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Eastern Mari
Etymology
From Proto-Mari, from Proto-Uralic *ku-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈze/
- Rhymes: -e
- Hyphenation: ку‧зе
Adverb
кузе • (kuze)
- how (question word word)
кузе лийын?- kuze ĺijyn?
- how did it happen?
- how (strengthening particle)
кузе шыргыжеш!- kuze šyrgyžeš!
- how (s)he smiles!
Conjunction
кузе • (kuze)
- as, in that manner
кузе ойлымем семын ыште- kuze ojlymem semyn yšte
- do as I said
Interjection
кузе • (kuze)
- what? (expressing surprise, anger, etc.)
мый марлан каем - кузе?- myj marlan kajem - kuze?
- I'm going to get married - what?
- what? come again? (said when a question was not understood or was unclear)
тый мом шонет? – кузе?- tyj mom šońet? – kuze?
- what are you thinking? - come again?
Derived terms
References
- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “кузе”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna