Karuk Dictionary
by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)
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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]
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