ökürüw
/ økyryw /
Definition noun bellowing
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ökürüw the bellowing | ökürüwle the bellowings | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ökürüwnü the bellowing's | ökürüwleni the bellowings' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ökürüwnü the bellowing (as the object) | ökürüwleni the bellowings (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | ökürüwge to the bellowing | ökürüwlege to the bellowings | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | ökürüwde at / in the bellowing | ökürüwlede at / in the bellowings | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | ökürüwden from the bellowing | ökürüwleden from the bellowings | 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 | ökürüwüm my bellowing | ökürüwlerim my bellowings |
| your | ökürüwüŋ your bellowing | ökürüwleriŋ your bellowings |
| his / her | ökürüwü his / her bellowing | ökürüwleri his / her bellowings |
| our | ökürüwübüz our bellowing | ökürüwleribiz our bellowings |
| you all's | ökürüwügüz you all's bellowing | ökürüwlerigiz you all's bellowings |
| their | ökürüwleri their bellowing | ökürüwleri their bellowings |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ökürüwleri can mean "his / her bellowings", "their bellowing", or "their bellowings" — context decides.