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kúupha / kúuphi- (variant kupi) to do
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4086 | revised Oct 31 2014
kúupha / kúuphi- • V • to do
Variant kupi (lexicon ID #7809): Used with the durative suffix -ti(h)
Derivatives (8)
kúphaan "doer, one who does"
kúphaat "did (past tense)"
kuphákaam "Ghost Dance, Round Dance"
kupháraha "to happen"
kuphêen "did (anterior tense)"
kuphêesh "will do"
kúupha "doing, way of doing things, custom"
seeykúupha "to not to get along with (someone)"
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]
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ipasnáhvaanich ukúphaanik owl.sp. he.did.it Pygmy Owl did it. Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full textvíri hûut ikupheesh vásihkam so how you.pack.them behind How would you pack them? Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playxás nixúti vaa páy kip Violet ukupíti the whole thing vaa too sáankuri púxay vúra fikríiptihara then I.thought so this just Violet she.is.doing.it the whole thing so she.does put.them.into.water not.yet Intensive she.doesn't.sort.them.out 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 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 | Playhãã 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 | Playkoovúra pananívik vaa ukupítih all my.weaving so it's.that.way 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 | Playpihnêefich ukúphaanik amtaap upâatvanik coyote he.did dust he.bathed Coyote did that, he bathed with ashes. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full textvookúphaanik thus.he.did He did thus. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textxás uumkun váa vúra kích kunkupítihanik pakunpakurîihvanaatihanik pa'ávansas pakunpakurîihvanaatihanik ikriripan'ikmaháchraam then they so Intensive only they.were.doing they.sang the.men they.sang Amekyaram.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 pakaan kunivyíihmutihanik peekxaréeyav váa kumá'ii pakun'úuhyanatihanik hûut áta pakunkupítiheesh yaas'ára then Intensive they always there they.went. the.First.People so because.of they.were.talking. how maybe they.will.do 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 textxás pirishkâarim upíip hûut tá kukúupha then grizzly he.said how PERF you.all.did.it Then Grizzly Bear said: "What is the trouble?" Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full textpa'áraar tupakurîihvahaak ikriripanpákurih márukninay váa xás vúra ukvíiptih payváheem váa ukupítih the.person when.he.or.she.sings Amekyaram.sweathouse.song uphill.anywhere so then Intensive he.runs nowadays so he.does.it 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 textvíri vaa mu'íffuth pirishkyâarim ta 'íp uum máruk kúkkuum kári vaa kunkúpha'anik peekxaréeyav atipimámvaan achvúun xákkaan kunváththêen'nik so so after.it grizzly PERF PAST 3.SG uphill again then so they.did.that.way the.First.People buzzard hookbill.salmon both they.fought Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full textkáruma vookúpiti poo'áhootih in.fact he.was.doing.it.that.way he.was.walking 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 textpúya uum vookúphaanik pihnêefich and.so 3.SG he.did.it.that.way coyote That's the way Coyote did. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textpúya uum vookúphaanik pihnêefich and.so 3.SG he.did.it.that.way coyote Coyote did thus. 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 ukupítihanik póothtiitihanik then 3.SG Intensive so only he.was.doing.long.ago that.he.was.gambling 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 textánaach ukúphaanik crow he.did.that.long.ago Crow did that. Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full textpihnêeffich vookúphaan'nik ôok ithivthanéen'aachip coyote this.he.did here center.of.world Coyote did this, here at the world center. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full textuum vúra vookupitti' patóo kxáramha kári tóo pchanchákkar káru patusúpaaha kári kyúkkuum tu'êetchúrar patusúpaaha' tuchánchaaksurar patusúpaaha' 3.SG Intensive he.was.doing.that.way when.it.was be.night then he.did repeatedly.go.to.close.the.roof-hatch also when.it.became.day then again he.went.to.take.it.off when.it.became.day he.went.to.close.the.roof-hatch when.it.became.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 ukupítti' 3.SG Intensive so always he.was.doing That was his job. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full textpúya uum vookuphaanik pihnêeffich and.so 3.SG he.did.this coyote Coyote did this. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full textpúyava uum ukúphaanik kachakâachich and.so. 3.SG she.did.that.way bluejay.(dim.) Behold Bluejay did this way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full textuum vookúphaanik kachakâachich 3.SG thus.she.did bluejay.(dim.) Bluejay is that way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full textáankunish sú' usasípiithva áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti koovúra vookupíti pamupírish áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih string-like inside it.swirls.around middle string-like it.runs.in.through all it.was.doing.it.that.way its.foliage middle string-like it.runs.through 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 pávaa kupítihan man'áta axraas what that Intensive that that is.doing 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 pávaa kupítihan sú' ithivthaneensúruk usanpîithvutih Intensive something so Intensive that is.doing inside under.ground it.is.carrying.things.around 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 textpahûut pakunkupítihanik xáas vúra kúnish ikxáyxaytihaphanik the.way that.they.did.it.long.ago almost Intensive sort.of . 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 textvaa vúra kich pumít kupítihaphat pumít ikxáyxaytihaphat so Intensive only not.near.past that.they.did.it.long.ago not.near.past it.was.chopped.up The only thing they did not do was to work on the ground. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full textfâat tá níkúupha what PERF I.did.it What did I do? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playakâay vaa tóo kúupha who that he.has do Who did that? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás uxus púya íf kâarim tá nikúupha pachími ísheesh then he.thought and.so truly bad PERF I.do being.soon about.to.drink And he thought, "How bad I do, being about to drink water. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textpúyava páy pihnêefich ukúphaanik you.see this coyote he.did.it So Coyote did that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textpihnêefich ukúphaanik coyote he.did.it Coyote did it. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textpúyava vaa ukúphaanik pihnêefich you.see so he.did.it coyote So Coyote did that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textii íf kâarim nikupheen paniyuuphéen oh! truly bad I.did when.I.opened.my.eyes Oh, I really did bad, when I opened my eyes!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playpihnêefich vaa ukúphaanik coyote so he.did.it Coyote did that. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textchímiva vaa kúna ukúupha íshaha úxrah soon so in.addition he.did.it water he.thirsted.for.it Soon he did this also, he got thirsty. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textúma vaa ukúphaanik pámitva ithéeshyav uparíshriihva antunvêech emphatic(?) so he.did.it when.previously all.winter he.twined.them little.string That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textvíri hûut chími ukupheesh so how soon he.will.do.it So what was he to do? Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textvíri vaa ukupítih so so he.was.doing.it He did that. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textvíri vaa kunkupítih pa'asiktávaansa kunxúti kíri nutururípan pa'áhup so so they.were.doing.it the.women they.were.thinking I.wish we.hook.it.out.(with.sticks) the.stick They were doing that, the women were trying to hook out the sticks. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textchémi vaa ník nikupheesh all.right so a.little I.will.do.it "All right, I'll do that. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textchémi vaa ník nikupheesh all.right so a.little I.will.do.it "All right, I'll do that." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás pihnêefich upíip payêem ník vúra ishávaas vaa puneepkuphêeshara then coyote he.said now a.little Intensive child.of.deceased.sibling so I.will.not.do.it.again And Coyote said, "I won't do it again this time, nephew." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textpúya vaa ukúphaanik pihnêefich and.so so he.did.it coyote So that's what Coyote did. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textvíri vaa ukúphaanik pihnêefich so so he.did.it coyote That's what Coyote did. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textchiimuuch'îin kunxúseeranik kíri vaa ukúupha pufáat vúra yávheeshara Lizard he.thought.it.about.him I.wish so he.does.it nothing Intensive will.not.be.good Lizard thought about him, "Let him do that, nothing will be any good." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textpúyava páy uum pihnêefich ukúphaanik you.see this 3.SG coyote he.did.it This is what Coyote did. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás vaa vúra pihnêefich ukúphaanik then so Intensive coyote he.did.it And Coyote did that. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textvaa páy pihnêefich ukúphaanik pakáruk kahyúras uvâaramutih kupánakanakana so this coyote he.did when.upriver Klamath.Lakes he.was.going the.end Coyote did that, when he went upriver to Klamath Lakes. kupánakanakana. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textxás pihnêefich upíip naa vúra vaa nikupheesh then coyote he.said 1sg. Intensive that I.will.do And Coyote said, "I can do that! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás vaa páy uum pihnêefich ukúphaanik then so this 3.SG coyote he.did.it And Coyote did that. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textkári xás kunpíip pûuhara hôoy íf vaa ikupheesh itaharâan ipíhiroopithveesh then then they.said no where truly so you.will.do.it ten.times you.will.dance.around And they said, "No, you can't do that, you will (have to) dance around ten times!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textkári xás upíip miník vúra vaa nikupheesh then then he.said of.course Intensive so I.will.do.it And he said, "Sure, I can do that!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textpúyava pihnêefich ukúphaanik kupánakanakana you.see coyote he.did.it the.end Coyote did it. kupánakanakana. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textvaa ukúphaanik pihnêefich uum so he.did coyote 3.SG Coyote did this way. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full textvíriva pihnêefich ukúphaanik thus coyote he.did Coyote did that. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full textvaa kunkúphaanik ithâan so they.did once They did this way once. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Playpâanpay vaa tá kunkúupha after.while so PERF they.do Finally they did this way. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Playkári xás púyava páy pihnêefich ukúphaanik then then you.see this coyote he.did.that So Coyote did that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textxâatik vaa ukupítih it's.better so it.is.doing Let it do that." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textxáyfaat vaa ukupítih don't! so it.is.doing Let it not do that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textkári xás vaa ukupíti payêem tá pu'áhootihara patur then then so it.is.doing now PERF it.doesn't.walk the.basket-load So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textxás 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 textkári xás pihnêefich uxús púxay vúra vaa kupítiheeshara then then coyote he.thinks not.yet Intensive that won't.be.doing And Coyote thought, "They can't do that." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textxás âanxus upíip vaa ník nikupheesh then weasel he.said so a.little I.will.do.it And Weasel said, "I'll do that." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textxás uxús hûut pánikupheesh then he.thought how that.I.will.do And he thought, "What shall I do? Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textxás poopáhariithvunaa pamuhrooha'îin kunipêer yaxéek iim vaa kích ikupítiheesh then when.he.caught.up.with.them his.wife she.told.him you'll.see 2sg. so only you.will.be.doing And when he caught up with them, his wife told him, "You're going to be doing nothing but this. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkoovúra mímyaahti vaa ikupítiheesh fátaak á' ikûuntakoovish all your.life so you.will.be.doing somewhere above you.will.sit.on.it 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 textvíri payaas'ára hûutva tu'íinahaak víri payaas'ára kâarim tukúphaak vaa kári xás ík ichuuphítiheesh so the.Humankind somehow when.it.exists so the.Humankind bad when.it.has.done.it so then then must you.will.be.speaking However (long) Mankind exists, when Mankind does bad, then you will have to speak. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textvaa ukúphaanik á 'iknêechhan so he.did.it falcon Duck Hawk did this. Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full textkári xás kúkuum vúra vaa tóo kuupha tutátuyshiprimtih xás tóo yvêesh paxuun then then again Intensive that she.did do she.was.sweeping.up then she.did pour.out the.acorn.soup So she did that way again, she swept up, then she poured the acorn soup down. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textpúyava xás paaxíich upêer pamútaat úma kachakâach vaa ukupítih kachakáach uyveeshrîihvuti paxuun you.see then the.child she.told.her her.mother emphatic(?) bluejay that she.is.doing bluejay she.is.pouring.it.out 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 uxús páchishii hôoy íf vaa páy pánukupheesh then then he.thought the.dog where truly that this that.we.will.do And Dog thought, "We can't do it like this." Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás uxus hûut áta pánikupheesh then he.thought how maybe that.I.will.do And he thought, "How ever shall I do?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textyee! xás uxútih hûut áta pánikupheesh well then he.was.thinking how maybe that.I.will.do Well, then he thought, "How ever shall I do?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textkári xás upiip víri hûut ikupítih pirishkâarim íf tá nitápkuup then then she.said so how you.are.doing.it grizzly truly PERF I.like.it And Grizzly said, "How do you do it? I really like it!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textpúyava yuuxmachmahánach ukúphaanik kupánakanakana you.see lizard.sp. he.did.it.once the.end So Lizard did it. kupánakanakana. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textpurafâat vúra káru kupítiheeshara nothing Intensive also won't.be.doing You won't be doing anything, either." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full textvúra púra húun kupítihara Intensive NEG harmful was.doing (It was as if) she was doing no harm. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textkári xás apsunmúnukich upiip payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri pa'asiktávaan vaa ukupítihaak ukitaxríharahitihaak xáat káru uxúti vúra pu'aapúnmeeshap víri vaa vúra kun'áapunmeesh then then racer.snake he.said when.humankind it.comes.into.existence so when.a.woman so she.does when.she.is.unfaithful may also she.thinks Intensive they.won't.know so so Intensive they.will.find.out Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textvíri vaa ukupitih tusaríshriihva pakóo kuma'ávaha so that she.was.doing she.was.putting.down all kinds.of.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 pavaa ukupítih ikxáram xás póomkaanvutih that because.of that she.was.doing night then that.she.was.gathering.from.plants That's why she did that, she gathered food in the evening. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full texttúus ukúphaanik mockingbird he.did.it Mockingbird did it. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full textxás kunxús nuu káru vaa tîi núkuuphi then they.thought we also so let... let.us.do.it And they thought, "Let us do that too!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full textpeekxaréeyav vaa ukúphaanik the.god so he.did.it The gods did this. Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full textxás pihnêefich ukúphaanik then coyote he.did.it Coyote did this. Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full textpuvaahyâach kupítihat not.the.same.way he.did.it (But) they didn't do it (hold the world-renewal) the same way. Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full textvíri vaa kunkúpheesh so so they.will.do.it This is what they will do. Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full textkári xás kunpiip hûut pánukupheesh then then they.said how we.will.do And they said, "How shall we do?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full textkári xás kunpiip vaa páy hínupa uum pookupítiheesh then then they.said so this surprise 3.SG how.it.will.do.it And they said, "That's the way (Mankind) will do it." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full textpayaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri vaa pakunkupítiheesh when.Humankind it.comes.into.existence so so how.they.will.do.it When Mankind comes into existence, they will do like that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full texthûut áta pánikupheesh how maybe that.I.will.do "How ever shall I do?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xás vaa kunkúupha peekxariya'ifápiitsha then then so they.did the.spirit.girls Then the spirit girls did this. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textkári xás uxus payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak víri uum káru vúra vaa ukupheesh xáat kâanimich then then she.thought when.Humankind it.comes.into.existence so 3.SG also Intensive so she.will.do may poor And she thought, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) will do this way also, (though) she may be poor. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textxás uxús hûut áta nikupheesh then he.thought how maybe I.will.do.it And he thought, "How shall I do, I wonder?" Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textvíri vaa kunkupitih pathakan'ávak tá kunthataktakúraan pamukunyáfus pamukunyupastáran mûuk pakun'ívunti kahyuras'afishríhan so so they.were.doing.it above.the.knee PERF they.were.tattered their.dresses their.tears with.(by.means.of) that.they.were.crying.for.him Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man They did this, their dresses were all tattered up above the knees from the tears that they were weeping for Klamath Lakes Young Man. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textkári xás vaa kunkúupha kurihkirá'aachipvari uthrîish pamukunyupastáran then then so they.did.it towards.the.middle.of.the.roof-beam they.ran.together their.tears They did this, their tears collected halfway up the roof-beam. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textkári xás uxúsaanik kahyuras'afishríhan yaas'ára nanipírish tu'aapúnmahaak yaas'ára káru vúra vaa ukupheesh then then he.thought Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man rich.person my.medicine if.they.know.it rich.person also Intensive so they.will.do.it And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "If Mankind knows my medicine, Mankind will do this way also." Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textvíri naa káru vaa nikupheesh so 1sg. also so I.will.do.it I will do that way also." Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textvaa kunkúphaanik so they.did.it They did this. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textuum vúra hitíhaan vaa kích ukupitih úkvaatih 3.SG Intensive always so only he.was.doing.it he.gathered.sweathouse.wood He did only this all the time, he gathered sweathouse wood. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textkári xás vaa kunkúupha mukuníkriv kunikyâaheen then then so they.did.it their.living they.made.it And they did this, they made their living. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textkári xás vaa ukúupha ikmaháchraam kúuk u'íipma then then so he.did.it sweathouse to he.went.back Then he did this, he went back to the sweathouse. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás uxúti hûut áta tá kunkúupha then he.was.thinking how maybe PERF they.did.it And he thought, "I wonder what they're doing?" Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textvúra kích ukupitih xuus u'íruvooti Intensive only he.was.doing.it thought he.was.turning.to.it He did only (this), he thought about them. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textchavúra teepshítaanivanihich axmáy vaa ukúupha sâam utfákutih finally after.a.while suddenly so he.did.it little.downhill he.was.looking.downhill Finally after a while suddenly he did this, he looked downhill. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textyánava uum káru vaa ukupiti pá'uum ukupiti ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav visible 3.SG also so he.was.doing.it which.he he.was.doing.it Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit He saw that (the other person) was also doing what Sacred Sweathouse Spirit was doing. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textyánava uum káru vaa ukupitih víkapu uskúruhtih visible 3.SG also so he.was.doing.it Jump.Dance.basket he.was.carrying.it He saw he was doing that too, he was carrying a quiver. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás upiip ník vaa nixúti tée kúupha then he.said a.little so I.am.thinking you.had do And (the other) said, "I know you are doing that." Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás upiip naa vaa nikupítih then he.said 1sg. so I.am.doing.it And he said, "I do this. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textîikam tá kunpirukûurish yukún vaa kunkupitih fúrax mukunpikshipíkmath outdoors PERF they.sit.down.again you.see so they.are.doing.it woodpecker.head their.sun-shades They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás vaa ukúupha xánahich vúra uxapyuxúyux then so he.did.it after.while Intensive he.rubbed.his.foot.in.dirt And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás poofúmtaapsur víri yûuth pootrûuputih xánahich axmáy vaa ukuupha pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath axmáy u'áapuchur then when.he.blew so downriver.and.across-stream as.he.looked.downriver after.while suddenly so they.did.it their.woodpecker-head.sun-shades suddenly they.collapsed And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textvíri vaa ukuupha chaka'îich kúnish kun'ixipúniihva so so he.did.it slowly sort.of they.drifted.down They did that, they sort of floated slowly down. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textkári xás vaa ukuupha xánahich uxapyuxúyux then then so he.did.it after.while he.rubbed.his.foot.in.dirt And he did this, he rubbed his foot in the dirt for a little while. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textkári xás uxúsaanik ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav yaas'ara'îin tana'apúnmiikahaak yaas'ára káru vaa ukupheesh then then he.thought Sacred.Sweathouse.Spirit Humankind if.they.have.learned.it.from.me rich.person also so they.will.do.it And Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, "If Mankind has learned it from me, Mankind will do so too." Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textvíri naa káru vaa nikupheesh so 1sg. also so I.will.do.it I will do so too. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás vaa ukúphaanik páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif then so he.did.it sky.black.wolf And páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif (name of an ikxaréeyav, probably "black little-wolf of the sky") did this. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full textxás vaa ukúphaanik then so he.did.it He did this. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full textkári xás uxúsaanik yaas'ara'îin tá na'apúnmiikahaak víri yaas'ára káru vúra vaa ukupheesh then then he.thought Humankind PERF if.it.learned.it.from.me so rich.person also Intensive so he.will.do.it Then (the father) thought, "If Mankind has learned it from me, Mankind will do this way too." Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full textnaa káru vaa nikupheesh 1sg. also so I.will.do.it I will do that too. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full textkári xás uxus hûut nikupheesh then then he.thought how I.will.do And he thought, "What shall I do?" Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textyukún naa ík káru vaa nikupheesh pookúphaanik peeknûumin veekxaréeyav you.see 1sg. must also that I.will.do as.he.did the.Burrill.Peak.Spirit You see, I must also do that way, as Burrill Peak Spirit did. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textkári xás uxus hûut nikuupheesh then then he.thought how I.will.do.it And he thought, "What shall I do? Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textpúyava vaa ukúphaanik kunâach'aa you.see so he.did.it bird.sp. kunâach'aa did that. Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full texthûut áta pákunkupheesh how maybe that.they.will.do "I wonder what they're going to do?" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvaa ukúphaanik itukuk'afishríhan so he.did.it itúkuk.young.man The boy from itúkuk did that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkári xás upiip pa'ífhaak víri chími nupêen péekupheesh then then he.said if.true so soon let.me.tell.you how.you.will.do And he said, "If it is true, let me tell you what to do. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textpúyava pakun'ípak ôok kumeethívthaaneen vaa uum pakúphaanhanik póokupiti áraar utâanaxihitihirak you.see when.they.returned here its.world that 3.SG the.ones.who.did.it as.one.is.doing.it human where.one.is.dead So when they returned to this world, they are the ones who did as it is done in the land of the dead. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textkári xás víriva tá kunkuupha pa'írahiv tah tá kunpifkutíshiiprin then then so PERF they.did the.world-renewal.ceremony already PERF they.put.on Then (the Indians) made the world-renewal ceremony, they put (the handkerchiefs) on. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full textvíriva máh'iit patá kuntátapvanva víri vaa ukupítih pamukunchíshiih víri koovúra pamukunchíshii ánav tá kuniyvúrukva so morning when they.went.trapping so so it.did.it their.dog so all their.dogs medicine PERF they.rubbed.them.with When they went trapping in the morning, their dogs would do this, they would all be rubbed with medicine. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full textvíriva ukupitih patupaxfúroo papúufich so.thusly they.did.it when.they.caught.them the.deer That's what they did, when they snared deer. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full textkáru uumkun paka'kúkam vúra kunkupheesh also they the.upriver.side Intensive they.will.do.it Those on the upriver side would do it also. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textâapun úkrii pávaa ukupitih on.the.ground she.sits thus she.does She sat on the floor as she did that. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full textpúyava xás kúkuum vúra vaa tóo pkuupha you.see then again Intensive that she.had do.again Then she did the same thing. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full textpayêem uum tá koo tá púvaa kinkupítihara now 3.SG PERF all PERF not.that we.aren't.doing.it 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 kunkupítih Intensive country.outside only 3.SG so they.did Only ones outside of our country did that. Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full textpihnêefich uum vookúphaanik coyote 3.SG he.did.that Coyote did that. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Playvíriva pihnêefich ukúphaanik so coyote he.did.it Coyote did that. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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