Description:

The term 'cupet' refers to a trade or trade in general.

Verb:

As a verb, 'cupet' is a happat verb of giving, with an ergative trader, an absolutive thing traded, and a dative trading partner. It has a nearly obligatory fourth argument, introduced with the preposition 'u', which is the thing traded for, the thing desired to be obtained. Cupet in this sense is also one of Common's preferred idioms for sacrificing or giving up something. In that sense it will often be expressed in a disintentive skurun fashion.

Noun:

As a noun, 'cupet' refers to a specific trade or to trade in general, and 'cupetysyn' to trade in general if needed to disambiguate. The derived for 'cupetystep' is a marketplace.