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    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
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  2. vaa    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 text
  3. pahûut    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 text
  4. pahûut    umúsahitih   
    the.way    it.looks.like.(something)   
    "How [tobacco] Looks"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  5. vaa    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
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  6. yáv    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
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  7. peeshkêesh    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
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  8. peeshkêesh    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
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  9. pananiyukúku    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
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  10. vúra    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
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  11. puyáv    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
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  12. kúnish    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
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  13. xás    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 text
  14. xás    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 text
  15. kúna    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 text
  16. káru    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 text
  17. pamutiiv    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 text
  18. vúra    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 text
  19. xás    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 text
  20. xás    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 text
  21. xás    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 text
  22. xás    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