авызлаш

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From авыз (avyz) +‎ -лаш (-laš, “deverbal momentary verb forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ.vəzˈlɑʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑʃ
  • Hyphenation: авыз‧лаш

Verb

авызлаш • (avyzlaš) (type II conjugation)

  1. to taste, to try (at a Mari traditional religious ceremony)
    чоклышо кугыза чыла чесым авызла
    čoklyšo kugyza čyla česym avyzla
    the priest tries all the food
  2. to taste, to try
  3. (figuratively) to eat, to eat up, to eat voraciously
nouns

References

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