Mari-English Dictionary

1. old (not young)

♦ peš šoŋgo {adverb} very old

♦ šoŋgo βelke lupšaltam {verb I} {set phrase} to start getting old, to start growing old

♦ šoŋgo βuješ {adverb} {set phrase} in one's old age, in old age, later in life

♦ šoŋgo βuj dene {adverb} {set phrase} in one's old age, in old age, later in life

♦ šoŋgo imńe {noun} old horse

♦ šoŋgo karta {noun} {set phrase} {pejorative} old fogey, old sod

♦ šoŋgo kač́e {noun} {set phrase} old bachelor

♦ šoŋgo kuβa {noun} old woman

♦ šoŋgo kugə̑za {noun} old man

♦ šoŋgo kue {noun} old birch tree

♦ šoŋgo rə̑βə̑ž {noun} {set phrase} old fox, sly old fox, sly old dog

♦ šoŋgo tumo {noun} old oak

♦ šoŋgo üdə̑r {noun} {set phrase} spinster, old maid

♦ šoŋgə̑š βozam {verb I} {set phrase} to grow old, to become old, to age

2. elderly, seeming old, sounding old, looking old

♦ šoŋgo jük {noun} elderly voice

3. old man, old woman, old person

♢ kok šoŋgo samə̑rə̑k godso ilə̑šə̑m šarnaltat {sentence} two old people are remembering their youth

	● Mari → English	○ Mari ← English	○ Mari ⇆ English
Search:	● Whole Words	○ All Matches	☐ Search Subentries
Stress, Palatalness:	○ Extra Characters (•, ')	● Bold/Italics	○ Do Not Annotate
Orthography:	○ Cyrillic	● UPA	○ IPA
Ordering:	● Alphabetical	○ Reverse
a b b' v~β v' c č́ d d' e f f' g~ɣ g' χ i j k k' l l' m ḿ n ń η o ö p ṕ r ŕ s ś z ź š š́ ž ž́ t t' u ü ə̑

	www.mari-language.com:	ENGLISH \| МАРЛА \| ПО-РУССКИ
Main page » Dictionary


The Mari Web Project is primarily based at the Department of Finno-Ugric Studies at the University of Vienna. The Mari-English Dictionary was funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P22786-G20.
Last update: 10 August 2023

Report a mistake/Make a comment