Ararahih'urípih
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imustiháyav good-looking, handsome, pretty, beautiful

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lexicon ID #2583 | revised Dec 22 2014

imustiháyav • ADJ • good-looking, handsome, pretty, beautiful

Literally: 'good-looking'

Derivation:  imúusti-a yav  (= imus-ti-a yav)
look.at-DEVERB good  (= look.at-DUR-DEVERB good)

Source: WB 609.7.2, p.346

Note: Plural superlative and comparative is imustihayêepsha(s).

  • imustihayêepsha káru akúnvaansa. They were good-looking and (good) hunters. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 003]