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]

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  1. xas    yítha    pamuxuunak    ífuni    umah   
    then    one    in.the.his.acorn.mush    hair    he.saw.it   
    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    ukupavêenahanik   
    then    that    there    bad    he.did   
    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    pamu'ávan    húukava    u'uum   
    finally    after.while    her.husband    to.somewhere    he.goes   
    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    ukupavêenah   
    what    it.is.doing   
    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    ikupavêenatih   
    what    you.are.doing   
    What are you doing?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  6. fâat    iimkun    kukupavêenahitih   
    what    2pl.    you.guys.are.doing.it   
    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    kukupavêenatih   
    what    2pl.    you.guys.are.doing.it   
    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    ikupavêenatih   
    2sg.    what    you.are.doing.it   
    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    nikupavêenatih   
    nothing    Intensive    I.am.doing.it   
    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    ikupavêenatih   
    how    you.are.doing.it   
    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'ípararahara    taay    kíp    ukupavêenahitih   
    that    just    not.reliable    much    just    he.makes.mischief   
    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    pávaa    tá    kupavêenahan    koovúra    tutháfip    panunupatúmkir   
    that    who.that    PERF    one.who.made.mischief    all    he.has.devoured.them    our.pillows   
    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    kunpiip    vaa    pávaa    kupavêenahan   
    then    then    they.chased.him    they.said    that    who.thusly    one.who.does.mischief   
    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    pakéevniikich    upiip    oo!    puyávhara    papihnêefich    táay    ukupavêenahiti    papihnêefich   
    then    the.old.woman    she.says    oh!    he.is.no.good    Coyote    much    he.does.mischief    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    ukupavêenahiti    atahári   
    surprise    this    3.SG    so    she.was.making.mischief    always   
    There (the doctor) was doing that mischief all the time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text