Eastern Mari edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Western Mari ӹштӓш (ÿštäš).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /əʃˈtɑʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑʃ
  • Hyphenation: ыш‧таш

Verb edit

ышташ (yštaš) (type II conjugation)

  1. to do
    мый тыште нимом ыштен ом керт
    myj tyšte ńimom yšten om kert
    there's nothing I can do here
  2. to make, to create, to produce, to manufacture, to prepare
  3. to carry out, to perform, to do, to conduct
  4. to cause, to do
  5. to make into, to turn into
    тудым серкалышылан ыштеныт
    tudym serkalyšylan yštenyt
    they made him/her a secretary
  6. to organize/organise, to set up, to create, to make, to establish
  7. to build, to construct, to erect
  8. to fix, to set, to establish, to appoint, to define
  9. to give birth, to bear
  10. to put together, to assemble, to set up, to draw up
  11. to work for
  12. to work as, to work
  13. to earn, to make (money)
  14. to decide
    тунемаш колташ ыштен улына
    tuńemaš koltaš yšten ulyna
    we decided to send him/her to school
  15. to function, to work
    машина сайын ышта
    mašina sajyn yšta
    the machine functions well

References edit

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