Ararahih'urípih
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imusakêem ugly

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lexicon ID #2573 | revised Nov 16 2014

imusakêem • ADJ • ugly

Literally: 'bad-looking'

Derivation:  imus-kêem  (= imus-a-kêem)
looks-bad  (= look.at-DEVERB-bad)

Source: WB 609.1, p.346

  • vúra uum kâanimich, imusakêemich káru vúrahanik xah. Spider was poor, and he was ugly. [Reference: KS 41. Spider story 008]

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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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