илаш

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Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *ĭle-, from Proto-Uralic *elä-. Cognate with Western Mari ӹлӓш (ÿläš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈlɑʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑʃ
  • Hyphenation: илаш

Verb

илаш (ilaš) (type II conjugation)

  1. to live, to be alive
  2. to live, to reside
    мый Йошкар-Олаште илем
    myj Joškar-Olašte iĺem
    I live in Yoshkar-Ola
  3. to inhabit, to populate
  4. to be found, to dwell, to live
  5. to live as, to work as
    няньке лийын илаш
    ńańke ĺijyn ilaš
    to work as nannies
  6. (figuratively) to be, to be alive, to survive, to remain (thoughts, feelings, etc.)
    ӱшан ила
    üšan ila
    there is hope/hope survives
  7. (in a converb construction) expressing a lengthy process

References

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