Ararahih'urípih
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imúusti / imúustih- to look at; to watch

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2585 | revised Mar 08 2024

imúusti / imúustih- • V • to look at; to watch

Derivation:  imus-ti
look.at-DUR

Derivatives (3)
imustiháanha "(plural) to look at"
imustihakêem "ugly"
imustiháyav "good-looking, handsome, pretty, beautiful"

Source: WB 609.7, p.346

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

  • koovúra íp îin númuusti. We're all looking at him. [Reference: KV]
  • xás pakunímuusti, chi'axmáy áama u'úrip. And as they watched, suddenly he took out salmon (only it was really alder bark). [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 022]

Sentence examples (26)

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  1. víri    voom    péemuustihaak    ixúseesh    mâa    vaa    pay   
    so    it    when.you.look.at.it    you'll.think    look!    so    this   
    When you look at it, you'll think, “That's it.”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. xás    kúnish    vúra    tóo    xus    "vúra    ni'aveesh    kóova    tuvíshtar    póomuustih   
    then    sort.of    Intensive    he    think    Intensive    I.will.eat.it    so    he.wants.it    as.he.looked.at.it   
    He was thinking as it were: "I'll have to eat it," he got such an appetite for it as he looked at it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. nímuustiheesh    pathyuru    káru   
    I.am.going.to.look.at    the.car    also   
    I am also going to look at a car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  4. Pa'avansáxiich    úmuusti    paxanchíifich   
    the.boy    he.is.looking.at.it    the.frog   
    The boy is looking at the frog.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  5. Xás    tóo    muustihinaa    pa'avansáxiich    káru    Hôoy    uum    pachishíih   
    then    he.is    looking.at.them    the.boy    also    where    3.SG    the.dog   
    And he's looking at the boy and ... where's the dog?
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  6. Xás    paxanchíifich    tóo    múusti    pachishiih    káru    pa'avansáxiich   
    then    the.frog    he.is    look.at    the.dog    also    the.boy   
    And the frog is looking at the dog and the boy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  7. Xás    uum    paxanchíifich    îin    kinímuustih   
    then    3.SG    the.frog    TOPIC    he.is.looking.at.them   
    And the frog is looking at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  8. Káru    payêem    vúra    vaa    umúustih    kári   
    also    now    Intensive    that    he.is.looking.at.them    then   
    And now he's still looking at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  9. Xás    vúra    umúustih    húukava    patá    kunívyiihma    mukunfíthih   
    then    Intensive    he.is.looking.at    to.somewhere    that.PERF    they.are.going.to    their.footprints   
    And he's looking at where they're going, their footprints.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  10. Xás    paxanchíifich    îin    tá    kunímuusti    pakunpáatvutih   
    then    the.frog    TOPIC    PERF    he.is.looking.at.them    while.they.are.bathing   
    And the frog is looking at them while they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  11. Xás    umuustihinaa   
    then    looking.at.them   
    He's looking at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  12. pimustihváanar    nimúustiheesh    naa   
    glass    I.will.watch.it    1sg.   
    I am going to look at myself in the mirror.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  13. íshahak    nimúustiheesh    naa   
    in.water    I.will.watch.it    1sg.   
    I am going to look at myself in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  14. pa'íshahak    nimúustiheesh    vaa    káan   
    in.the.water    I.will.watch.it    that    there   
    I am going to look at myself in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  15. pimustihváanar    mûuk    nimúustiheesh    naa   
    glass    with.(by.means.of)    I.will.watch.it    1sg.   
    I am going to use the mirror to look at myself.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  16. koovúra    îin    kinimúustiheesh   
    all    TOPIC    you.are.looking.at.us   
    You (one person) are going to look at us.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
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  17. koovúra    kiimúustiheesh   
    all    you.all.will.be.looking.at.them   
    You all are going to look at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
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  18. iimkun    koovúra    kiimúustiheesh   
    2pl.    all    you.all.will.be.looking.at.them   
    You all are going to look at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
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  19. xás    naa    tá    ni'ay    ta    néemuusti   
    then    1sg.    PERF    I.was.scared    PERF    they.were.looking.(at.me)   
    And I was scared, they were looking at me.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  20. pihnêefich    vúra    vaa    úmuustih   
    coyote    Intensive    that    he.watches   
    Coyote was watching this.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  21. xás    kunpiip    puraanmásva    númuustih   
    then    they.said    by.turns    we.are.watching.her   
    And they said, "Let's watch her by turns."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  22. xás    kári    kunímuustih   
    then    then    they.watched.her   
    And they looked at her.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  23. xás    kunímuusti    iv'ávahkam    a'    poo'íihtih   
    then    they.were.looking.at.him    roof    above    as.he.was.dancing   
    And (Lizard) was looked at as he danced, up on the roof.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  24. xás    úmuusti    pamu'iish   
    then    he.was.looking.at.it    his.body   
    Then he looked at his body.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  25. víriva    káan    úmuustih   
    so    there    he.was.watching   
    He was watching there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  26. xás    úmuustihanik    pa'êem    pa'ára    upatumkôotih   
    then    she.watched    as.the.doctor    the.person    she.sucked.disease.out.of.him   
    And she watched as the doctor sucked a person.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text