Ararahih'urípih
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tápkuup / tapkûupu- to like

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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 tá kuntápkuup mukunpárahvaas.
    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.
    My cat likes it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-03) | read full text
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  3. vaa peeshpúk nikyâareesh, íf tá nitápkuup."
    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! tá kuntápkuup.
    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, tá kuntápkuup.
    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.
    And Coyote took a liking to the women.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. tá nitápkuup.
    I like it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  8. tá nitápkuup pamipákurih.
    I like your song.'"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  9. xás vúra uum tutápkuup pamupákurih.
    And he liked their song.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  10. xás pihnêefich upiip, " ishávaas, tá nitápkuup pamipákurih.
    Then Coyote said, "Nephew, I like your song.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  11. vúra tutápkuup payeeripáxvuh.
    He just liked the girl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  12. kéevniikich vúra uum utapkûuputi póothtiitih.
    An old woman liked to gamble.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  13. xás káan askitávaan utápkuup.
    He liked a woman there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  14. púya íf tá nitápkuup."
    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 tá nitápkuup."
    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. tá kuntápkuup pakunímuustih, u'íihtih.
    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 tá kuntápkuuputih.
    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," tá kuntápkuup pa'arara'íin.
    And she told him, "Live here!"; the people liked him.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text