köçgen
/køtʃɡen/
past participle of köçerge →
1. having migrated, moved away, resettled
- Türkden köçgen qart kişi — an old man who had moved from Turkey
- köçgen adam — a person who has moved away
- köçgen üydegi — a family that has resettled
- köçgen qanatlıla — birds that have migrated
2. contagious, catching — Said of illnesses, as in köçgen awruw 'contagious disease'. one source
- köçgen awruw — a contagious disease
- köçgen awruwla — contagious illnesses
- bu awruw köçgendi — this illness is contagious
3. transitional — Used of periods and stages rather than of people relocating, as in köçgen közüw 'transitional period'. one source
- köçgen közüw — a transitional period
- köçgen közüw başlandı — the transitional period began
- bu köçgen közüwdü — this is a transitional period
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | köçgenmeI am having migrated | köçgenseyou are having migrated | köçgendihe is having migrated | köçgenbizwe are having migrated | köçgensizyou all are having migrated | köçgendilethey are having migrated |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden köçgendi — "compared to me, he is having migrated."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki köçgendimine is having migrated | seniki köçgendiyours is having migrated | anıqı köçgendihis is having migrated | bizniki köçgendiours is having migrated | sizniki köçgendiyours (pl.) is having migrated | alanıqı köçgenditheirs is having migrated |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile köçgendilemine are having migrated | senikile köçgendileyours are having migrated | anıqıla köçgendilehis are having migrated | biznikile köçgendileours are having migrated | siznikile köçgendileyours (pl.) are having migrated | alanıqıla köçgendiletheirs are having migrated |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu köçgendi, bıla köçgendile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
Which reading? Look at what follows.
| köçgen + noun | the one who moves house (the noun is the doer) |
|---|---|
| köçgeni, nothing after | someone's moving house |
| köçgeni under bilirge, körürge | that someone moves house |
With an owner
| my | köçgenimmy having moved house |
|---|---|
| your | köçgeniŋyour having moved house |
| his / her | köçgenihis / her having moved house |
| our | köçgenibizour having moved house |
| you all's | köçgenigizyou all's having moved house |
| their | köçgenleritheir having moved house |
Cases with an owner
The endings on köçgeni, the form with a third-person owner. Every other owner takes the same six.
| nominative | köçgenihis / her having moved house |
|---|---|
| genitive | köçgeninihis / her having moved house's |
| accusative | köçgeninhis / her having moved house |
| dative | köçgenineto his / her having moved house |
| locative | köçgenindewhen he / she moved house |
| ablative | köçgenindenafter he / she moved house |
Negative
| the negative | köçmegenthe one that didn't move house |
|---|---|
| his / her | köçmegenihis / her not having moved house |