köçgen
/køtʃɡen/
past participle of köçerge →
1. having migrated, moved away, resettled
- köçgen adam — a person who has moved away
- köçgen üydegi — a family that has resettled
- köçgen qanatlıla — birds that have migrated
2. one who has been deported
- köçgen halq — a people that was deported
- köçgenleni jeri — the land of those who were deported
- köçgen el — a village that was moved out
3. catching, contagious, that passes from one to another
- köçgen awruw — a contagious illness
- köçgen awruwla — contagious illnesses
- bu awruw köçgendi — this illness is a catching one
4. Figurative: having passed from one activity, domain, holder, or form to another, applied to non-personal things (customs, responsibilities) rather than a person or people relocating.
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formam/is/are having migrated | menköçgenme | senköçgense | olköçgendi | bizköçgenbiz | sizköçgensiz | alaköçgendile |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden köçgendi — "compared to me, he is having migrated."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are having migrated | menikimeniki köçgendi | senikiseniki köçgendi | anıqıanıqı köçgendi | biznikibizniki köçgendi | siznikisizniki köçgendi | alanıqıalanıqı köçgendi |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are having migrated | menikilemenikile köçgendile | senikilesenikile köçgendile | anıqılaanıqıla köçgendile | biznikilebiznikile köçgendile | siznikilesiznikile köçgendile | alanıqılaalanıqıla köçgendile |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu köçgendi, bıla köçgendile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
Which reading? Look at what follows.
| köçgen + noun | the one who moves house (the noun is the doer) |
|---|---|
| köçgeni, nothing after | someone's moving house |
| köçgeni under bilirge, körürge | that someone moves house |
With an owner
| my | köçgenimmy having moved house |
|---|---|
| your | köçgeningyour having moved house |
| his / her | köçgenihis / her having moved house |
| our | köçgenibizour having moved house |
| you all's | köçgenigizyou all's having moved house |
| their | köçgenleritheir having moved house |
Cases with an owner
The endings on köçgeni, the form with a third-person owner. Every other owner takes the same six.
| nominative | köçgenihis / her having moved house |
|---|---|
| genitive | köçgeninihis / her having moved house's |
| accusative | köçgeninhis / her having moved house |
| dative | köçgenineto his / her having moved house |
| locative | köçgenindewhen he / she moved house |
| ablative | köçgenindenafter he / she moved house |
Negative
| the negative | köçmegenthe one that didn't move house |
|---|---|
| his / her | köçmegenihis / her not having moved house |