шке

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃke/
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: шке

Adjective

шке • (ške) (comparative шкырак)

1. private, personal, individual

Adverb

шке • (ške)

1. used in all persons: on my own, on your own, on his own, on her own, on its own, on our own, on their own; on one's own

   шонымаш шке толеш

   šonymaš ške toĺeš

   the thought comes on its own

Pronoun

шке • (ške)

1. doing something, used in all persons: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves; oneself

   тый шке каласышыч

   tyj ške kalasyšyč

   you said so yourself

2. used in all persons: my, your, his, her, its, our, their; own, one's own

   шке шинчам дене ужынам

   ške šinčam deńe užynam

   I saw it with my own eyes

3. (I) myself, (you) yourself, (he) himself, (she) herself, (we) ourselves, (you) yourselves, (they) themselves

Derived terms

pronouns

• шкемын (škemyn)
• шкендан (škendan)
• шкендын (škendyn)
• шкендычын (škendyčyn)

 

proverbs

• шке тулешет шке йӱлет (ške tuĺešet ške jüĺet)

 

References

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