ашнаш (-ем)
{verb II} [Generate paradigm] 1. to keep (animals)
♦ вольыкым ашнаш (-ем) {verb II} to keep cattle
2. to look after, to nurse, to tend to, to care for, to raise
♦ ашнаш налаш (-ам) {verb I} to take into care, to adopt
♦ ашнаш налме {noun} foster child, adopted child
♦ ашнаш налше ава {noun} foster mother
♦ ашнаш пуаш (-эм) {verb II} to put into foster care
♦ икшывым ашнаш (-ем) {verb II} to raise a child
3. to keep, to preserve (in one's heart, in one's memory), to remember
♦ йолташ нерген поро шонымашым шӱмыштӧ ашнаш (-ем) {verb II} to preserve good thoughts about a friend in one's heart
4. {figuratively} to feed, to keep alive
♢ мераҥым шеҥгел йолжо ашна {sentence} a rabbit's hind legs keep it alive