нулта•ш (-ем)
{verb II} [Generate paradigm] 1. to gnaw, to gnaw at, to pick
♦ лум нулта•ш (-ем) {verb II} to gnaw at a bone
♦ ко•лым нулта•ш (-ем) {verb II} to gnaw at a fish
♦ пуше•ҥгым нулта•ш (-ем) {verb II} to gnaw at a tree
2. to nibble, to nip, to eat
♦ ки•ндым нулта•ш (-ем) {verb II} to nibble on bread
♦ сукара•м нулта•ш (-ем) {verb II} to nibble on rusks
♦ шу•дым нулта•ш (-ем) {verb II} to nip at grass
3. {figuratively} to eat at, to torment, to worry (thoughts, feelings)
♢ о•йго нулта• чоне•мым {sentence} grief is eating at me
♢ о•йго шӱме•мым нулта• {sentence} grief is eating at me
4. {figuratively} to torment, to torture
♢ лу ий чер мы•йым нулта• {sentence} the illness has been tormenting me for ten years
5. {figuratively} to nag, to quarrel
♢ пошку•до-влак ваш-ваш нулта•т {sentence} the neighbours are quarreling
6. {figuratively} to eat away, to corrode, to destroy
♢ шӱме•м тургыжланыма•ш нулта• {sentence} anxiety is eating at my heart
7. {figuratively} to cram, to hit the books
♦ экза•мен деч о•нчыч а•лгебрым нулта•ш (-ем) {verb II} to cram for an algebra test
~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
// нулте•н кода•ш (-ем) {verb II} {perfective} (see above)
♢ мера•ҥ олмапу•м нулте•н коде•н {sentence} the hare gnawed at the apple tree
// нулте•н пытара•ш (-ем) {verb II} {perfective} (see above)
♢ коля• меша•кым нулте•н пытаре•н {sentence} the mice gnawed the sack away
