Ararahih'urípih
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imúsaha / imúsahi- to look (a certain way), to look like; to appear

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2572 | revised Nov 16 2014

imúsaha / imúsahi- V • to look (a certain way), to look like; to appear

Derivation imus-aha
look.at-ESS

Source: WB 609.3, p. 346

Note: Initial /i/ is lost after vowels of prefixes.

  • hûut taneemúsaha? How do I look? [Reference: JPH mat 07:284L]
  • yáv vúra umúsahiti peeshkêesh. The river looks good. [Reference: Richardson 1993:5.]


Sentence examples (27)


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  1. pa-'ishkêesh   yáv   u-músahi-tih  
    the-river   good   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    The river looks good.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play
  2. vaa   vúra   púrith   u-mússahi-ti   kúna   vúra   axvíththirar   u-mússahi-ti   pa-chishihpúrith   uxraháthkaay   pa-ppírish   káru   vúra   axvíththirar-kunish  
    so   Intensive   huckleberry   3s(>3)-look-DUR   in.addition   Intensive   dirty   3s(>3)-look-DUR   the-nightshade.sp.   sour   the-plant   also   Intensive   dirty-like  
    They look like huckleberries, but the dog huckleberries are dirty looking, they are sour, the leaves also are dirty looking.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
  3. pa-hûut   u-'iftakantákkan-ti   ú-mxaath-ti   u-'ákka-ti   u-mússahi-tih  
    the-how   3s(>3)-feel.sticky-DUR   3s(>3)-smell.like-DUR   3s(>3)-taste-DUR   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    "How [tobacco] Feels, Smells, Tastes, and Looks"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  4. pa-hûut   u-músahi-tih  
    the-how   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    "How [tobacco] Looks"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  5. vaa   kúnish   kun-imúsahi-ti   -saan  
    so   sort.of   3pl(>3s)-look-DUR   the-leaf  
    They (the quails) are the same color as the leaves.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  6. yáv   u-músahi-ti   pa-'ishkéesh  
    good   3s(>3)-look-DUR   the-river  
    The river looks good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  7. p-eeshkêesh   yáv   u-músahi-tih  
    the-river   good   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    The river looks good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  8. p-eeshkêesh   vúra   yáv   u-músahi-tih  
    the-river   Intensive   good   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    The river looks good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  9. pa-nani-yukúku   vúra   uum   kâarim   u-músahi-tih  
    the-1sPOSS-shoe(s)   Intensive   3.SG   bad   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    My shoes are ugly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  10. vúra   uum   kúnish   pu-yáv   imúsaha-tih-ara  
    Intensive   3.SG   sort.of   NEG-good   look-DUR-NEG  
    You don't look so good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  11. pu-yáv   imúsaha-tih-ara  
    NEG-good   look-DUR-NEG  
    You don't look good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. kúnish   apxantínihich   i-musahi-tih  
    sort.of   white.man   2s(>3)-look-DUR  
    You white people look like that.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. xás   u-pêer   pa-sípnuuk   naa   ík   vúra   nee-músahi-tih-eesh   p-ee-kûuntakoo  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-storage.basket   1sg.   must   Intensive   2s/3s>1s-look-DUR-FUT   NOMZ-2s(>3)-sit.(on)  
    And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  14. xás   yâamach-as   ku-músahi-tih  
    then   pretty-PL   2pl(>3)-look-DUR  
    And (he said), "You look pretty."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  15. kúna   vúra   pa-mu-krívraam   vaa   vúra   u-músahi-ti   pa-nunu-krívraam   koovúra   p-oo-tâayhi-ti   iinâak   vaa   vúra   u-músahi-ti   ôok   iinâak   p-oo-tâayhi-tih  
    in.addition   Intensive   the-3sPOSS-house   that   Intensive   3s(>3)-look-DUR   the-1plPOSS-house   all   NOMZ-3s(>3)-be.many-DUR   indoors   that   Intensive   3s(>3)-look-DUR   here   indoors   NOMZ-3s(>3)-be.many-DUR  
    "But his house looks just like our house, everything that is inside looks just like what is inside here.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  16. káru   uum   naa   vúra   nee-músahi-ti   pa-'ávansa  
    also   3.SG   1sg.   Intensive   2s/3s>1s-look-DUR   the-man  
    And he looks just like me, the man.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  17. pa-mu-tiiv   káru   vúra   aaxkúnish-ich-as   vaa   vúra   -naa   nee-músahi-ti   pa-naní-tiiv  
    the-3sPOSS-ear   also   Intensive   red-DIM-PL   that   Intensive   NOMZ-1sg.   1s-look-DUR   the-1sPOSS-ear  
    His ears are reddish too, just like my ears look.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  18. vúra   pu-sakeemvárihv-eesh-ara   koovúra   vaa   u-músahi-ti   pa-nunú-'uup  
    Intensive   NEG-be.homesick-FUT-NEG   all   that   3s(>3)-look-DUR   the-1plPOSS-possession  
    You won't be homesick, everything looks like our things.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  19. xás   p-oo-'úum   yánava   koovúra   vaa   u-músahi-ti   pa-mukun-'îikam   u-músahi-tih   víri   íf   kákach   p-oo--ti   vaa   u-músahi-tih  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   visible   all   that   3s(>3)-look-DUR   NOMZ-3plPOSS-outdoors   3s(>3)-look-DUR   so   truly   daddy   NOMZ-3s(>3)-say-DUR   that   3s(>3)-look-DUR  
    And when she arrived, she saw that everything looked like it looked outside their house, it was true how daddy said it looked.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  20. xás   u--ti   vúra   if   koovúra   vaa   u-músahi-ti   ôok   pa-nanú-'uup   pa-nini-'ávan   mu-krívraam  
    then   3s(>3)-say-DUR   Intensive   true   all   that   3s(>3)-look-DUR   here   the-1plPOSS-possession   the-1sPOSS-husband   3sPOSS-house  
    And she said, "It's true, everything looks like our things here, in my husband's house."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  21. xás   pâanpay   xás   u-xús   naa   ni--ti   na-pikshayvûunish-ti   yukún   koovúra   vaa   u-músahi-ti   pa-nunú-'uup   káru   uum   vúra   vaa   u-músahi-ti   pa-nini-'áka  
    then   after.while   then   3s(>3)-think   1sg.   1s(>3)-think-DUR   2s/3s>1s-tell.lies.to-DUR   you.see   all   that   3s(>3)-look-DUR   the-1plPOSS-possession   also   3.SG   Intensive   that   3s(>3)-look-DUR   the-1sPOSS-father  
    Then after a while she thought, "I think he's deceiving me, everything looks like our things, and he looks just like my father."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  22. xás   vúra   uum   itníiv   u-músaha  
    then   Intensive   3.SG   mean   3s(>3)-look  
    And he looked mean.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text