Ararahih'urípih
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imus / imusa- looks, appearance

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2569 | revised Nov 16 2014

imus / imusa- • N • looks, appearance

Derivation:  imus-a
look.at-DEVERB

Derivatives (2)
imusakêem "ugly"
imusáyav "good-looking, pretty, handsome"

  • pakuméemus peeheerahásaan... How the tobacco leaves look... [Reference: TK 101.1]

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  1. yáv vúra yâamach payupsítanach, xás vúra uum pakêech úkyav, xás vúra uum imusakêem.
    She was pretty as a baby, but after a while, when she got bigger, she looked ugly.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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