ташто

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Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *taštə, perhaps inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *tašta. Compare Western Mari тошты (tošty) and Eastern Mari тошто (tošto).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ташто (tašto)

  1. old (of things)
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 28:
      Kijak a polady od panks tašto oďožanen; od panksoś razdevi oďožado, i vaŕaś uli sede pokš.
      No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ташто”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tâʃto/
  • Hyphenation: та‧што

Adverb

та̏што (Latin spelling tȁšto)

  1. vainly