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шӱвалаш (-ам)
{verb I} {momentary} [Generate paradigm]
1.     to spit
шӱвалаш веле     {phrase}     it's child's play, you can do it with a snap of your fingers
шӱвалаш гына     {phrase}     it's child's play, you can do it with a snap of your fingers
шӱвалашат ок йӧрӧ     {phrase}     it's not worth a straw, it's not worth a damn
кӱвар ӱмбаке шӱвалаш (-ам)     {verb I}     to spit on the floor
чоныш шӱвалаш (-ам)     {verb I}     {set phrase} to trample over someone's feelings
шинчашке шӱвалаш (-ам)     {verb I}     {set phrase} to spit someone in the eye, to spit in somebody's face
2.     {figuratively} to spit upon, to quit
весе гын тудын олмышто шӱвалеш да цех гыч куржеш ыле дыр, а Зина...     {sentence}     somebody else in her place would have spit on it and probably would have run out of the shop, but Zina...
3.     {figuratively} to spit upon, not to care a straw about, not to care one bit about
мый тыйын коляныметлан шӱвалам     {sentence}     I don't care a bit about your concern
4.     {figuratively} {ethnography} to charm, to say a charm (involving the use of spit)
~ COPULATIVE CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
/ шӱвал шуаш (-эм)     {verb II}     (out)
/ шӱвылым шӱвал шуаш (-эм)     {verb II}     to spit out saliva
~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~
// шӱвал колташ (-ем)     {verb II}     {perfective} (see above)
мыйым сырыктыметлан ӱмбакет шӱвал колтем     {sentence}     I spit on you for infuriating me
// шӱвал пуаш (-эм)     {verb II}     {perfective} (see above)
кова аракаш шӱвал пуа     {sentence}     the old woman spit into the vodka
// шӱвал шындаш (-ем)     {verb II}     {perfective} (see above)
тыйын шоныметлан шӱвал шындем     {sentence}     I don't care one bit what you think
--"PARENT"--> шӱваш (-ем)

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