устата

Yakut

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)

1. during

   Synonyms: быстыҥа (bıstıña), быһа (bıha)

   сайын устата ― sayın ustata ― during the summer

2. 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

3. (after a verb) while

   үлэлээбитин устата куруутун хайҕанара ― üleleebitin ustata kuruutun qayğanara ― while he worked he was always praised