güppe
/ɡyppe/
guppe, house-to-house caroling that proclaims a holiday, for which the villagers reward the callers with gifts — A spring festival held in former times by Karachays and Balkars to mark the end of the farming year. güppe aylanırğa means go round the houses doing guppe.
- güppe aylanırğa — to go round doing the guppe
- güppe aylana kelebiz — we come going round with the guppe
- güppe jırları — guppe songs
- güppe keçesi — the night of the guppe
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | güppethe guppe | güppemmy guppe | güppeŋyour guppe | güppesihis guppe | güppebizour guppe | güppegizyou all's guppe | güppeleritheir guppes |
| Genitive | güppenithe guppe's | güppemimy guppe's | güppeŋiyour guppe's | güppesinihis guppe's | güppebizniour guppe's | güppegizniyou all's guppe's | güppelerinitheir guppes' |
| Accusative | güppenithe guppe (as the object) | güppemimy guppe (as the object) | güppeŋiyour guppe (as the object) | güppesinhis guppe (as the object) | güppebizniour guppe (as the object) | güppegizniyou all's guppe (as the object) | güppelerintheir guppes (as the object) |
| Dative | güppegeto the guppe | güppemeto my guppe | güppeŋeto your guppe | güppesineto his guppe | güppebizgeto our guppe | güppegizgeto you all's guppe | güppelerineto their guppes |
| Locative | güppedein / at the guppe | güppemdein / at my guppe | güppeŋdein / at your guppe | güppesindein / at his guppe | güppebizdein / at our guppe | güppegizdein / at you all's guppe | güppelerindein / at their guppes |
| Ablative | güppedenfrom the guppe | güppemdenfrom my guppe | güppeŋdenfrom your guppe | güppesindenfrom his guppe | güppebizdenfrom our guppe | güppegizdenfrom you all's guppe | güppelerindenfrom their guppes |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.