kugərgem
{verb II} [Generate paradigm] 1. {intransitive} to twist, to twist up, to bend
♢ tamak kirkam kuməʒ dene əʃtat, kuməʒəm ʃolʃo βydəʃ t͡ɕəkat - kugərga {sentence} snuffboxes are made from birch bark - bark is put into boiling water where it twists up
2. to stoop, to hunch up, to curl up, to huddle up
♦ kugərgen malem {verb II} to sleep curled up
♦ kugərgen ʃint͡ɕem {verb II} to sit all curled up; {set phrase} to sit, trying to be inconspicuous
3. {figuratively} to die
♦ sarəʃte kugərgem {verb II} to die in war
~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
// kugərgen βozam {verb I} {perfective} (see above)
♢ tunam piʒedəlmaʃte ikməɲar samərək kugərgen βozən {sentence} several young people died in the clash at that time
// kugərgen ʃint͡ɕam {verb I} {perfective} (see above)
// lydmø dene kugərgen ʃint͡ɕam {verb I} to huddle up in fear
--"PARENT"--> kugər
