улаш

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari, from Proto-Uralic *wole-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈlɑʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʃ
• Hyphenation: у‧лаш

Verb

улаш • (ulaš) (type I conjugation)

1. to be

   мый журналист улам

   myj žurnaĺist ulam

   I am a journalist

2. (auxiliary) used to form past tense in combination with gerund

   марий йылмым кушто да кузе тунемын улыда?

   marij jylmym kušto da kuze tuńemyn ulyda?

   where and how did you learn Mari?

Derived terms

phrases

• шонем, тугеже улам (šońem, tugeže ulam)

 

Related terms

verbs

• уледаш (uĺedaš)

 

References

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