велаш

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βeˈlɑʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʃ
• Hyphenation: ве‧лаш

Verb

велаш • (velaš) (type I conjugation)

1. to spill, to be spilled, to be spilt, to spill out, to pour out

   вӱд велын

   vüd velyn

   water was spilled

2. to fall, to fall down, to drop

   олма велеш

   olma veĺeš

   apples are dropping off the tree

3. to be ripe for the harvest (crops)

   уржа велын: поген налаш шуын

   urža velyn: pogen nalaš šuyn

   the rye is ripe for harvest, it's time to reap it

4. to boil over

   шӧр велеш

   šör veĺeš

   the milk is boiling over

Verb

велаш • (velaš) (type II conjugation)

1. (transitive) to spill
2. to shake off, to blow off

   мардеж лышташым велен

   mardež lyštašym veĺen

   the wind blew the leaves off

3. to melt, to smelt
4. to cast, to found
5. to lose, to shed

   куэ шыжым лышташыжым вела

   kue šyžym lyštašyžym vela

   the birch tree loses its leaves in the fall

6. to photograph

References

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