Ararahih'urípih
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lexicon ID #4086 | revised Oct 31 2014

kúupha / kúuphi- V • to do

Variant kupi (lexicon ID #7809): Used with the durative suffix -ti(h)

Derivative (1)
kupíti "to be doing"

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 (27)

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  1. 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
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play
  2. 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
  3. 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
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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