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imus- / imus- to look at
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lexicon ID #2570 | revised Nov 17 2014
imus- / imus- • V • to look at
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ifuthanpimúsaan "assistant priest at the world-renewal ceremony at Clear Creek"
imus "looks, appearance"
imúsaan "assistant priest in the world renewal (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 7) "
imúsaha "to look (a certain way), to look like; to appear"
imusakêem "ugly"
imusánkoo "to come to visit"
imúsar "to go to see; to visit"
imúsaruk "to visit, to come to see"
imusáyav "good-looking, pretty, handsome"
imúskiinva "to admire; to be a spectator; to see a show, to listen to the radio, to watch TV"
imuskínvaan "spectator"
imúskir "to admire; to be a spectator ; to watch a show ; to listen to the radio"
imustiháanha "(plural) to look at"
imustihakêem "ugly"
imustiháyav "good-looking, handsome, pretty, beautiful"
imúusti "to look at; to watch"
Source: WB 609, p.346
Note: Bound stem; occurs mainly in imúusti 'to be looking at', imúsaha (a/u) 'to be seen', and imúsar (r/n) 'to go see'. In all forms, initial /i/ is lost after vowels of prefixes.
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vaa uum payaas'ara'îin kinímuustiheesh. Humankind will look at us here. [Reference: KS 14. Pack-baskets 011]
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