Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play
  2. 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
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play
  3. 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
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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