ӱпан

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From ӱп (üp, “hair”) +‎ -ан (-an).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yˈpɑn/
• Hyphenation: ӱ‧пан

Adjective

ӱпан • (üpan) (comparative ӱпанрак)

1. -haired
   • 1936, “Сэралтшынак тӱлышт”, in Комун корно, number 35, page 1:

     Изырак кап-кылан, кудыр ӱпан туныктышо ӱдыр, чарга йӱкшӧ дэн.

     Izyrak kap-kylan, kudyr üpan tunyktyšo üdyr, čarga jükšö den.

     A smaller-bodied, curly-haired teacher's daughter, with a shrill voice.

   • 2019, V. Jakovleva, “Мыйым аваем”, in Ямде лий, number 17/18, page 8:

     Тудо шем ӱпан, мотор чуриян.

     Tudo šem üpan, motor čurijan.

     He has black hair, and a beautiful face.

Derived terms

adjectives

• кужу ӱпан (kužu üpan)

 

References

• V. M. Vasiljev, A. A. Savatkova, Z. V. Uchaev (1991) “ӱпан”, in Марийско-Русский словарь, Yoshkar-Ola, →ISBN
• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ӱпан”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna