илаш

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari *ĭle-, from Proto-Uralic *elä-. Cognate with Western Mari ӹлӓш (ÿläš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈlɑʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʃ
• Hyphenation: илаш

Verb

илаш • (ilaš) (type II conjugation)

1. to live, to be alive
2. to live, to reside

   мый Йошкар-Олаште илем

   myj Joškar-Olašte iĺem

   I live in Yoshkar-Ola

3. to inhabit, to populate
4. to be found, to dwell, to live
5. to live as, to work as

   няньке лийын илаш

   ńańke ĺijyn ilaš

   to work as nannies

6. (figuratively) to be, to be alive, to survive, to remain (thoughts, feelings, etc.)

   ӱшан ила

   üšan ila

   there is hope/hope survives

7. (in a converb construction) expressing a lengthy process

References

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