keli
/keli/ · plural kelile
mortar, a heavy wooden or metal vessel for pounding grain, salt and the like — The pestle used with it is keli baş.
- ağaç keli — a wooden mortar
- temir keli — an iron mortar
- keli baş — a pestle
- keli bla nartüh tüerge — to pound maize in a mortar
- kelide tuz tüerge — to pound salt in a mortar
- keli bla nartüh tüebiz — we pound maize in a mortar
- hanslanı keli bla tüyüb — pounding the herbs in a mortar
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kelithe mortar | kelimmy mortar | keliŋyour mortar | kelisihis mortar | kelibizour mortar | keligizyou all's mortar | kelileritheir mortars |
| Genitive | kelinithe mortar's | kelimimy mortar's | keliŋiyour mortar's | kelisinihis mortar's | kelibizniour mortar's | keligizniyou all's mortar's | kelilerinitheir mortars' |
| Accusative | kelinithe mortar (as the object) | kelimimy mortar (as the object) | keliŋiyour mortar (as the object) | kelisinhis mortar (as the object) | kelibizniour mortar (as the object) | keligizniyou all's mortar (as the object) | kelilerintheir mortars (as the object) |
| Dative | keligeto the mortar | kelimeto my mortar | keliŋeto your mortar | kelisineto his mortar | kelibizgeto our mortar | keligizgeto you all's mortar | kelilerineto their mortars |
| Locative | kelidein / at the mortar | kelimdein / at my mortar | keliŋdein / at your mortar | kelisindein / at his mortar | kelibizdein / at our mortar | keligizdein / at you all's mortar | kelilerindein / at their mortars |
| Ablative | kelidenfrom the mortar | kelimdenfrom my mortar | keliŋdenfrom your mortar | kelisindenfrom his mortar | kelibizdenfrom our mortar | keligizdenfrom you all's mortar | kelilerindenfrom their mortars |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kelilethe mortars | kelilerimmy mortars | kelileriŋyour mortars | kelilerihis mortars | kelileribizour mortars | kelilerigizyou all's mortars | kelileritheir mortars |
| Genitive | kelilenithe mortars' | kelilerimimy mortars' | kelileriŋiyour mortars' | kelilerinihis mortars' | kelileribizniour mortars' | kelilerigizniyou all's mortars' | kelilerinitheir mortars' |
| Accusative | kelilenithe mortars (as the object) | kelilerimimy mortars (as the object) | kelileriŋiyour mortars (as the object) | kelilerinhis mortars (as the object) | kelileribizniour mortars (as the object) | kelilerigizniyou all's mortars (as the object) | kelilerintheir mortars (as the object) |
| Dative | kelilegeto the mortars | kelilerimeto my mortars | kelileriŋeto your mortars | kelilerineto his mortars | kelileribizgeto our mortars | kelilerigizgeto you all's mortars | kelilerineto their mortars |
| Locative | keliledein / at the mortars | kelilerimdein / at my mortars | kelileriŋdein / at your mortars | kelilerindein / at his mortars | kelileribizdein / at our mortars | kelilerigizdein / at you all's mortars | kelilerindein / at their mortars |
| Ablative | keliledenfrom the mortars | kelilerimdenfrom my mortars | kelileriŋdenfrom your mortars | kelilerindenfrom his mortars | kelileribizdenfrom our mortars | kelilerigizdenfrom you all's mortars | kelilerindenfrom their mortars |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kelileri can mean "his / her mortars", "their mortar", or "their mortars" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.