Ararahih'urípih
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tápkuup / tapkûupu- to like

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5672 | revised Dec 26 2015

tápkuup / tapkûupu- V • to like

Source: WB 1312, p.383

  • aay nitápkuuputi. I like grapes. [Reference: Richardson 1993:12]
  • uum kiiktápkuuputihap peeshpuká'ii. She likes you folks for the sake of the money. [Reference: KV]


Sentence examples (18)


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  1. chavúra    pa'avansáxiitichas        kuntápkuup    mukunpárahvaas   
    finally    the.boys    PERF    they.liked    their.uncle.(through.one's.deceased.father)   
    Then the boys liked their uncle through mourning.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  2. vaa    pananipúsihich    utapkûuputih   
    that    my.cat    it.likes.it   
    My cat likes it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  3. vaa    peeshpúk    nikyâareesh    íf        nitápkuup   
    so    the.dentalium.shells    I.will.go.gather.it    truly    PERF    I.like.it   
    I will go get that money, I have really taken a liking to it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  4. xás    oo        kuntápkuup   
    then    oh!    PERF    they.liked.it   
    And oh, they took a liking to it!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  5. oo    púya    íf    yâamachich    pasah'áhup        kuntápkuup   
    oh!    and.so    truly    pretty.(dimin.)    the.driftwood    PERF    they.liked.it   
    Oh, how pretty the driftwood was, they took a liking to it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  6. xás    pihnêefich    tutápkuup    pa'asiktávaansa   
    then    coyote    he.had.taken.a.liking.to.them    the.women   
    And Coyote took a liking to the women.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  7.     nitápkuup   
    PERF    I.like   
    I like it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  8.     nitápkuup    pamipákurih   
    PERF    I.like    your.song   
    I like your song.'"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  9. xás    vúra    uum    tutápkuup    pamupákurih   
    then    Intensive    3.SG    he.liked    his.song   
    And he liked their song.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  10. xás    pihnêefich    upiip    ishávaas        nitápkuup    pamipákurih   
    then    coyote    he.said    child.of.deceased.sibling    PERF    I.like    your.song   
    Then Coyote said, "Nephew, I like your song.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  11. vúra    tutápkuup    payeeripáxvuh   
    Intensive    he.liked    the.adolescent.girl   
    He just liked the girl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  12. kéevniikich    vúra    uum    utapkûuputi    póothtiitih   
    old.woman.(dimin.)    Intensive    3.SG    she.liked    that.she.gamble   
    An old woman liked to gamble.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  13. xás    káan    askitávaan    utápkuup   
    then    there    woman    he.likes   
    He liked a woman there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  14. púya    íf        nitápkuup   
    and.so    truly    PERF    I.like.it   
    My, I really like it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  15. 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
  16.     kuntápkuup    pakunímuustih    u'íihtih   
    PERF    they.like.him    when.they.watch.him    he.is.dancing   
    They liked him as they watched him, he was dancing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  17. asiktávaan    mukeechíkyav    xákaan    vúra    puxích    puráan        kuntápkuuputih   
    woman    her.sweetheart    both    Intensive    very.much    each.other    PERF    they.liked.them   
    A woman and her sweetheart loved each other very much.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  18. xás    upéer    chími    ôok    vúra    íkrii        kuntápkuup    pa'arara'íin   
    then    she.told.him    soon    here    Intensive    live    PERF    they.liked.him    the.people   
    And she told him, "Live here!"; the people liked him.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text