турташ (-ам)
{verb I} [Generate paradigm] 1. to huddle up, to contract, to roll up, to curl up
♦ кылмен турташ (-ам) {verb I} to huddle up from the cold
♦ туртын возаш (-ам) {verb I} to lie down and curl up; {set phrase} to die
♦ туртын шинчаш (-ем) {verb II} to sit huddled
2. {intransitive} to shrink, to become smaller
♢ йолаш туртын {sentence} the trousers shrank
3. to grow shorter, to become shorter
♢ кече туртын {sentence} days became shorter
4. to squeeze up, to move closer together, to sit closer, to stand closer, to squeeze oneself somewhere, to press oneself somewhere, to huddle up
♦ йӱштыштӧ йолташ пелен турташ (-ам) {verb I} to huddle up to a friend in the cold
♦ коҥга пелен турташ (-ам) {verb I} to squeeze oneself up to a stove
5. {figuratively} to stick, to get stuck (words, in one's mouth)
♢ шомак логареш туртын {sentence} words got stuck in my throat
6. {figuratively} to become numb (from cold), to freeze
♢ турташ огыл манын, эркын тавалтен колтенам {sentence} I started slowly moving my feet so as not to freeze
♦ туртын шогалаш (-ам) {verb I} {set phrase} to freeze in one's spot, to stand frozen
7. {figuratively} to pinch and save, to limit oneself, to become poorer, to become weaker
♢ Ивуклан ятыр турташ возын {sentence} Ivuk really had to pinch and save
~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
// туртын шинчаш (-ам) {verb I} {perfective} (see above)
// лукеш туртын шинчаш (-ам) {verb I} to huddle in a corner
