вач
Eastern Mari
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑt͡ɕ/
- Rhymes: -ɑt͡ɕ
- Hyphenation: вач
Postposition
вач • (vač) (long form вачын)
- from, off, from off
- on, above, over
- onto, above, over
- (temporal) after
- in spite of, despite, regardless of
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | вачем (vačem) | вачна (vačna) |
| 2nd person | вачет (vačet) | вачда (vačda) |
| 3rd person | вачже (vačže) | вачышт (vačyšt) |
References
- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “вач”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
Itelmen
Etymology
From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ɣəv(ɣəv) (“stone”). Compare also Chukchi выквын (wəkwən), Koryak выввын (wəwwən), Kerek уккуӈа (ukkuŋa) and Alutor гывгыв (ɣəvɣəv).
Noun
вач (vač) (plural ваʼн)
References
- Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 19.