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Eastern Mari
Etymology
From Proto-Mari *lü̆m, from Proto-Uralic *nime. Cognate with Western Mari лӹм (lÿm).
Pronunciation
Noun
лӱм • (lüm)
- name (noun or phrase used to refer to a particular person, place, class, or thing)
- вершӧр лӱм — place name
- еҥ лӱм — a person's name
- лӱмым вашталташ — to change one's name
- лӱмым пуаш — to give a name, to name
- мыскылтыш лӱм — nickname
- лӱмет кузе? — what is your name?
- пийын лӱмжӧ - Ошеч — the dog's name (is) Ošeč
- title (name used to refer to a book, article, film, musical piece or other work of art or science)
- книга лӱм — book title
- романын лӱмжӧ — the title of the novel
- title, decoration (name given to honor a person or to identify a person's position in a hierarchy)
- профессор лӱмым пуаш — to give (someone) the title of professor
Declension
| Possessed forms of лӱм
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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лӱмем (lümem)
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лӱмна (lümna)
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| 2nd person
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лӱмет (lümet)
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лӱмда (lümda)
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| 3rd person
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лӱмжӧ (lümžö)
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лӱмышт (lümyšt)
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References
- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “лӱм”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna