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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 umúsahitih the.river good it.looks.good 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 umússahiti kúna vúra axvíththirar umússahiti pachishihpúrith uxraháthkaay pappírish káru vúra axvíththirarkunish so Intensive huckleberry it.is.looking.like.it in.addition Intensive dirty it.is.looking.like.it the.dog.huckleberry sour the.leaves 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 textpahûut u'iftakantákkanti úmxaathti u'ákkati umússahitih the.way it.feels.sticky it.smells.like.(something) it.tastes.like.(something) it.looks.like.(something) "How [tobacco] Feels, Smells, Tastes, and Looks" Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full textpahûut umúsahitih the.way it.looks.like.(something) "How [tobacco] Looks" Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full textvaa kúnish kunimúsahiti pásaan so sort.of they.looked.like the.leaves 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 umúsahiti pa'ishkéesh good it.looks.like 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 | Playpeeshkêesh yáv umúsahitih the.river good it.looks.like The river looks good. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpeeshkêesh vúra yáv umúsahitih the.river Intensive good it.looks.like The river looks good. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpananiyukúku vúra uum kâarim umúsahitih my.shoes Intensive 3.SG bad it.is.looking 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 puyáv imúsahatihara Intensive 3.SG sort.of not.good you.are.looking 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 | Playpuyáv imúsahatihara not.good you.are.looking. 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 imusahitih sort.of white.man you.look.like.that 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 upêer pasípnuuk naa ík vúra neemúsahitiheesh peekûuntakoo then he.told.it the.storage.basket 1sg. must Intensive you.will.look.like.me as.you.sit 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 yâamachas kumúsahitih then pretty.ones you.guys.look.like.it And (he said), "You look pretty." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textkúna vúra pamukrívraam vaa vúra umúsahiti panunukrívraam koovúra pootâayhiti iinâak vaa vúra umúsahiti ôok iinâak pootâayhitih in.addition Intensive his.house that Intensive it.looks.like our.house all that.they.are.many indoors that Intensive it.looks.like here indoors that.they.are.many "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 neemúsahiti pa'ávansa also 3.SG 1sg. Intensive he.looks.like.me the.man And he looks just like me, the man. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textpamutiiv káru vúra aaxkúnishichas vaa vúra pánaa neemúsahiti pananítiiv his.ear also Intensive reddish that Intensive as.I it.looks.like.me my.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 pusakeemvárihveeshara koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup Intensive you.won't.be.homesick all that it.looks.like our.possessions You won't be homesick, everything looks like our things. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textxás poo'úum yánava koovúra vaa umúsahiti pamukun'îikam umúsahitih víri íf kákach poopíti vaa umúsahitih then when.she.arrives visible all that it.looks.like that.their.outdoors it.looks.like so truly daddy how.he.said that it.looks.like 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 upíti vúra if koovúra vaa umúsahiti ôok pananú'uup panini'ávan mukrívraam then she.is.saying Intensive true all that it.looks.like here our.things my.husband his.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 uxús naa nixúti napikshayvûunishti yukún koovúra vaa umúsahiti panunú'uup káru uum vúra vaa umúsahiti panini'áka then after.while then she.thinks 1sg. I.am.thinking he.is.lying.to.me you.see all that it.looks.like our.possessions also 3.SG Intensive that he.looks.like my.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 umúsaha then Intensive 3.SG mean he.looks.like And he looked mean. Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text