köt
/køt/
Definitions
1. back, rear, underside (of an object) — coarse in register; the neutral word for the back of a thing is arty
- at kötüne mindirirge — to seat someone on the horse behind the rider
- köt ağaç — the butt of a rifle
- ot kötünde — by the fire
2. end, tail end
- aynı kötünde — at the tail end of the month
- işni kötüne jetdik — we have reached the tail end of the work
- jılnı kötü juwuqdu — the end of the year is near
3. backside, buttocks, arse — coarse; vulgar in register
- kötüne tüşerge — to fall on one's backside
- kötün qağarğa — to dust off one's backside
- kötün jerge saldı — he set his backside on the ground
4. anus — coarse; medical texts use art тешик
- köt jarası — an anal sore
- köt awruw — a disease of the anus
- köt darman — a suppository
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 42).Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kötthe back | kötlethe backs | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kötnüthe back's | kötlenithe backs' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kötnüthe back (as the object) | kötlenithe backs (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kötgeto the back | kötlegeto the backs | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kötdeat / in the back | kötledeat / in the backs | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kötdenfrom the back | kötledenfrom the backs | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- 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 | kötümmy back | kötlerimmy backs |
| your | kötüngyour back | kötleringyour backs |
| his / her | kötühis / her back | kötlerihis / her backs |
| our | kötübüzour back | kötleribizour backs |
| you all's | kötügüzyou all's back | kötlerigizyou all's backs |
| their | kötleritheir back | kötleritheir backs |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kötleri can mean "his / her backs", "their back", or "their backs" — context decides.