Ararahih'urípih
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kuphêesh will do

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4014 | revised May 14 2024

kuphêesh • V • will do

Derivation:  kúupha-heesh
do-FUT

Note: Often unaccented at the end of a sentence.

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

Sentence examples (7)


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  1. puxáy vúra vaa nakupéeshara paViolet ukupiti.
    I can't do it like Violet does.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

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

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

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

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

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

  7. xás pihnêefich upíti, " vaa vúra káru vúra pa'áraar uumkun kunkúpheesh, pánaa tá nikuupha."
    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