устата

Yakut

Etymology

Originally the possessive of уста (usta, “length”), which it can still mean. It does not take the dative ending, but functions as a true postposition. This in turn means that the noun it modifies does not need a different case ending.

Postposition

устата • (ustata)

  1. during
    сайын устата ― sayın ustata ― during the summer
    Synonyms: быстыҥа (bıstıŋa), быһа (bıha)
  2. for, throughout (a given length of time)
    хас да хонук устата ― xas da xonuk ustata ― for several days
    сүүрбэ сыл устата ― süürbe sıl ustata ― for twenty years
  3. (after a verb) while
    үлэлээбитин устата куруутун хайҕанара ― üleleebitin ustata kuruutun xayğanara ― while he worked he was always praised
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