köçgünçü
/køtʃɡyntʃy/ · plural köçgünçüle
1. migrant, settler, resettler, emigrant, resettled person — Also used of people forcibly moved from their homeland.
- köçgünçüle — the settlers
- ala köçgünçü bolub jurtlarından üzüldüle — they became migrants and were torn from their homeland
- köçgünçüle jaŋı elge keldile — the settlers came to the new village
- köçgünçüleni jaşawları — the lives of the settlers
- köçgünçülege boluşhanla — those who helped the settlers
- köçgünçüle uzaqdan keldile — the settlers came from far away
- köçgünçünü üyü — the settler's house
- köçgünçüleni balaları — the children of the settlers
- başha qralğa ketgen köçgünçü — an emigrant who left for another country
- köçgünçü bolub qaldı — he ended up an emigrant
2. nomad — Before another noun it means nomadic, as in köçgünçü plemyala "nomadic tribes".
- köçgünçü plemyala — nomadic tribes
- köçgünçüle aylanŋan jer — the land the nomads roam
- köçgünçüle tawğa ketdile — the nomads went off to the mountains
3. migratory — Used before a noun, of birds. one source
- köçgünçü qanatlıla — migratory birds
- köçgünçü quş — a migratory bird
- jaz başı köçgünçü qanatlılaça — like migratory birds in early spring
- köçgünçü qanatlıla jılı jerlege ketdile — the migratory birds went off to warm lands
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | köçgünçüthe migrant | köçgünçümmy migrant | köçgünçüŋyour migrant | köçgünçüsühis migrant | köçgünçübüzour migrant | köçgünçügüzyou all's migrant | köçgünçüleritheir migrants |
| Genitive | köçgünçünüthe migrant's | köçgünçümümy migrant's | köçgünçüŋüyour migrant's | köçgünçüsünühis migrant's | köçgünçübüznüour migrant's | köçgünçügüznüyou all's migrant's | köçgünçülerinitheir migrants' |
| Accusative | köçgünçünüthe migrant (as the object) | köçgünçümümy migrant (as the object) | köçgünçüŋüyour migrant (as the object) | köçgünçüsünhis migrant (as the object) | köçgünçübüznüour migrant (as the object) | köçgünçügüznüyou all's migrant (as the object) | köçgünçülerintheir migrants (as the object) |
| Dative | köçgünçügeto the migrant | köçgünçümeto my migrant | köçgünçüŋeto your migrant | köçgünçüsüneto his migrant | köçgünçübüzgeto our migrant | köçgünçügüzgeto you all's migrant | köçgünçülerineto their migrants |
| Locative | köçgünçüdein / at the migrant | köçgünçümdein / at my migrant | köçgünçüŋdein / at your migrant | köçgünçüsündein / at his migrant | köçgünçübüzdein / at our migrant | köçgünçügüzdein / at you all's migrant | köçgünçülerindein / at their migrants |
| Ablative | köçgünçüdenfrom the migrant | köçgünçümdenfrom my migrant | köçgünçüŋdenfrom your migrant | köçgünçüsündenfrom his migrant | köçgünçübüzdenfrom our migrant | köçgünçügüzdenfrom you all's migrant | köçgünçülerindenfrom their migrants |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | köçgünçülethe migrants | köçgünçülerimmy migrants | köçgünçüleriŋyour migrants | köçgünçülerihis migrants | köçgünçüleribizour migrants | köçgünçülerigizyou all's migrants | köçgünçüleritheir migrants |
| Genitive | köçgünçülenithe migrants' | köçgünçülerimimy migrants' | köçgünçüleriŋiyour migrants' | köçgünçülerinihis migrants' | köçgünçüleribizniour migrants' | köçgünçülerigizniyou all's migrants' | köçgünçülerinitheir migrants' |
| Accusative | köçgünçülenithe migrants (as the object) | köçgünçülerimimy migrants (as the object) | köçgünçüleriŋiyour migrants (as the object) | köçgünçülerinhis migrants (as the object) | köçgünçüleribizniour migrants (as the object) | köçgünçülerigizniyou all's migrants (as the object) | köçgünçülerintheir migrants (as the object) |
| Dative | köçgünçülegeto the migrants | köçgünçülerimeto my migrants | köçgünçüleriŋeto your migrants | köçgünçülerineto his migrants | köçgünçüleribizgeto our migrants | köçgünçülerigizgeto you all's migrants | köçgünçülerineto their migrants |
| Locative | köçgünçüledein / at the migrants | köçgünçülerimdein / at my migrants | köçgünçüleriŋdein / at your migrants | köçgünçülerindein / at his migrants | köçgünçüleribizdein / at our migrants | köçgünçülerigizdein / at you all's migrants | köçgünçülerindein / at their migrants |
| Ablative | köçgünçüledenfrom the migrants | köçgünçülerimdenfrom my migrants | köçgünçüleriŋdenfrom your migrants | köçgünçülerindenfrom his migrants | köçgünçüleribizdenfrom our migrants | köçgünçülerigizdenfrom you all's migrants | köçgünçülerindenfrom their migrants |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: köçgünçüleri can mean "his / her migrants", "their migrant", or "their migrants" — context decides.
Whose it is
| Case | one thing, one owner | several things, one owner | one thing, several owners | several things, several owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | köçgünçünüküthe migrant's one | köçgünçünükülethe migrant's ones | köçgünçülenikithe migrants' one | köçgünçülenikilethe migrants' ones |
| Genitive | köçgünçünükünüof the migrant's one | köçgünçünüküleniof the migrant's ones | köçgünçülenikiniof the migrants' one | köçgünçülenikileniof the migrants' ones |
| Accusative | köçgünçünükünthe migrant's one (as the object) | köçgünçünükülenithe migrant's ones (as the object) | köçgünçülenikinthe migrants' one (as the object) | köçgünçülenikilenithe migrants' ones (as the object) |
| Dative | köçgünçünüküneto the migrant's one | köçgünçünükülegeto the migrant's ones | köçgünçülenikineto the migrants' one | köçgünçülenikilegeto the migrants' ones |
| Locative | köçgünçünükündein / at the migrant's one | köçgünçünüküledein / at the migrant's ones | köçgünçülenikindein / at the migrants' one | köçgünçülenikiledein / at the migrants' ones |
| Ablative | köçgünçünükündenfrom the migrant's one | köçgünçünüküledenfrom the migrant's ones | köçgünçülenikindenfrom the migrants' one | köçgünçülenikiledenfrom the migrants' ones |
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.