Mari-English Dictionary

кишке

1. snake, serpent

♦ аяр кишке {noun} poisonous snake, venomous snake

♦ кагаз кишке {noun} {set phrase} kite

♦ кишке гай {adjective} {set phrase} spiteful, malicious, insidious

♦ кишке гай кадыргылаш (-ам) {verb I} {set phrase} to be crafty, to be sneaky; {set phrase} to grovel before somebody, to lick somebody's boots

♦ кишке гай осал {adjective} {set phrase} spiteful, malicious, insidious

♦ кишкыла кадыргылаш (-ам) {verb I} {set phrase} to be crafty, to be sneaky; {set phrase} to grovel before somebody, to lick somebody's boots

2. {figuratively} {pejorative} snake, viper

♢ мыйын еҥгам - кишке {sentence} my sister-in-law is a viper

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♦ кишке арня {noun} {set phrase} end of swimming season, first week in which it is too cold to swim in rivers

♦ кишке аяр {noun} snake venom

♦ кишке коваште {noun} snakeskin

♦ кишке тукым {noun} reptile

♦ кишке чон {noun} {set phrase} {pejorative} poisonous soul

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Last update: 10 August 2023

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