bellaw
/bellaw/ · plural bellawla
1. piebald, variegated; white with black patches
- bellaw iynek — a piebald cow
- bellaw at — a piebald horse
- bellaw jamıçı — a variegated felt cloak
2. lullaby — Used in child speech.
- bellaw aytayım — let me sing a lullaby
- bellaw aytdı — she sang a lullaby
- bellaw aytıb sabiyni juqlatdı — she sang a lullaby and put the child to sleep
3. cradle — Used in child speech.
- sabiyni bellawğa saldı — she laid the child in the cradle
- sabiy bellawda juqlaydı — the child is sleeping in the cradle
- bellawda jathan sabiy — a child lying in the cradle
As an adjective
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki bellawdumine is piebald | seniki bellawduyours is piebald | anıqı bellawduhis is piebald | bizniki bellawduours is piebald | sizniki bellawduyours (pl.) is piebald | alanıqı bellawdutheirs is piebald |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile bellawdulamine are piebald | senikile bellawdulayours are piebald | anıqıla bellawdulahis are piebald | biznikile bellawdulaours are piebald | siznikile bellawdulayours (pl.) are piebald | alanıqıla bellawdulatheirs are piebald |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu bellawdu, bıla bellawdula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
As a noun
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bellawthe lullaby | bellawummy lullaby | bellawuŋyour lullaby | bellawuhis lullaby | bellawubuzour lullaby | bellawuğuzyou all's lullaby | bellawlarıtheir lullabies |
| Genitive | bellawnuthe lullaby's | bellawumumy lullaby's | bellawuŋuyour lullaby's | bellawunuhis lullaby's | bellawubuznuour lullaby's | bellawuğuznuyou all's lullaby's | bellawlarınıtheir lullabies' |
| Accusative | bellawnuthe lullaby (as the object) | bellawumumy lullaby (as the object) | bellawuŋuyour lullaby (as the object) | bellawunhis lullaby (as the object) | bellawubuznuour lullaby (as the object) | bellawuğuznuyou all's lullaby (as the object) | bellawlarıntheir lullabies (as the object) |
| Dative | bellawğato the lullaby | bellawumato my lullaby | bellawuŋato your lullaby | bellawunato his lullaby | bellawubuzğato our lullaby | bellawuğuzğato you all's lullaby | bellawlarınato their lullabies |
| Locative | bellawdain / at the lullaby | bellawumdain / at my lullaby | bellawuŋdain / at your lullaby | bellawundain / at his lullaby | bellawubuzdain / at our lullaby | bellawuğuzdain / at you all's lullaby | bellawlarındain / at their lullabies |
| Ablative | bellawdanfrom the lullaby | bellawumdanfrom my lullaby | bellawuŋdanfrom your lullaby | bellawundanfrom his lullaby | bellawubuzdanfrom our lullaby | bellawuğuzdanfrom you all's lullaby | bellawlarındanfrom their lullabies |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bellawlathe lullabies | bellawlarımmy lullabies | bellawlarıŋyour lullabies | bellawlarıhis lullabies | bellawlarıbızour lullabies | bellawlarığızyou all's lullabies | bellawlarıtheir lullabies |
| Genitive | bellawlanıthe lullabies' | bellawlarımımy lullabies' | bellawlarıŋıyour lullabies' | bellawlarınıhis lullabies' | bellawlarıbıznıour lullabies' | bellawlarığıznıyou all's lullabies' | bellawlarınıtheir lullabies' |
| Accusative | bellawlanıthe lullabies (as the object) | bellawlarımımy lullabies (as the object) | bellawlarıŋıyour lullabies (as the object) | bellawlarınhis lullabies (as the object) | bellawlarıbıznıour lullabies (as the object) | bellawlarığıznıyou all's lullabies (as the object) | bellawlarıntheir lullabies (as the object) |
| Dative | bellawlağato the lullabies | bellawlarımato my lullabies | bellawlarıŋato your lullabies | bellawlarınato his lullabies | bellawlarıbızğato our lullabies | bellawlarığızğato you all's lullabies | bellawlarınato their lullabies |
| Locative | bellawladain / at the lullabies | bellawlarımdain / at my lullabies | bellawlarıŋdain / at your lullabies | bellawlarındain / at his lullabies | bellawlarıbızdain / at our lullabies | bellawlarığızdain / at you all's lullabies | bellawlarındain / at their lullabies |
| Ablative | bellawladanfrom the lullabies | bellawlarımdanfrom my lullabies | bellawlarıŋdanfrom your lullabies | bellawlarındanfrom his lullabies | bellawlarıbızdanfrom our lullabies | bellawlarığızdanfrom you all's lullabies | bellawlarındanfrom their lullabies |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: bellawları can mean "his / her lullabies", "their lullaby", or "their lullabies" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.