative, G757). All forms of this verb are often unaccented when at the end of a sentence (cf. TK 53.28).

  • páy uum kuuphi. Do it this way! [Reference: KV]
  • pikváhahirak káru vúra vookúphaanik axraas. In the myth time, Gopher did the same thing. [Reference: TK 66.15]


Sentence examples (118)

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  1. ipasnáhvaanich   u-kúphaa-nik  
    owl.sp.   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Pygmy Owl did it.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. víri   hûut   i-kuph-eesh   vásihkam  
    so   how   2s(>3)-do-FUT   behind  
    How would you pack them?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  3. xás   ni--ti   vaa   páy   kip   Violet   u-kupí-ti   the whole thing   vaa   t-oo   sáan-kuri   -xay   vúra   fikríip-tih-ara  
    then   1s(>3)-think-DUR   so   this   just   Violet   3s(>3)-do-DUR   the whole thing   so   PERF-3s(>3)   carry.(things)-into.water   NEG-not.yet   Intensive   pick.out-DUR-NEG  
    And I thought, "This is the way Violet does it, the whole thing, she puts it in, she doesn't sort them out."
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. puxáy   vúra   vaa   na-kupéesh-ara   pa-Violet    u-kupi-ti  
    not.yet   Intensive   so   1s(>3)-will.do-NEG   NOMZ-Violet    3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    I can't do it like Violet does.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. hãã   víri   vaa   hûutva   kípa   hûutva   kupa-kuph-áh-eesh      na-séey  
    yes   so   so   somehow   like   somehow   MODAL-do-Modal-FUT   PERF   1s(>3)-not.know  
    How would I do that? I don't know.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. vaa   hûut   ni-kupá'-aapunm-ah-eesh   hûut   uum   koo-s  
    so   how   1s(>3)-do-know-Modal-FUT   how   3.SG   so.much-PL  
    How will I know what size?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. koovúra   pa-naní-vik   vaa   u-kupí-tih  
    all   the-1sPOSS-weaving.work   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    It's that way with all my weaving.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. pihnêefich   u-kúpha-anik   amtaap   u-pâatv-anik  
    coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC   dust   3s(>3)-bathe-ANC  
    Coyote did that, he bathed with ashes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  9. v-oo-kúphaa-nik  
    so-3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    He did thus.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  10. xás   uumkun   váa   vúra   kích   kun-kupí-tih-anik   pa-kun-pakurîihva-naa-tih-anik   pa-'ávans-as   pa-kun-pakurîihva-naa-tih-anik   ikriripan-'ikmaháchraam  
    then   they   so   Intensive   only   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR-ANC   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-sing.songs-PL-DUR-ANC   the-man-PL   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-sing.songs-PL-DUR-ANC   placename-sweathouse  
    All they did was sing songs, the men, they used to sing in Amekyaram sweathouse.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  11. xás   vúra   uumkun   hitíhaan   pa-kaan   kun-ivyíihmu-tih-anik   p-eekxaréeyav   váa   kumá'ii   pa-kun-'úuhyana-tih-anik   hûut   áta   pa-kun-kupí-tih-eesh   yaas'ára  
    then   Intensive   they   always   NOMZ-there   3pl(>3s)-go.to.(pl.)-DUR-ANC   the-spirit.person   so   because.of   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-speak-DUR-ANC   how   maybe   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-do-DUR-FUT   rich.person  
    The First People went in there all the time, since they were talking over what humans were going to do.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  12. xás   pirishkâarim   u-píip   hûut      ku-kúupha  
    then   grizzly   3s(>3)-say   how   PERF   2pl(>3)-do  
    Then Grizzly Bear said: "What is the trouble?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  13. pa-'áraar   t-u-pakurîihva-haak   ikriripan-pákurih   máruk-ninay   váa   xás   vúra   u-kvíip-tih   payváheem   váa   u-kupí-tih  
    the-human   PERF-3s(>3)-sing.songs-when   placename-song   uphill-around   so   then   Intensive   3s(>3)-run-DUR   nowadays   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    Whenever a person sings Amekyaram sweathouse songs in mountain places anywhere, he runs away, he does so now.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  14. víri   vaa   mu-'íffuth   pirishkyâarim   ta   'íp   uum   máruk   kúkkuum   kári   vaa   kun-kúpha-'anik   p-eekxaréeyav   atipimámvaan   achvúun   xákkaan   kun-váthth-êen'nik  
    so   so   3sPOSS-afterward   grizzly   PERF   PAST   3.SG   uphill   again   then   so   3pl(>3s)-do-ANC   the-spirit.person   buzzard   hookbill.salmon   both   3pl(>3s)-fight-ANC  
    Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text
  15. káruma   v-oo-kúpi-ti   p-oo-'áhoo-tih  
    in.fact   so-3s(>3)-do-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go-DUR  
    He was walking, that was what he was doing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  16. púya   uum   v-oo-kúpha-anik   pihnêefich  
    and.so   3.SG   so-3s(>3)-do-ANC   coyote  
    That's the way Coyote did.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  17. púya   uum   v-oo-kúpha-anik   pihnêefich  
    and.so   3.SG   so-3s(>3)-do-ANC   coyote  
    Coyote did thus.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  18. xas   uum   vúra   váa   kich   u-kupí-tih-anik   p-óo-thtii-tih-anik  
    then   3.SG   Intensive   so   only   3s(>3)-do-DUR-ANC   NOMZ-3s(>3)-gamble-DUR-ANC  
    And all that he used to do was to gamble.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  19. ánaach   u-kúpha-anik  
    crow   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Crow did that.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text
  20. pihnêeffich   v-oo-kúph-aan'nik   ôok   ithivthanéen'aachip  
    coyote   so-3s(>3)-do-ANC   here   center.of.world  
    Coyote did this, here at the world center.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  21. uum   vúra   v-oo-kupi-tti'   pa-t-óo   kxáramha   kári   t-óo   p-chanchákkar   káru   pa-t-u-súpaaha   kári   kyúkkuum   t-u-'êetchúr-ar   pa-t-u-súpaaha'   t-u-chánchaaksur-ar   pa-t-u-súpaaha'  
    3.SG   Intensive   so-3s(>3)-do-DUR   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   be.night   then   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-go.to.close.roof-hatch   also   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-become.day   then   again   PERF-3s(>3)-take.off.of-go.to   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-become.day   PERF-3s(>3)-close.roof-hatch-go.to   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-become.day  
    He [Coyote] was doing that way, was closing evenings the living-house roof hole and mornings opened it up, when morning came, opened it when morning came.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  22. uum   vúra   vaa   hitíhaan   u-kupí-tti'  
    3.SG   Intensive   so   always   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    That was his job.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  23. púya   uum   v-oo-kuph-aanik   pihnêeffich  
    and.so   3.SG   that-3s(>3)-do-ANC   coyote  
    Coyote did this.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  24. púya-va   uum   u-kúpha-anik   kachakâachich  
    and.so-so   3.SG   3s(>3)-do-ANC   bluejay.(dim.)  
    Behold Bluejay did this way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  25. uum   v-oo-kúpha-anik   kachakâachich  
    3.SG   so-3s(>3)-do-ANC   bluejay.(dim.)  
    Bluejay is that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  26. áan-kunish   sú'   u-sasípiithva   áachip   áan-kunish   u-'ishipváraa-hi-ti   koovúra   v-oo-kupí-ti   pa-mu-pírish   áachip   áan-kunish   u-'ishipváraa-hi-tih  
    string-like   inside   3s(>3)-spiral.around   middle   string-like   3s(>3)-run.in.through.(pl.)-ESS-DUR   all   so-3s(>3)-do-DUR   the-3sPOSS-plant   middle   string-like   3s(>3)-run.in.through.(pl.)-ESS-DUR  
    They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  27. fâat   vaa   vúra   vaa   -vaa   kupí-tih-an   man'áta   axraas  
    what   that   Intensive   that   NOMZ-that   do-DUR-Participial   maybe   gopher  
    It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  28. vúra   fâatva   vaa   vúra   -vaa   kupí-tih-an   sú'   ithivthaneen-súruk   u-sanpîithvu-tih  
    Intensive   something   so   Intensive   NOMZ-that   do-DUR-Participial   inside   land-under   3s(>3)-carry.(things).around-DUR  
    Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  29. pa-hûut   pa-kun-kupí-tih-anik   xáas   vúra   kúnish   ikxáyxay-tih-ap-hanik  
    the-how   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-do-DUR-ANC   almost   Intensive   sort.of   chop.up-DUR-NEG-ANC  
    How they would say that [the ground] was sort of cultivated
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text
  30. vaa   vúra   kich   pu-mít   kupí-tih-ap-hat   pu-mít   ikxáyxay-tih-ap-hat  
    so   Intensive   only   NEG-near.past   do-DUR-NEG-PAST   NEG-near.past   chop.up-DUR-NEG-PAST  
    The only thing they did not do was to work on the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text
  31. fâat      -kúupha  
    what   PERF   1s(>3)-do  
    What did I do?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  32. akâay   vaa   t-óo   kúupha  
    who   that   PERF-3s(>3)   do  
    Who did that?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  33. xás   u-xus   púya   íf   kâarim      ni-kúupha   pa-chími   ísh-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-think   and.so   truly   bad   PERF   1s(>3)-do   NOMZ-soon   drink-FUT  
    And he thought, "How bad I do, being about to drink water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  34. púyava   páy   pihnêefich   u-kúphaa-nik  
    you.see   this   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    So Coyote did that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  35. pihnêefich   u-kúphaa-nik  
    coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Coyote did it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  36. púyava   vaa   u-kúphaa-nik   pihnêefich  
    you.see   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   coyote  
    So Coyote did that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  37. ii   íf   kâarim   ni-kuph-een   pa-ni-yuuph-éen  
    oh!   truly   bad   1s(>3)-do-ANT   NOMZ-1s(>3)-open.eyes-ANT  
    Oh, I really did bad, when I opened my eyes!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  38. pihnêefich   vaa   u-kúphaa-nik  
    coyote   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Coyote did that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  39. chímiva   vaa   kúna   u-kúupha   íshaha   ú-xrah  
    soon   so   in.addition   3s(>3)-do   water   3s(>3)-thirst.for  
    Soon he did this also, he got thirsty.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  40. úma   vaa   u-kúphaa-nik   -mitva   ithéeshyav   u-paríshriihva   an-tunvêech  
    emphatic(?)   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   NOMZ-former   all.winter   3s(>3)-twine   string-small.(pl.)  
    That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  41. víri   hûut   chími   u-kuph-eesh  
    so   how   soon   3s(>3)-do-FUT  
    So what was he to do?
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  42. víri   vaa   u-kupí-tih  
    so   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    He did that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  43. víri   vaa   kun-kupí-tih   pa-'asiktávaan-sa   kun--ti   kíri   nu-tururípa-n   pa-'áhup  
    so   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR   the-woman-PL   3pl(>3s)-think-DUR   I.wish   1pl(>3)-hook.out-PL.ACT   the-wood  
    They were doing that, the women were trying to hook out the sticks.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  44. chémi   vaa   ník   ni-kuph-eesh  
    all.right   so   a.little   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    "All right, I'll do that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  45. chémi   vaa   ník   ni-kuph-eesh  
    all.right   so   a.little   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    "All right, I'll do that."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  46. xás   pihnêefich   u-píip   payêem   ník   vúra   ishávaas   vaa   pu-nee-p-kuph-êesh-ara  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-say   now   a.little   Intensive   child.of.deceased.sibling   so   NEG-1s(>3)-ITER-do-FUT-NEG  
    And Coyote said, "I won't do it again this time, nephew."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  47. púya   vaa   u-kúph-aanik   pihnêefich  
    and.so   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   coyote  
    So that's what Coyote did.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  48. víri   vaa   u-kúph-aanik   pihnêefich  
    so   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   coyote  
    That's what Coyote did.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  49. chiimuuch-'îin   kun-xúseer-anik   kíri   vaa   u-kúupha   pufáat   vúra   yáv-heesh-ara  
    lizard-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-think.about-ANC   I.wish   so   3s(>3)-do   nothing   Intensive   good-FUT-NEG  
    Lizard thought about him, "Let him do that, nothing will be any good."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  50. púyava   páy   uum   pihnêefich   u-kúphaa-nik  
    you.see   this   3.SG   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    This is what Coyote did.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  51. xás   vaa   vúra   pihnêefich   u-kúphaa-nik  
    then   so   Intensive   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    And Coyote did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  52. vaa   páy   pihnêefich   u-kúpha-anik   pa-káruk   kahyúras   u-vâaramu-tih   kupánakanakana  
    so   this   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC   NOMZ-upriver   Klamath.Lakes   3s(>3)-go-DUR   the.end  
    Coyote did that, when he went upriver to Klamath Lakes. kupánakanakana.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  53. xás   pihnêefich   u-píip   naa   vúra   vaa   ni-kuph-eesh  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   Intensive   that   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And Coyote said, "I can do that!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  54. xás   vaa   páy   uum   pihnêefich   u-kúph-aanik  
    then   so   this   3.SG   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    And Coyote did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  55. kári   xás   kun-píip   pûuhara   hôoy   íf   vaa   i-kuph-eesh   itaharâan   i-píhiroopithv-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   no   where   truly   so   2s(>3)-do-FUT   ten.times   2s(>3)-dance.around-FUT  
    And they said, "No, you can't do that, you will (have to) dance around ten times!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  56. kári   xás   u-píip   miník   vúra   vaa   ni-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   of.course   Intensive   so   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And he said, "Sure, I can do that!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  57. púyava   pihnêefich   u-kúph-aanik   kupánakanakana  
    you.see   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC   the.end  
    Coyote did it. kupánakanakana.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  58. vaa   u-kúpha-anik   pihnêefich   uum  
    so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   coyote   3.SG  
    Coyote did this way.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  59. víri-va   pihnêefich   u-kúpha-anik  
    so-INDEF   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Coyote did that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  60. vaa   kun-kúpha-anik   ithâan  
    so   3pl(>3s)-do-ANC   once  
    They did this way once.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play
  61. pâanpay   vaa      kun-kúupha  
    after.while   so   PERF   3pl(>3s)-do  
    Finally they did this way.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play
  62. kári   xás   púyava   páy   pihnêefich   u-kúpha-anik  
    then   then   you.see   this   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    So Coyote did that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  63. xâatik   vaa   u-kupí-tih  
    it's.better   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    Let it do that."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  64. xáyfaat   vaa   u-kupí-tih  
    don't!   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    Let it not do that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  65. kári   xás   vaa   u-kupí-ti   payêem      pu-'áhoo-tih-ara   pa-tur  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR   now   PERF   NEG-go-DUR-NEG   the-packbasket.load  
    So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  66. xás   pihnêefich   u--ti   vaa   vúra   káru   vúra   pa-'áraar   uumkun   kun-kúpheesh   -naa      ni-kuupha  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-say-DUR   that   Intensive   also   Intensive   the-human   they   3pl(>3s)-will.do   NOMZ-1sg.   PERF   1s(>3)-do  
    And Coyote said, "The people will do just like that too, like I did."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  67. kári   xás   pihnêefich   u-xús   púxay   vúra   vaa   kupí-tih-eesh-ara  
    then   then   coyote   3s(>3)-think   not.yet   Intensive   that   do-DUR-FUT-NEG  
    And Coyote thought, "They can't do that."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  68. xás   âanxus   u-píip   vaa   ník   ni-kuph-eesh  
    then   weasel   3s(>3)-say   so   a.little   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And Weasel said, "I'll do that."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  69. xás   u-xús   hûut   -ni-kuph-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-think   how   NOMZ-1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And he thought, "What shall I do?
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  70. xás   p-oo-páhariith-vunaa   pa-mu-hrooha-'îin   kun-ipêer   yaxéek   iim   vaa   kích   i-kupí-tih-eesh  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-catch.up.with-PL   the-3sPOSS-wife-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to   you'll.see   2sg.   so   only   2s(>3)-do-DUR-FUT  
    And when he caught up with them, his wife told him, "You're going to be doing nothing but this.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  71. koovúra   -myaahti   vaa   i-kupí-tih-eesh   fátaak   á'   i-kûuntakoo-vish  
    all   2sPOSS-life   so   2s(>3)-do-DUR-FUT   somewhere   above   2s(>3)-sit.(on)-FUT  
    All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  72. víri   pa-yaas'ára   hûutva   t-u-'íin-ahaak   víri   pa-yaas'ára   kâarim   t-u-kúph-aak   vaa   kári   xás   ík   i-chuuphí-tih-eesh  
    so   the-rich.person   somehow   PERF-3s(>3)-exist-when   so   the-rich.person   bad   PERF-3s(>3)-do-when   so   then   then   must   2s(>3)-speak-DUR-FUT  
    However (long) Mankind exists, when Mankind does bad, then you will have to speak.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  73. vaa   u-kúphaa-nik   á 'iknêechhan  
    so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   falcon  
    Duck Hawk did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text
  74. kári   xás   kúkuum   vúra   vaa   t-óo   kuupha   t-u-tátuyshiprim-tih   xás   t-óo   yvêesh   pa-xuun  
    then   then   again   Intensive   that   PERF-3s(>3)   do   PERF-3s(>3)-sweep.up-DUR   then   PERF-3s(>3)   pour.out   the-acorn.soup  
    So she did that way again, she swept up, then she poured the acorn soup down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  75. púyava   xás   p-aaxíich   u-pêer   pa--taat   úma   kachakâach   vaa   u-kupí-tih   kachakáach   u-yveeshrîih-vu-ti   pa-xuun  
    you.see   then   the-child   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-mother   emphatic(?)   bluejay   that   3s(>3)-do-DUR   bluejay   3s(>3)-pour.out-PL.ACT-DUR   the-acorn.soup  
    So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  76. kári   xás   u-xús   -chishii   hôoy   íf   vaa   páy   -nu-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   the-dog   where   truly   that   this   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-do-FUT  
    And Dog thought, "We can't do it like this."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  77. xás   u-xus   hûut   áta   -ni-kuph-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-think   how   maybe   NOMZ-1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And he thought, "How ever shall I do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  78. yee!   xás   u--tih   hûut   áta   -ni-kuph-eesh  
    well   then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   how   maybe   NOMZ-1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    Well, then he thought, "How ever shall I do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  79. kári   xás   u-piip   víri   hûut   i-kupí-tih   pirishkâarim   íf      ni-tápkuup  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   so   how   2s(>3)-do-DUR   grizzly   truly   PERF   1s(>3)-like  
    And Grizzly said, "How do you do it? I really like it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  80. púyava   yuuxmachmahánach   u-kúph-aanik   kupánakanakana  
    you.see   lizard.sp.   3s(>3)-do-ANC   the.end  
    So Lizard did it. kupánakanakana.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  81. purafâat   vúra   káru   kupí-tih-eesh-ara  
    nothing   Intensive   also   do-DUR-FUT-NEG  
    You won't be doing anything, either."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  82. vúra   púra   húun   kupí-tih-ara  
    Intensive   NEG   harmful   do-DUR-NEG  
    (It was as if) she was doing no harm.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  83. kári   xás   apsunmúnukich   u-piip   pa-yaas'ára   u-'iiníshri-haak   víri   pa-'asiktávaan   vaa   u-kupí-ti-haak   u-kitaxríharahi-ti-haak   xáat   káru   u--ti   vúra   pu-'aapúnm-eesh-ap   víri   vaa   vúra   kun-'áapunm-eesh  
    then   then   racer.snake   3s(>3)-say   NOMZ-rich.person   3s(>3)-come.into.existence-when   so   NOMZ-woman   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR-when   3s(>3)-be.unfaithful-DUR-when   may   also   3s(>3)-think-DUR   Intensive   NEG-know-FUT-NEG   so   so   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-know-FUT  
    Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  84. víri   vaa   u-kupi-tih   t-u-saríshriih-va   pa-kóo   kuma-'ávaha  
    so   that   3s(>3)-do-DUR   PERF-3s(>3)-put.(things).down-PL.ACT   the-all   3sPOSS-food  
    She was doing this, she was bringing in all kinds of food.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  85. vaa   kumá'ii   pa-vaa   u-kupí-tih   ikxáram   xás   p-óo-mkaanvu-tih  
    that   because.of   NOMZ-that   3s(>3)-do-DUR   night   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-gather-DUR  
    That's why she did that, she gathered food in the evening.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  86. túus   u-kúph-aanik  
    mockingbird   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Mockingbird did it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text
  87. xás   kun-xús   nuu   káru   vaa   tîi   -kuuph-i  
    then   3pl(>3s)-think   we   also   so   let...   1pl(>3)-do-IMPER  
    And they thought, "Let us do that too!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  88. p-eekxaréeyav   vaa   u-kúph-aanik  
    the-spirit.person   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    The gods did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  89. xás   pihnêefich   u-kúph-aanik  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Coyote did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  90. pu-vaahyâach   kupí-tih-at  
    NEG-exactly.that   do-DUR-PAST  
    (But) they didn't do it (hold the world-renewal) the same way.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  91. víri   vaa   kun-kúph-eesh  
    so   so   3pl(>3s)-do-FUT  
    This is what they will do.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  92. kári   xás   kun-piip   hûut   -nu-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   how   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-do-FUT  
    And they said, "How shall we do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text
  93. kári   xás   kun-piip   vaa   páy   hínupa   uum   p-oo-kupí-tih-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   so   this   surprise   3.SG   NOMZ-3s(>3)-do-DUR-FUT  
    And they said, "That's the way (Mankind) will do it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text
  94. pa-yaas'ára   u-'iiníshrih-aak   víri   vaa   pa-kun-kupí-tih-eesh  
    NOMZ-rich.person   3s(>3)-come.into.existence-when   so   so   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-do-DUR-FUT  
    When Mankind comes into existence, they will do like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text
  95. hûut   áta   -ni-kuph-eesh  
    how   maybe   NOMZ-1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    "How ever shall I do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  96. kári   xás   vaa   kun-kúupha   p-eekxariya-'ifápiit-sha  
    then   then   so   3pl(>3s)-do   the-spirit.person-young.unmarried.woman-PL  
    Then the spirit girls did this.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  97. kári   xás   u-xus   pa-yaas'ára   u-'iiníshrih-aak   víri   uum   káru   vúra   vaa   u-kuph-eesh   xáat   kâanimich  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   NOMZ-rich.person   3s(>3)-come.into.existence-when   so   3.SG   also   Intensive   so   3s(>3)-do-FUT   may   poor  
    And she thought, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) will do this way also, (though) she may be poor.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  98. xás   u-xús   hûut   áta   ni-kuph-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-think   how   maybe   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And he thought, "How shall I do, I wonder?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  99. víri   vaa   kun-kupi-tih   patha-kan-'ávak      kun-thataktakúraan   pa-mukun-yáfus   pa-mukun-yupastáran   mûuk   pa-kun-'ívun-ti   kahyuras'afishríhan  
    so   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR   knee-Locative-above   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.tattered   the-3plPOSS-dress   the-3plPOSS-tear.(from.weeping)   with.(by.means.of)   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-cry.for-DUR   Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man  
    They did this, their dresses were all tattered up above the knees from the tears that they were weeping for Klamath Lakes Young Man.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  100. kári   xás   vaa   kun-kúupha   kurihkirá-'aachipvari   u-thrîish   pa-mukun-yupastáran  
    then   then   so   3pl(>3s)-do   eaves-pole-towards.the.middle   3s(>3)-set.(liquid).down   the-3plPOSS-tear.(from.weeping)  
    They did this, their tears collected halfway up the roof-beam.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  101. kári   xás   u-xús-aanik   kahyuras'afishríhan   yaas'ára   nani-pírish   t-u-'aapúnm-ahaak   yaas'ára   káru   vúra   vaa   u-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think-ANC   Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man   rich.person   1sPOSS-plant   PERF-3s(>3)-know-when   rich.person   also   Intensive   so   3s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "If Mankind knows my medicine, Mankind will do this way also."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  102. víri   naa   káru   vaa   ni-kuph-eesh  
    so   1sg.   also   so   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    I will do that way also."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  103. vaa   kun-kúph-aanik  
    so   3pl(>3s)-do-ANC  
    They did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  104. uum   vúra   hitíhaan   vaa   kích   u-kupi-tih   ú-kvaat-ih  
    3.SG   Intensive   always   so   only   3s(>3)-do-DUR   3s(>3)-carry.on.shoulder-DUR  
    He did only this all the time, he gathered sweathouse wood.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  105. kári   xás   vaa   kun-kúupha   mukun-íkriv   kun-ikyâa-heen  
    then   then   so   3pl(>3s)-do   3plPOSS-living   3pl(>3s)-make-ANT  
    And they did this, they made their living.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  106. kári   xás   vaa   u-kúupha   ikmaháchraam   kúuk   u-'íipma  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-do   sweathouse   to   3s(>3)-return  
    Then he did this, he went back to the sweathouse.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  107. xás   u--ti   hûut   áta      kun-kúupha  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   how   maybe   PERF   3pl(>3s)-do  
    And he thought, "I wonder what they're doing?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  108. vúra   kích   u-kupi-tih   xuus   u-'íruvoo-ti  
    Intensive   only   3s(>3)-do-DUR   thought   3s(>3)-turn.to-DUR  
    He did only (this), he thought about them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  109. chavúra   teepshítaanivanihich   axmáy   vaa   u-kúupha   sâam   u-tfáku-tih  
    finally   after.a.while   suddenly   so   3s(>3)-do   little.downhill   3s(>3)-look.away.downhill-DUR  
    Finally after a while suddenly he did this, he looked downhill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  110. yánava   uum   káru   vaa   u-kupi-ti   -'uum   u-kupi-ti   ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav  
    visible   3.SG   also   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR   NOMZ-3.SG   3s(>3)-do-DUR   Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit  
    He saw that (the other person) was also doing what Sacred Sweathouse Spirit was doing.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  111. yánava   uum   káru   vaa   u-kupi-tih   víkapu   u-skúruh-tih  
    visible   3.SG   also   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR   Jump.Dance.basket   3s(>3)-carry.by.looped.handle-DUR  
    He saw he was doing that too, he was carrying a quiver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  112. xás   u-piip   ník   vaa   ni--ti   t-ée   kúupha  
    then   3s(>3)-say   a.little   so   1s(>3)-think-DUR   PERF-2s(>3)   do  
    And (the other) said, "I know you are doing that."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  113. xás   u-piip   naa   vaa   ni-kupí-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   so   1s(>3)-do-DUR  
    And he said, "I do this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  114. îikam      kun-p-iru-kûurish   yukún   vaa   kun-kupi-tih   fúrax   mukun-pikshipíkmath  
    outdoors   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-PL-sit.down   you.see   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR   woodpecker.head   3plPOSS-sun-shade  
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  115. xás   vaa   u-kúupha   xánahich   vúra   u-xapyuxúyux  
    then   so   3s(>3)-do   after.while   Intensive   3s(>3)-rub.foot.in.dirt  
    And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  116. xás   p-oo-fúmtaapsur   víri   yûuth   p-oo-trûupu-tih   xánahich   axmáy   vaa   u-kuupha   pa-mukun-furax-pikshipíkmath   axmáy   u-'áapuchur  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-blow   so   downriver.and.across-stream   the-3s(>3)-look.downriver.from.here-DUR   after.while   suddenly   so   3s(>3)-do   the-3plPOSS-woodpecker.head-sun-shade   suddenly   3s(>3)-collapse  
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  117. víri   vaa   u-kuupha   chaka'îich   kúnish   kun-'ixipúniih-va  
    so   so   3s(>3)-do   slowly   sort.of   3pl(>3s)-drift.down-PL.ACT  
    They did that, they sort of floated slowly down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  118. kári   xás   vaa   u-kuupha   xánahich   u-xapyuxúyux  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-do   after.while   3s(>3)-rub.foot.in.dirt  
    And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  119. kári   xás   u-xús-aanik   ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav   yaas'ara-'îin   ta-na-'apúnmiik-ahaak   yaas'ára   káru   vaa   u-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think-ANC   Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit   rich.person-TOPIC   PERF-2s/3s>1s-learn.from-when   rich.person   also   so   3s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, "If Mankind has learned it from me, Mankind will do so too."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  120. víri   naa   káru   vaa   ni-kuph-eesh  
    so   1sg.   also   so   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    I will do so too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  121. xás   vaa   u-kúphaa-nik   páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif  
    then   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   sky.black.wolf  
    And páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif (name of an ikxaréeyav, probably "black little-wolf of the sky") did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  122. xás   vaa   u-kúphaa-nik  
    then   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    He did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  123. kári   xás   u-xús-aanik   yaas'ara-'îin      na-'apúnmiik-ahaak   víri   yaas'ára   káru   vúra   vaa   u-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think-ANC   rich.person-TOPIC   PERF   2s/3s>1s-learn.from-when   so   rich.person   also   Intensive   so   3s(>3)-do-FUT  
    Then (the father) thought, "If Mankind has learned it from me, Mankind will do this way too."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  124. naa   káru   vaa   ni-kuph-eesh  
    1sg.   also   so   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    I will do that too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  125. kári   xás   u-xus   hûut   ni-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   how   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And he thought, "What shall I do?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  126. yukún   naa   ík   káru   vaa   ni-kuph-eesh   p-oo-kúphaa-nik   p-eeknûumin veekxaréeyav  
    you.see   1sg.   must   also   that   1s(>3)-do-FUT   NOMZ-3s(>3)-do-ANC   the-Burrill.Peak.spirit  
    You see, I must also do that way, as Burrill Peak Spirit did.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  127. kári   xás   u-xus   hûut   ni-kuuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   how   1s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And he thought, "What shall I do?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  128. púyava   vaa   u-kúphaa-nik   kunâach'aa  
    you.see   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   bird.sp.  
    kunâach'aa did that.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  129. hûut   áta   -kun-kuph-eesh  
    how   maybe   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-do-FUT  
    "I wonder what they're going to do?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  130. vaa   u-kúphaa-nik   itukuk-'afishríhan  
    so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   placename-young.man  
    The boy from itúkuk did that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  131. kári   xás   u-piip   pa-'íf-haak   víri   chími   nu-pêen   p-ée-kuph-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   NOMZ-true-when   so   soon   1pl(>3)-say.to   NOMZ-2s(>3)-do-FUT  
    And he said, "If it is true, let me tell you what to do.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  132. púyava   pa-kun-'ípak   ôok   kumee-thívthaaneen   vaa   uum   pa-kúph-aan-hanik   p-óo-kupi-ti   áraar   u-tâanaxihi-tih-irak  
    you.see   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-come.back   here   3sPOSS-land   that   3.SG   the-do-Agentive-ANC   NOMZ-3s(>3)-do-DUR   human   3s(>3)-be.dead-DUR-where  
    So when they returned to this world, they are the ones who did as it is done in the land of the dead.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  133. kári   xás   víri-va      kun-kuupha   pa-'írahiv   tah      kun-pifkutíshiiprin  
    then   then   so-so   PERF   3pl(>3s)-do   the-world-renewal.ceremony   already   PERF   3pl(>3s)-put.on  
    Then (the Indians) made the world-renewal ceremony, they put (the handkerchiefs) on.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  134. víri-va   máh'iit   pa-   kun-tátapv-an-va   víri   vaa   u-kupí-tih   pa-mukun-chíshiih   víri   koovúra   pa-mukun-chíshii   ánav      kun-iyvúruk-va  
    so-so   morning   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-trap-go.to-PL.ACT   so   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR   the-3plPOSS-dog   so   all   the-3plPOSS-dog   medicine   PERF   3pl(>3s)-rub-PL.ACT  
    When they went trapping in the morning, their dogs would do this, they would all be rubbed with medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  135. víri-va   u-kupi-tih   pa-t-u-paxfúr-oo   pa-púufich  
    so-so   3s(>3)-do-DUR   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-catch.in.trap-PL.ACT   the-deer  
    That's what they did, when they snared deer.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  136. káru   uumkun   pa-ka'kúkam   vúra   kun-kuph-eesh  
    also   they   the-little.upriver   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-do-FUT  
    Those on the upriver side would do it also.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  137. âapun   ú-krii   -vaa   u-kupi-tih  
    on.the.ground   3s(>3)-live   NOMZ-that   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    She sat on the floor as she did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text
  138. púyava   xás   kúkuum   vúra   vaa   t-óo   p-kuupha  
    you.see   then   again   Intensive   that   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-do  
    Then she did the same thing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text
  139. payêem   uum   tá   koo   tá   -vaa   kin-kupí-tih-ara  
    now   3.SG   PERF   all   PERF   NEG-that   1pl(>3)-do-DUR-NEG  
    Now that's all over, we can't do that.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  140. vúra   páy nanuxákarari   kích   uum   vaa   kun-kupí-tih  
    Intensive   country.outside   only   3.SG   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR  
    Only ones outside of our country did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text
  141. pihnêefich   uum   v-oo-kúphaa-nik  
    coyote   3.SG   so-3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Coyote did that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  142. víri-va   pihnêefich   u-kúphaa-nik  
    so-so   coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC  
    Coyote did that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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