Ararahih'urípih
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kuphêesh will do

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4014 | revised May 14 2024

kuphêesh • V • will do

Derivation:  kúupha-heesh
do-FUT

Note: Often unaccented at the end of a sentence.

  • puyávhara pa'áraar, fâat vúra vookupheesh. That person is no good, he'll do just anything. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (7)


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  1. puxáy    vúra    vaa    nakupéeshara    paViolet     ukupiti   
    not.yet    Intensive    so    I.do.not.do.it    NOMZ    she.does.it   
    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

  2. vaa    káru    hûut    ukupheesh   
    so    also    how    it.will.happen   
    So what happens?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. nuu    vúra    púvaa    kinkuphêesh   
    we    Intensive    not.that    we.do   
    We can't do that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  4. manâa    naa    káru    nikuphêesh    ayu'âach    pa-sand    vúra    vaa   
    maybe    1sg.    also    I.will.do    it.was.because    the.sand    Intensive    so   
    That's what I do too, because of the sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  5. xás    tá    kin'éethih    hûut    panukúpheesh   
    then    PERF    she.told.us    how    that.we.will.do   
    Then she told us how we should do it.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  6. kúna    vúra    páykuuk    yíiv    áhoon    payôok    xáyfaat    i'áhoo    peempaheepshûunkinich    kâarim    ikupheesh   
    in.addition    Intensive    over.there    far    go.travel    right.here    don't!    you.go    the.short.road    bad    you.will.do   
    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  7. xás    pihnêefich    upíti    vaa    vúra    káru    vúra    pa'áraar    uumkun    kunkúpheesh    pánaa    tá    nikuupha   
    then    coyote    he.is.saying    that    Intensive    also    Intensive    the.human    they    they.will.do    as.I    PERF    I.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