кугырга•ш (-ем)
{verb II} [Generate paradigm] 1. {intransitive} to twist, to twist up, to bend
♢ тама•к кирка•м ку•мыж де•не ышта•т, ку•мыжым шо•лшо вӱ•дыш чыка•т - кугырга• {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
♦ кугырге•н мала•ш (-ем) {verb II} to sleep curled up
♦ кугырге•н шинча•ш (-ем) {verb II} to sit all curled up; {set phrase} to sit, trying to be inconspicuous
3. {figuratively} to die
♦ са•рыште кугырга•ш (-ем) {verb II} to die in war
~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
// кугырге•н воза•ш (-ам) {verb I} {perfective} (see above)
♢ туна•м пижедылма•ште икмыня•р са•мырык кугырге•н во•зын {sentence} several young people died in the clash at that time
// кугырге•н шинча•ш (-ам) {verb I} {perfective} (see above)
// лӱ•дмӧ де•не кугырге•н шинча•ш (-ам) {verb I} to huddle up in fear
--"PARENT"--> ку•гыр
