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вач

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Eastern Mari

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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вач (vač) (long form вачын)

  1. from, off, from off
  2. on, above, over
  3. onto, above, over
  4. (temporal) after
  5. in spite of, despite, regardless of

Inflection

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Possessed forms of вач
singular plural
1st person вачем (vačem) вачна (vačna)
2nd person вачет (vačet) вачда (vačda)
3rd person вачже (vačže) вачышт (vačyšt)

References

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

Itelmen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ɣəv(ɣəv) (stone). Compare also Chukchi выквын (wəkwən), Koryak выввын (wəwwən), Kerek уккуӈа (ukkuŋa) and Alutor гывгыв (ɣəvɣəv).

Noun

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вач (vač) (plural ваʼн)

  1. stone

References

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  • Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский [Itelmen-Russian and Russian-Itelmen Dictionary], Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 19.