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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]
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