azaw
/azaw/
Definitions
1. fang, tusk, canine tooth
- azaw tiş — a canine tooth, an eye tooth
- börünü azawları — the fangs of the wolf
- azaw jarırğa — to come into one's full strength
2. a spike or point of rock
- qayanı azawları — the spikes of the cliff
- tawnu azawu — the pinnacle of the mountain
- azawla kökge qaraydıla — the rocky spikes look up at the sky
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 31).Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | azawthe fang | azawlathe fangs | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | azawnuthe fang's | azawlanıthe fangs' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | azawnuthe fang (as the object) | azawlanıthe fangs (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | azawğato the fang | azawlağato the fangs | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | azawdaat / in the fang | azawladaat / in the fangs | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | azawdanfrom the fang | azawladanfrom the fangs | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | azawummy fang | azawlarımmy fangs |
| your | azawungyour fang | azawlarıngyour fangs |
| his / her | azawuhis / her fang | azawlarıhis / her fangs |
| our | azawubuzour fang | azawlarıbızour fangs |
| you all's | azawuğuzyou all's fang | azawlarığızyou all's fangs |
| their | azawlarıtheir fang | azawlarıtheir fangs |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: azawları can mean "his / her fangs", "their fang", or "their fangs" — context decides.