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lexicon ID #4086 | revised Oct 31 2014
kúupha / kúuphi- • V • to do
Variant kupi (lexicon ID #7809): Used with the durative suffix -ti(h)
Derivative (1)
kupíti "to be doing"
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 (27)
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xás ni-xú-ti vaa páy kip Violet u-kupí-ti the whole thing vaa t-oo sáan-kuri pú-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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playpuxáy 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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playkoovúra 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
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás 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 textxás 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 textpa-'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 textkáruma 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 textxas 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 textuum 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 textuum 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 textáan-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 textfâat vaa vúra vaa pá-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 textvúra fâatva vaa vúra pá-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 textpa-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 textxâatik 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 textxáyfaat 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 textkári xás vaa u-kupí-ti payêem tá 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 textkári 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 textkoovúra mí-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 textpúyava xás p-aaxíich u-pêer pa-mú-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 textkári xás u-piip víri hûut i-kupí-tih pirishkâarim íf tá 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 textpurafâat 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 textvíri 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 textvaa 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 textâapun ú-krii pá-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 textpayêem uum tá koo tá pú-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 textvúra 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