Eastern Mari

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mari, from Proto-Uralic *kälä-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /keˈlɑʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑʃ
  • Hyphenation: ке‧лаш

Verb

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келаш (kelaš) (type I conjugation)

  1. to step, to walk through, to wade through (mud, snow, water)
  2. to trample down
  3. to trample on, to step on, to track mud in, to track dirt in
  4. to get one's feet caught up (animals)

References

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  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “келаш”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna