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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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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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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 -
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Xás umuustihinaa.
He's looking at them.Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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pihnêefich vúra vaa úmuustih.
Coyote was watching this.Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text -
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 -
xás kári kunímuustih.
And they looked at her.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
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 -
xás úmuusti pamu'iish.
Then he looked at his body.Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text -
víriva káan úmuustih.
He was watching there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text -
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