Karuk Dictionary
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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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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 | Playvaa 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 textpa-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 textpa-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 textvaa kúnish kun-imúsahi-ti pá-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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playyáv 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playp-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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playp-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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa-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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvúra 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpu-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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúnish 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás 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 textxás 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 textkúna 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 textkáru 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 textpa-mu-tiiv káru vúra aaxkúnish-ich-as vaa vúra pá-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 textvúra 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 textxás p-oo-'úum yánava koovúra vaa u-músahi-ti pa-mukun-'îikam u-músahi-tih víri íf kákach p-oo-pí-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 textxás u-pí-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 textxás pâanpay xás u-xús naa ni-xú-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 textxás 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