Ararahih'urípih
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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]


Sentence examples (118)

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  1. ipasnáhvaanich    ukúphaanik   
    owl.sp.    he.did.it   
    Pygmy Owl did it.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. víri    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 | Play
  3. xás    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
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  4. 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
  5. hãã    víri    vaa    hûutva    kípa    hûutva    kupakupháheesh        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
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  6. vaa    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
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  7. koovúra    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
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  8. pihnêefich    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 text
  9. vookúphaanik   
    thus.he.did   
    He did thus.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  10. xás    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 text
  11. xás    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 text
  12. xás    pirishkâarim    upíip    hûut        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 text
  13. pa'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 text
  14. víri    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 text
  15. káruma    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 text
  16. púya    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 text
  17. púya    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 text
  18. xas    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 text
  19. ánaach    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 text
  20. pihnêeffich    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 text
  21. uum    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 text
  22. uum    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 text
  23. púya    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 text
  24. púyava    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 text
  25. uum    vookúphaanik    kachakâachich   
    3.SG    thus.she.did    bluejay.(dim.)   
    Bluejay is that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  26. áankunish    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 text
  27. fâat    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 text
  28. vúra    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 text
  29. pahûut    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 text
  30. vaa    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 text
  31. fâat        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
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  32. akâay    vaa    tóo    kúupha   
    who    that    he.has    do   
    Who did that?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  33. xás    uxus    púya    íf    kâarim        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 text
  34. púyava    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 text
  35. pihnêefich    ukúphaanik   
    coyote    he.did.it   
    Coyote did it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  36. púyava    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 text
  37. ii    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
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  38. pihnêefich    vaa    ukúphaanik   
    coyote    so    he.did.it   
    Coyote did that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  39. chímiva    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 text
  40. úma    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 text
  41. víri    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 text
  42. víri    vaa    ukupítih   
    so    so    he.was.doing.it   
    He did that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  43. víri    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 text
  44. chémi    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 text
  45. chémi    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 text
  46. xás    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 text
  47. púya    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 text
  48. víri    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 text
  49. chiimuuch'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 text
  50. púyava    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 text
  51. xás    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 text
  52. vaa    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 text
  53. xás    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 text
  54. xás    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 text
  55. kári    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 text
  56. kári    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 text
  57. púyava    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 text
  58. vaa    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 text
  59. víriva    pihnêefich    ukúphaanik   
    thus    coyote    he.did   
    Coyote did that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  60. vaa    kunkúphaanik    ithâan   
    so    they.did    once   
    They did this way once.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  61. pâanpay    vaa        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
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  62. kári    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 text
  63. xâatik    vaa    ukupítih   
    it's.better    so    it.is.doing   
    Let it do that."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  64. xáyfaat    vaa    ukupítih   
    don't!    so    it.is.doing   
    Let it not do that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  65. kári    xás    vaa    ukupíti    payêem        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 text
  66. xás    pihnêefich    upíti    vaa    vúra    káru    vúra    pa'áraar    uumkun    kunkúpheesh    pánaa        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
  67. kári    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 text
  68. xás    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 text
  69. xás    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 text
  70. xás    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 text
  71. koovúra    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 text
  72. víri    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 text
  73. vaa    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 text
  74. kári    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 text
  75. púyava    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 text
  76. kári    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 text
  77. xás    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 text
  78. yee!    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 text
  79. kári    xás    upiip    víri    hûut    ikupítih    pirishkâarim    íf        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 text
  80. púyava    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 text
  81. purafâat    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 text
  82. vúra    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 text
  83. kári    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 text
  84. víri    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 text
  85. vaa    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 text
  86. túus    ukúphaanik   
    mockingbird    he.did.it   
    Mockingbird did it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text
  87. xás    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 text
  88. peekxaréeyav    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 text
  89. xás    pihnêefich    ukúphaanik   
    then    coyote    he.did.it   
    Coyote did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  90. puvaahyâach    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 text
  91. víri    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 text
  92. kári    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 text
  93. kári    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 text
  94. payaas'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 text
  95. hûut    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 text
  96. kári    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 text
  97. kári    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 text
  98. xás    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 text
  99. víri    vaa    kunkupitih    pathakan'ávak        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 text
  100. kári    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 text
  101. kári    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 text
  102. víri    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 text
  103. vaa    kunkúphaanik   
    so    they.did.it   
    They did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  104. uum    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 text
  105. kári    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 text
  106. kári    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 text
  107. xás    uxúti    hûut    áta        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 text
  108. vúra    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 text
  109. chavúra    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 text
  110. yánava    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 text
  111. yánava    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 text
  112. xás    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 text
  113. xás    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 text
  114. îikam        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 text
  115. xás    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 text
  116. xás    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 text
  117. víri    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 text
  118. kári    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 text
  119. kári    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 text
  120. víri    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 text
  121. xás    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 text
  122. xás    vaa    ukúphaanik   
    then    so    he.did.it   
    He did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  123. kári    xás    uxúsaanik    yaas'ara'îin        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 text
  124. naa    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 text
  125. kári    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 text
  126. yukún    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 text
  127. kári    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 text
  128. púyava    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 text
  129. hûut    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 text
  130. vaa    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 text
  131. kári    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 text
  132. púyava    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 text
  133. kári    xás    víriva        kunkuupha    pa'írahiv    tah        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 text
  134. víriva    máh'iit    patá    kuntátapvanva    víri    vaa    ukupítih    pamukunchíshiih    víri    koovúra    pamukunchíshii    ánav        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 text
  135. víriva    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 text
  136. káru    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 text
  137. âapun    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 text
  138. púyava    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 text
  139. payêem    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 text
  140. vúra    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 text
  141. pihnêefich    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
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  142. víriva    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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