кошташ

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Eastern Mari

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koʃˈtɑʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑʃ
  • Hyphenation: кош‧таш

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

кошташ (koštaš) (type I conjugation)

  1. to walk (to go (using an arbitrary mode of transportation, i.e. to walk, to ride, to fly, to swim, to ski, etc.))
  2. to go, (to e.g., an event), to visit, to attend
  3. to be somewhere
  4. to work as, to be (used with a number of professions)
  5. to go to, to turn to
  6. to go for a walk, to wander
  7. to move, to shift, to change position
  8. to play (a card, a figure)
  9. (intransitive) to spread (rumors, ideas)
  10. to be going together, to see each other, to be in an intimate relationship
  11. to be at hand, to be with someone (e.g., in one's pocket)
  12. to float, to float on the surface
  13. to creep, to crawl (e.g., insects, reptiles)
  14. to be passed on, to go, to move from hand to hand
  15. to be, to remain, not to disappear (thoughts, feelings, etc.)
  16. to mate (wild animals)
  17. to hang out, to loaf about
  18. (in a converb construction) expressing durable and continuative processes and activities carried out in many locations, coupled with transitive and intransitive verbs
Conjugation
Conjugation of кошташ (koštaš)
infinitive кошташ (koštaš)
necessitive infinitive коштман (koštman)
participle active коштшо (koštšo)
passive коштмо (koštmo)
future коштшаш (koštšaš)
negative коштдымо (koštdymo)
verbal noun коштмаш (koštmaš)
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative positive коштам (koštam) коштат (koštat) коштеш (košteš) коштына (koštyna) коштыда (koštyda) коштыт (koštyt)
negative ом кошт (om košt) от кошт (ot košt) ок/огеш кошт (ok/ogeš košt) она/огына кошт (ona/ogyna košt) ода/огыда кошт (oda/ogyda košt) огыт кошт (ogyt košt)
desiderative positive коштнем (koštńem) коштнет (koštńet) коштнеже (koštńeže) коштнена (koštńena) коштнеда (koštńeda) коштнешт (koštńešt)
negative ынем кошт (yńem košt) ынет кошт (yńet košt) ынеж кошт (yńež košt) ынена кошт (yńena košt) ынеда кошт (yńeda košt) ынешт кошт (yńešt košt)
past indicative direct positive коштым (koštym) коштыч (koštyč) кошто (košto) коштна (koštna) коштда (koštda) коштыч (koštyč)
negative шым кошт (šym košt) шыч кошт (šyč košt) ыш кошт (yš košt) ышна кошт (yšna košt) ышда кошт (yšda košt) ышт кошт (yšt košt)
reported positive коштынам (koštynam) коштынат (koštynat) коштын (koštyn) коштынна (koštynna) коштында (koštynda) коштыныт (koštynyt)
negative коштын омыл (koštyn omyl) коштын отыл (koštyn otyl) коштын огыл (koštyn ogyl) коштын онал/огынал (koštyn onal/ogynal) коштын одал/огыдал (koštyn odal/ogydal) коштын огытыл (koštyn ogytyl)
imperative positive кошт (košt) коштшо (koštšo) коштына (koštyna) коштса (koštsa) коштышт (koštyšt)
negative ит кошт (it košt) ынже кошт (ynže košt) она/огына кошт (ona/ogyna košt) ида кошт (ida košt) ынышт кошт (ynyšt košt)

*) The future indicative is formed by using the infinitive and the present indicative forms of тӱҥалаш (tüŋalaš).
**) The past progressive is formed by using the present indicative forms and the 3rd person singular of the past indicatives of улаш (ulaš).
***) The past desiderative is formed by using the present desiderative forms and the 3rd person singular of the past indicatives of улаш (ulaš).

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

кошташ (koštaš) (type II conjugation)

  1. (transitive) to dry
  2. (transitive) to drain
  3. to dry-cure
  4. (transitive) to roast
  5. (figuratively) to consume, to make somebody lose a lot of weight

References

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