kú

Definition:

Do.

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Examples:

1. ikú ‘he has done it’;
2. pásc̓at áawat ikú ‘the fog has disappeared’;
3. tk̓ʷíikʷ ikúša ‘he is doing it right’;
4. kʷná pakúx̣ana ánč̓a núsux̣na ku k̓súyasna inmíma tanánma ‘there again my people used to catch salmon and eels’;
5. k̓úpnaš kʷíya apáp ‘I broke my arm (or hand)’;
6. ayáyatnam kú ‘you’ve done beautifully, congradulations’;
7. húynaš ikʷíya ‘he couldn’t do it’;
8. kúušx̣i pakúx̣a ‘they do it the same way’;
9. kúuš pakúx̣ana míimi ‘thusly they used to do long ago’;
10. kúušpam kúta miyánašma ‘you children should do thusly’;
11. čáwnam mún kúuš kúx̣ana ‘you never used to do like that’;
12. čáwpam čná tún wíkuta ‘you won’t do anything here’;
13. cnísaan ákʷiyayik ‘do something for your sister!’;
14. páyu ikʷíyayiya (paanáy) apáp ‘he hurt his (the other person’s) hand’;
15. čáw pináwikʷayik núšnu ‘don’t pick your nose!’;
16. yáyš ikú ‘he has done wrong’;
17. páyu ikʷíya (pinmíin) apáp ‘he hurt his (own) hand’;

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See more:

čáku ‘pull’;

čápku ‘open a bundle, undo a braid’;

pákuk ‘copulate’.

[NP /ku/.]