йӱаш

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *jüaš, from Proto-Uralic *jëxe-. Cognate with Western Mari йӱӓш (jüäš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jyˈɑʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʃ
• Hyphenation: йӱ‧аш

Verb

йӱаш • (jüaš) (type I conjugation)

1. (transitive) to drink
   • 1935, L. G. Terekhova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by M. Kusaren, Гэографий: тӱҥалтыш школышто тунэммэ кнага кумышо класслан, volume 1, page 37:

     Ик йалыштэ памаш укэ улмаш, садлан йӱаш йӧршӧ сай вӱд лийын огыл.

     Ik jalyšte pamaš uke ulmaš, sadlan jüaš jöršö saj vüd ĺijyn ogyl.

     In one village there is no spring, so because of this there is no no suitable good water to drink.

   • 1990, Aleksei Erykan, “Эрнымаш”, in Ончыко, page 3:

     Антракт годым театрын фойештыже пырля коштна, буфетыш пурен, лимонадым йӱна.

     Antrakt godym teatryn foještyže pyrĺa koštna, bufetyš puren, ĺimonadym jüna.

     During the entr'acte we went together to the theatre's foyer, into the buffet, we drank lemonade.

2. (intransitive) to drink
   • 1925, “Шинчажэ ужэш да, кӱсэнжэ вичкы̆ж.”, in A. Eshkinin, editor, Арлан дэнэ кэстэн: мыскарачэ, воштылтышан марий журнал., page 10:

     Мы̆й йӱам, ойгы̆рмэт ок кӱл.

     My̆j jüam, ojgy̆rmet ok kül.

     I drink, but sadly it isn't needed.

   • 1936, S. G. Chavajn, Элнэт, page 109:

     Эн мастар лӱйшӧ вэрч йӱына!

     en mastar lüjšö verč jüyna!

     We drink to the most skillful shot!

   • 1958, A. Erykan, Кучедалме тулеш, page 29:

     Нигӧн дене ок сӧйгӧ, ок вурседыл, ок йӱ.

     Ńigön dene ok söjgö, ok vursedyl, ok jü.

     He doesn't argue, doesn't fight, doesn't drink, with anyone.

3. (transitive) to inhale; to ingest
4. (transitive) to squander on a drink
5. (intransitive) to agree to marry a husband

References

• V. M. Vasiljev, Z. V. Uchaev (2003) “йӱа́ш”, in Марийско-Русский словарь, Yoshkar-Ola, →ISBN
• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “йӱаш”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna