çille
/ tʃille /
Definitions noun silk (thread or cloth)
Definitions noun silk, silken (attributive)
Definitions noun chilla, the forty coldest days of winter or forty hottest of summer
Definitions noun heron
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | çille the silk | çillele the silks | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | çilleni the silk's | çilleleni the silks' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | çilleni the silk (as the object) | çilleleni the silks (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | çillege to the silk | çillelege to the silks | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | çillede at / in the silk | çillelede at / in the silks | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | çilleden from the silk | çilleleden from the silks | 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 | çillem my silk | çillelerim my silks |
| your | çilleŋ your silk | çilleleriŋ your silks |
| his / her | çillesi his / her silk | çilleleri his / her silks |
| our | çillebiz our silk | çilleleribiz our silks |
| you all's | çillegiz you all's silk | çillelerigiz you all's silks |
| their | çilleleri their silk | çilleleri their silks |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: çilleleri can mean "his / her silks", "their silk", or "their silks" — context decides.