вончаш (-ем)
{verb II} [Generate paradigm] 1. to cross, to go over, to walk through, to cross through, to go through
♦ корным вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to cross a road
♦ куп гоч вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to cross the swamp
♦ курыкым вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to cross the mountains
♦ умша гыч умшашке вончаш (-ем) {verb II} {set phrase} to spread from mouth to mouth, to be in everyone's mouth
♦ урем гоч вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to cross a street
♦ уремым вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to cross a street
♦ чекым вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to cross the border
2. to climb over, to step over, to cross over
♦ лондем гоч вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to step over a threshold
♦ пырня гоч вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to step over a log
♦ савар гоч вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to climb over a fence
3. to move on, to proceed (to something else, e.g., a new topic)
♦ ик паша гыч весышке вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to move from one matter to another
4. to change, to switch (to a different course, etc.)
♦ вес пашаш вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to change jobs
♦ кумшо курсыш вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to enter the third year (at university)
5. to pass over to, to be passed on to, to come into somebody else's possession
♢ пого весын кидыш вонча {sentence} the property is being passed over to somebody else
♦ ача деч эргылан вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to be passed down from father to son
♦ весын погышко вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to come into somebody else's possession
6. to be passed on, to be transmitted
♢ тиде йӱла ик тукым гыч весыш вонча {sentence} this custom is passed on from generation to generation
♢ мыйын тошто вургемем шӱжаремлан вонча {sentence} my old clothes are handed down to my sister
7. to reach, to cross, to exceed (an age, a time, a measure)
♢ тудо уже кудло ийым вончен {sentence} (s)he's already over sixty
♦ палемдыме срокым вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to miss a deadline
♢ рвезе йоча садыш коштмо жап гоч вончен {sentence} the boy became too old to go to kindergarten
8. to go over to
♦ ик проектым кошартымеке весыш вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to go over to a different project after the completion of the first
9. to become, to change into
♦ мотор принцессыш вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to become a princess
10. to change, to go over to (manner of life)
♦ таза илышыш вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to start living a healthy life
11. {in a converb construction} (used to mark directionality across or over something, coupled with intransitive verbs)
♦ ийын вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to swim across, to swim over
♦ куржын вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to run across, to run over
♦ нушкын вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to crawl across, to crawl over
♦ тӧрштен вончаш (-ем) {verb II} to jump across, to jump over
~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
// вончен каяш (-ем) {verb II} {perfective} (see above)
// лакым вончен каяш (-ем) {verb II} to cross over a hole, to jump over a hole
// вончен кошташ (-ам) {verb I} {imperfective} (see above)
// уремым вончен кошташ (-ам) {verb I} to cross the street