лӱм

From Proto-Mari *lü̆m, from Proto-Uralic *nime. Cognate with Western Mari лӹм (lÿm).

• IPA^(key): /lym/
• Rhymes: -ym
• Hyphenation: лӱм

лӱм • (lüm)

1. name (noun or phrase used to refer to a particular person, place, class, or thing)

   вершӧр лӱм — place name

   еҥ лӱм — a person's name

   лӱмым вашталташ — to change one's name

   лӱмым пуаш — to give a name, to name

   мыскылтыш лӱм — nickname

   лӱмет кузе? — what is your name?

   пийын лӱмжӧ - Ошеч — the dog's name (is) Ošeč

2. title (name used to refer to a book, article, film, musical piece or other work of art or science)

   книга лӱм — book title

   романын лӱмжӧ — the title of the novel

3. title, decoration (name given to honor a person or to identify a person's position in a hierarchy)

   профессор лӱмым пуаш — to give (someone) the title of professor

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “лӱм”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna