külkü
/kylky/
Definition
laughter, the act or sound of laughing — Elbrusoid's 'веселье, потеха' (merriment) belongs to the separate compound headword кюлкю-оюн (row 12149), not to кюлкю; Nevruz's neşe sits inside an undifferentiated gloss list. No separate merriment sense is recorded for the bare headword.
- bizde bir külkü bardı — there is such laughter at our place
- külkü qabındı — laughter broke out
- külküden tıyılalmadı — he could not hold back his laughter
- bizge bir külkü kirdi! — such laughter came over us!
Related
külkülühavingfunny, amusing, provoking laughter; mocking, expressing derision; amusingly, in a way that provokes laughter
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | külküthe laughter | külkülethe laughters | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | külkünüthe laughter's | külkülenithe laughters' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | külkünüthe laughter (as the object) | külkülenithe laughters (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | külkügeto the laughter | külkülegeto the laughters | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | külküdeat / in the laughter | külküledeat / in the laughters | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | külküdenfrom the laughter | külküledenfrom the laughters | 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 | külkümmy laughter | külkülerimmy laughters |
| your | külküngyour laughter | külküleringyour laughters |
| his / her | külküsühis / her laughter | külkülerihis / her laughters |
| our | külkübüzour laughter | külküleribizour laughters |
| you all's | külkügüzyou all's laughter | külkülerigizyou all's laughters |
| their | külküleritheir laughter | külküleritheir laughters |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: külküleri can mean "his / her laughters", "their laughter", or "their laughters" — context decides.