cawum
/ dʒawum /
Definitions noun precipitation, rainfall, what falls from the sky
Definitions noun rain
Definitions noun rainy (attributive)
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cawum the precipitation | cawumla the precipitations | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | cawumnu the precipitation's | cawumlanı the precipitations' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | cawumnu the precipitation (as the object) | cawumlanı the precipitations (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | cawumğa to the precipitation | cawumlağa to the precipitations | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | cawumda at / in the precipitation | cawumlada at / in the precipitations | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | cawumdan from the precipitation | cawumladan from the precipitations | 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 | cawumum my precipitation | cawumlarım my precipitations |
| your | cawumuŋ your precipitation | cawumlarıŋ your precipitations |
| his / her | cawumu his / her precipitation | cawumları his / her precipitations |
| our | cawumubuz our precipitation | cawumlarıbız our precipitations |
| you all's | cawumuğuz you all's precipitation | cawumlarığız you all's precipitations |
| their | cawumları their precipitation | cawumları their precipitations |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: cawumları can mean "his / her precipitations", "their precipitation", or "their precipitations" — context decides.