kökürek
/ køkyrek /
Definitions noun chest, breast, ribcage
Definitions noun the seat of the feelings
Definitions noun breast, mammary gland
Definitions noun the front of a shirt or dress, the bodice
Definitions noun self-conceit, self-importance
Definitions noun a swaggerer (figurative)
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kökürek the chest | kökürekle the chests | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kökürekni the chest's | kökürekleni the chests' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kökürekni the chest (as the object) | kökürekleni the chests (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kökürekge to the chest | köküreklege to the chests | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kökürekde at / in the chest | köküreklede at / in the chests | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kökürekden from the chest | kökürekleden from the chests | 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 | köküregim my chest | köküreklerim my chests |
| your | köküregiŋ your chest | kökürekleriŋ your chests |
| his / her | köküregi his / her chest | kökürekleri his / her chests |
| our | köküregibiz our chest | kökürekleribiz our chests |
| you all's | köküregigiz you all's chest | köküreklerigiz you all's chests |
| their | kökürekleri their chest | kökürekleri their chests |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kökürekleri can mean "his / her chests", "their chest", or "their chests" — context decides.