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Etymology
Originally the possessive of уста (usta, “length”), which it can still mean. It does not take the dative ending, but functions as a true postposition. This in turn means that the noun it modifies does not need a different case ending.
Postposition
устата • (ustata)
- during
- Synonyms: быстыҥа (bıstıña), быһа (bıha)
- сайын устата ― sayın ustata ― during the summer
- for, throughout (a given length of time)
- хас да хонук устата ― qas da qonuk ustata ― for several days
- сүүрбэ сыл устата ― süürbe sıl ustata ― for twenty years
- (after a verb) while
- үлэлээбитин устата куруутун хайҕанара ― üleleebitin ustata kuruutun qayğanara ― while he worked he was always praised