Definition:

To do something. new info


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’;

See more:

čáku ‘pull’;

čápku ‘open a bundle, undo a braid’;

pákuk ‘copulate’.

[NP /ku/.]

Conjugations for kú
tensebaseI doyou dowe (inclusive) dowe (exclusive) doyou all dothey doI/you do it/he/sheyou/you all do me/us
pastkúnakúnaaškúnanamkúnanakúnanàtaškúnapampakúnaákunapákuna
past progressivekúšanakúšanàaškúšanànamkúšanànakúšananàtaškúšanàpampakúšanaákušanapákušana
present / present progressivekúšakúšaaškúšanamkúšanakúšanàtaškúšapampakúšaákušapákuša
present perfectkúšaškúšnamkúšnakúnataškúšpampakúákupáku
futurekútakútaaškútanamkútanakútanàtaškútapampakútaákutapákuta
future progressivekúšatakúšatàaškúšatànamkúšatànakúšatanàtaškúšatàpampakúšataákušatapákušata
  1. past

    base
    kúna
    I do
    kúnaaš
    you do
    kúnanam
    it/he/she/ does
    ikúna
    we (inclusive) do
    kúnana
    we (exclusive) do
    kúnanàtaš
    you all do
    kúnapam
    they do
    pakúna
    its/his/her does
    I/you do it/he/she
    ákuna
    you/you all do me/us
    pákuna
  2. past progressive

    base
    kúšana
    I do
    kúšanàaš
    you do
    kúšanànam
    it/he/she/ does
    ikúšana
    we (inclusive) do
    kúšanàna
    we (exclusive) do
    kúšananàtaš
    you all do
    kúšanàpam
    they do
    pakúšana
    its/his/her does
    I/you do it/he/she
    ákušana
    you/you all do me/us
    pákušana
  3. present / present progressive

    base
    kúša
    I do
    kúšaaš
    you do
    kúšanam
    it/he/she/ does
    ikúša
    we (inclusive) do
    kúšana
    we (exclusive) do
    kúšanàtaš
    you all do
    kúšapam
    they do
    pakúša
    its/his/her does
    I/you do it/he/she
    ákuša
    you/you all do me/us
    pákuša
  4. present perfect

    base
    I do
    kúšaš
    you do
    kúšnam
    it/he/she/ does
    ikú
    we (inclusive) do
    kúšna
    we (exclusive) do
    kúnataš
    you all do
    kúšpam
    they do
    pakú
    its/his/her does
    I/you do it/he/she
    áku
    you/you all do me/us
    páku
  5. future

    base
    kúta
    I do
    kútaaš
    you do
    kútanam
    it/he/she/ does
    ikúta
    we (inclusive) do
    kútana
    we (exclusive) do
    kútanàtaš
    you all do
    kútapam
    they do
    pakúta
    its/his/her does
    I/you do it/he/she
    ákuta
    you/you all do me/us
    pákuta
  6. future progressive

    base
    kúšata
    I do
    kúšatàaš
    you do
    kúšatànam
    it/he/she/ does
    ikúšata
    we (inclusive) do
    kúšatàna
    we (exclusive) do
    kúšatanàtaš
    you all do
    kúšatàpam
    they do
    pakúšata
    its/his/her does
    I/you do it/he/she
    ákušata
    you/you all do me/us
    pákušata
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