Ararahih'urípih
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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]


Sentence examples (26)

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  1. víri voom péemuustihaak, ixúseesh, mâa vaa pay.
    When you look at it, you'll think, “That's it.”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. xás kúnish vúra tóo xus: "vúra ni'aveesh," kóova tuvíshtar póomuustih.
    He was thinking as it were: "I'll have to eat it," he got such an appetite for it as he looked at it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  3. nímuustiheesh pathyuru káru.
    I am also going to look at a car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  4. Pa'avansáxiich úmuusti paxanchíifich.
    The boy is looking at the frog.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  5. Xás tóo muustihinaa pa'avansáxiich káru ... Hôoy uum pachishíih?
    And he's looking at the boy and ... where's the dog?
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  6. Xás paxanchíifich tóo múusti pachishiih káru pa'avansáxiich.
    And the frog is looking at the dog and the boy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  7. Xás uum paxanchíifich îin kinímuustih.
    And the frog is looking at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  8. Káru payêem vúra vaa umúustih kári.
    And now he's still looking at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  9. Xás vúra umúustih húukava patá kunívyiihma, mukunfíthih.
    And he's looking at where they're going, their footprints.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  10. Xás paxanchíifich îin tá kunímuusti pakunpáatvutih.
    And the frog is looking at them while they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  11. Xás umuustihinaa.
    He's looking at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  12. pimustihváanar nimúustiheesh naa.
    I am going to look at myself in the mirror.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  13. íshahak nimúustiheesh naa.
    I am going to look at myself in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  14. pa'íshahak nimúustiheesh vaa káan.
    I am going to look at myself in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  15. pimustihváanar mûuk nimúustiheesh naa.
    I am going to use the mirror to look at myself.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  16. koovúra îin kinimúustiheesh.
    You (one person) are going to look at us.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
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  17. koovúra kiimúustiheesh.
    You all are going to look at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
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  18. iimkun koovúra kiimúustiheesh.
    You all are going to look at them.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and talking to people (VS-36) | read full text
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  19. xás naa tá ni'ay, ta néemuusti.
    And I was scared, they were looking at me.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  20. pihnêefich vúra vaa úmuustih.
    Coyote was watching this.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  21. xás kunpiip, " puraanmásva númuustih."
    And they said, "Let's watch her by turns."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  22. xás kári kunímuustih.
    And they looked at her.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  23. xás kunímuusti iv'ávahkam a' poo'íihtih.
    And (Lizard) was looked at as he danced, up on the roof.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  24. xás úmuusti pamu'iish.
    Then he looked at his body.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  25. víriva káan úmuustih.
    He was watching there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text
  26. xás úmuustihanik pa'êem pa'ára upatumkôotih.
    And she watched as the doctor sucked a person.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text