иктаж

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ikˈtɑʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʒ
• Hyphenation: ик‧таж

Adverb

иктаж • (iktaž) (long form иктаже)

1. some, about, approximately, roughly

   шокшо вӱдеш иктаж латвич минут наре тӱрлӧ шудым шолтыза

   šokšo vüdeš iktaž latvič minut nare türlö šudym šoltyza

   cook various herbs in hot water for about fifteen minutes

   • 1926, Попов Игорь Геннадьевич, Ончыко‎^[1], page 9:

     Иктаж вич кече эртыш.

     Iktaž vič keče ertyš.

     About five days passed.

Pronoun

иктаж • (iktaž) (long form иктаже)

1. somebody, someone, something

   иктаже тышке кунам-гынат садак толеш

   iktaže tyške kunam-gynat sadak toĺeš

   someone is going to come here at some point

Derived terms

pronouns

• иктаж-кӧ (iktaž-kö)

 

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “иктаж”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
• Abramova et al. ((Can we date this quote?)) “иктаж”, in Slovarʹ Marijskovo Jazyka [A Dictionary of the Mari Language], Yoshkar-Ola: Марийское книжное издательство