нулташ (-ем)
{verb II} [Generate paradigm] 1. to gnaw, to gnaw at, to pick
♦ лум нулташ (-ем) {verb II} to gnaw at a bone
♦ колым нулташ (-ем) {verb II} to gnaw at a fish
♦ пушеҥгым нулташ (-ем) {verb II} to gnaw at a tree
2. to nibble, to nip, to eat
♦ киндым нулташ (-ем) {verb II} to nibble on bread
♦ сукарам нулташ (-ем) {verb II} to nibble on rusks
♦ шудым нулташ (-ем) {verb II} to nip at grass
3. {figuratively} to eat at, to torment, to worry (thoughts, feelings)
♢ ойго нулта чонемым {sentence} grief is eating at me
♢ ойго шӱмемым нулта {sentence} grief is eating at me
4. {figuratively} to torment, to torture
♢ лу ий чер мыйым нулта {sentence} the illness has been tormenting me for ten years
5. {figuratively} to nag, to quarrel
♢ пошкудо-влак ваш-ваш нултат {sentence} the neighbours are quarreling
6. {figuratively} to eat away, to corrode, to destroy
♢ шӱмем тургыжланымаш нулта {sentence} anxiety is eating at my heart
7. {figuratively} to cram, to hit the books
♦ экзамен деч ончыч алгебрым нулташ (-ем) {verb II} to cram for an algebra test
~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
// нултен кодаш (-ем) {verb II} {perfective} (see above)
♢ мераҥ олмапум нултен коден {sentence} the hare gnawed at the apple tree
// нултен пытараш (-ем) {verb II} {perfective} (see above)
♢ коля мешакым нултен пытарен {sentence} the mice gnawed the sack away
