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-aha / -ahi- Modal
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lexicon ID #169 | revised Oct 31 2014
-aha / -ahi- • SUFF • Modal
Derivatives (2)
kupavêenaha "to do; to be up to something, to make mischief"
kupaveenahíichva "to make-believe"
Note: Part of the discontinuous modal morpheme kupa-...-aha (WB G732).
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hãã víri vaa hûutva kípa hûutva kupakupháheesh tá naséey yes so so somehow like somehow how.to.do.it PERF I.do.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
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playvaa hûut nikupá'aapunmaheesh hûut uum koos so how I.will.know.that.way how 3.SG the.size.of How will I know what size? Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playkáru uum yíth kunkupeekyâahitih also 3.SG other how.they.made.it They make a different kind for that. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playvíri hûut kunkupa'ávahitih so how how.are.they.eating.it So how can they eat it? [without a special plate] Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playhári kích vaa tikupatákiraha sometime like so you.have.soaked.acorns.like.that Did you ever soak acorns like that? Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playishyâat úpaanik yaas'ára vúra u'aapúnmutiheesh yakun pa'îin yíth ukupeexákahitiheesh patá nipikrêehaak nani'îin king.salmon long.ago.he.said rich.person Intensive he.will.know you.see the.falls other it.will.make.noise.that.way that.has when.I.reside.again my.falls Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls. Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full textpeheeraháaptiik pa'uh'íppi sákriivsha puyâamahukich kupeeshpáttahitihara the.tobacco.branch the.tobacco.stem tough.ones not.easy it.does.not.break.in.some.way The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpahûut ukupeethríhahaahiti peethríha how it.blooms.in.some.way the.flower Phases of Flowering Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full textvaa ukupathitívahitih kúnish upíti huhuhuhuhuhu so he.was.hearing.it.that.way sort.of it.was.saying roaring.sound He heard that, it sort of said, "Huhuhuhuhuhu." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textyánava páxaath vaa vúra ukupa'íshipithunahiti pookupavúrayvahitiheen visible the.grasshoppers so Intensive it.was.strung.around.that.way where.he.had.been.wandering.like.that He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás vúra hûut chí pakúuk kunkupá'uumaheesh then Intensive how soon to.there they.will.arrive.somehow And how were they to get there? Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textvíri hûut vúra panikupeepvûunihaheesh so how Intensive I.will.go.back.down.somehow How am I going to get back down?" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textkári xás uxús hûut áta nikupeepvûunihaheesh then then he.thought how maybe I.will.get.back.down.in.that.way Then he thought, "How ever am I to get back down (to earth)?" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textkoovúra ník kunikyâavarihva pá'aah kunkupeekyâaheesh all a.little they.tried.it that.the.fire they.will.make.it.thus They tried everything to make fire. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás úpeenti pamú'aramah kúna vúra yáv peekupeekrêehitiheesh then he.is.saying.to.her his.child in.addition Intensive good that.you.will.be.living.in.that.way And he told his child, "But you will live well. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textvaa ukupapakurîihvahitih cháfich kích navíshtaantih so he.was.singing.that.way bone.to.gnaw only I.want.it He was singing that, "I just want a bone to gnaw on." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textvíri íp nuxúsaat vaa kukupá'aapunmaheesh vaa íp kúth panupaathrámnihat pa'ásipak so PAST we.thought so you.will.know.it.in.that.way so PAST because.of that.we.threw.them.in.them in.the.baskets We thought you would know it in that way, that's why we threw them in the baskets." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full textvíri hûut chími ukupeepsháanvaheesh so how soon she.would.take.it.back How was she to carry it home? Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textkári xás uxus tîi kanmáhi hûut áta pookupeekyâahitih then then she.thought let... let.me.see how maybe how.she.is.making.it And she thought, "Let me see how she makes it!" Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás upiip víri hûut ikupa'eethríshukvahiti pamímyah then she.said so how how.you.are.taking.it.out your.heart And she said, "How do you take out your heart?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textpúyava vaa ukupeeykárahanik papirishkâarim you.see so how.he.killed.her.once the.grizzly.bear So he killed Grizzly that way. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textpúyava vúra tá kunkáriha pakunkupavúraheesh you.see Intensive PERF they.are.ready when.they.will.jab.him And they were ready to jab him. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full textkári xás xára vúra yâamach kunkupá'iinahitih then then long.time Intensive pretty they.lived.in.that.way And they lived nicely for a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full texthûut ník vúra panikupeepmáhaheesh paninikeechíkyav how a.little Intensive that.I.will.see.him.that.way.again my.sweetheart How will I ever see my sweetheart again? Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textvaa xasík vúra panikupeepmáhaheesh paninikeechíkyav so then.(future) Intensive that.I.will.see.him.that.way.again my.sweetheart That way I'll see my sweetheart again. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textvaa uxús vaa xasík vúra panikupeepmáhaheesh so she.thought so then.(future) Intensive that.I.will.see.him.that.way.again She thought, "That way I'll see him again." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xás paniinamichtâapas iknûumin veekxaréeyav pamú'arama vaa vúra ukupa'ífaha pamútiik u'ákchaaktih xákarari pamútiik u'ákchaaktih then then the.smallest Burrill.Peak.spirit his.child so Intensive he.grew.up.this.way his.hands it.was.closed on.both.sides his.hands it.was.closed And Burrill Peak Spirit's littlest child grew up this way, his hands were closed, both his hands were closed. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textvíri vaa kinípeeranik hûutva kóo ithívthaaneen uthaanêehaak xáyfaat ik kúkuum vúra vaa kukupeepvíkaha so so they.told.them somehow as.much.as land it.exists don't! must again Intensive so you.must.not.weave.that.way (But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textchavúra utooríshriihva pookupakúhaheesh finally he.finished.counting how.he.will.make.(a.person).sick Finally he finished counting what he would make (a person) sick with. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full textvaa púufich kunkupeeykárahiti pa'áraar kuntátapvutih so deer they.killed.them.that.way the.Indians they.trapped.them The Indians killed deer that way, they trapped them. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full textvaa kunkupeeykárahiti papúufich so they.killed.them.that.way the.deer They killed the deer that way. Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full textpa'áraar uum pa'áama ukupéekriihvahitih the.Indian 3.SG the.salmon he.fished.for.them.in.a.certain.way The Indians fished for salmon in a certain way. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full textvíriva pa'áama kunkupeeykárahitih so the.salmon they.caught.them.that.way They caught the salmon that way. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full textpúyava íshyaav kunkupeeykárahitih you.see winter they.are.killing.it.that.way They killed it that way in the winter. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full textpeekmaháchraam uum yíth ukupeekyâahiti káru peekrívraam uum vúra yith the.sweathouse 3.SG other it.was.made.in.some.way also the.living-house 3.SG Intensive other The sweathouse was made one way and the living-house another. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full textpúyava páy uum papirish'ánav kunkupeekyâahitih you.see this 3.SG plant.medicine how.they.made.it That’s how they made plant medicine. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text