köçüw
/ køtʃyw /
Definitions noun migration, moving, resettlement, relocation
Definitions noun ford, crossing, crossing place
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | köçüw the migration | köçüwle the migrations | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | köçüwnü the migration's | köçüwleni the migrations' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | köçüwnü the migration (as the object) | köçüwleni the migrations (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | köçüwge to the migration | köçüwlege to the migrations | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | köçüwde at / in the migration | köçüwlede at / in the migrations | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | köçüwden from the migration | köçüwleden from the migrations | 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 | köçüwüm my migration | köçüwlerim my migrations |
| your | köçüwüŋ your migration | köçüwleriŋ your migrations |
| his / her | köçüwü his / her migration | köçüwleri his / her migrations |
| our | köçüwübüz our migration | köçüwleribiz our migrations |
| you all's | köçüwügüz you all's migration | köçüwlerigiz you all's migrations |
| their | köçüwleri their migration | köçüwleri their migrations |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: köçüwleri can mean "his / her migrations", "their migration", or "their migrations" — context decides.