Mari-English Dictionary

оварташ (-ем)

1. to inflate, to blow up

♦ мечым оварташ (-ем) {verb II} to blow up a ball, to inflate a ball

♦ кӱсеным оварташ (-ем) {verb II} {set phrase} to fill one's pckets

♦ пуэн оварташ (-ем) {verb II} to blow up (with one's mouth)

♦ тӱрвым оварташ (-ем) {verb II} {set phrase} to pout one's lips

2. to blow, to fan

♢ ӱпшым мардеж оварта {sentence} wind is fanning his/her hair

3. {transitive} to turn over

♦ клевырым оварташ (-ем) {verb II} to turn clover over

4. to fluff up

♦ кӱпчыкым оварташ (-ем) {verb II} to fluff up a pillow

5. {transitive} to bristle up, to ruffle up

♦ шинчавуным оварташ (-ем) {verb II} {set phrase} to knit one's brows

6. to lift, to raise, to make rise

♢ ру руашым оварта {sentence} yeast raises dough

7. {figuratively} to exaggerate, to overstate, to blow up, to inflate, to swell

♦ йомдарымашым оварташ (-ем) {verb II} to exaggerate losses

~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~

// овартен пытараш (-ем) {verb II} {perfective} (see above)

♢ кас марте тиде олыкышто чыла шудым овартен пытарышна {sentence} we turned over all the hay on this field by evening

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Last update: 10 August 2023

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