otow
/otow/ · plural otowla
1. room, chamber
- otow tazadı — the room is clean
- jarıq otow — a bright room
- tar otow — a narrow room
- qaraŋı otow — a dark room
- tört otowlu üy — a four-room house
- otownu ortası — the middle of the room
- otowğa kirirge — to go into the room
- şaharda otowuŋ — your room in the town
2. bridal chamber, room of a newly married couple — In the groom's house, the room set aside for the newly married couple.
- otow üy — the newlyweds' room
- kelinni otowu — the bride's chamber
- otownu jasarğa — to furnish the bridal chamber
- otowğa kelin kirgendi — the bride has gone into the bridal chamber
- otow kerek — the furnishings of the bridal chamber
- otow otdan toymaz — the bridal chamber does not get its fill of fire
Expressions
- otow edik da, üy bolduq — from bad to worse
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | otowthe room | otowummy room | otowuŋyour room | otowuhis room | otowubuzour room | otowuğuzyou all's room | otowlarıtheir rooms |
| Genitive | otownuthe room's | otowumumy room's | otowuŋuyour room's | otowunuhis room's | otowubuznuour room's | otowuğuznuyou all's room's | otowlarınıtheir rooms' |
| Accusative | otownuthe room (as the object) | otowumumy room (as the object) | otowuŋuyour room (as the object) | otowunhis room (as the object) | otowubuznuour room (as the object) | otowuğuznuyou all's room (as the object) | otowlarıntheir rooms (as the object) |
| Dative | otowğato the room | otowumato my room | otowuŋato your room | otowunato his room | otowubuzğato our room | otowuğuzğato you all's room | otowlarınato their rooms |
| Locative | otowdain / at the room | otowumdain / at my room | otowuŋdain / at your room | otowundain / at his room | otowubuzdain / at our room | otowuğuzdain / at you all's room | otowlarındain / at their rooms |
| Ablative | otowdanfrom the room | otowumdanfrom my room | otowuŋdanfrom your room | otowundanfrom his room | otowubuzdanfrom our room | otowuğuzdanfrom you all's room | otowlarındanfrom their rooms |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | otowlathe rooms | otowlarımmy rooms | otowlarıŋyour rooms | otowlarıhis rooms | otowlarıbızour rooms | otowlarığızyou all's rooms | otowlarıtheir rooms |
| Genitive | otowlanıthe rooms' | otowlarımımy rooms' | otowlarıŋıyour rooms' | otowlarınıhis rooms' | otowlarıbıznıour rooms' | otowlarığıznıyou all's rooms' | otowlarınıtheir rooms' |
| Accusative | otowlanıthe rooms (as the object) | otowlarımımy rooms (as the object) | otowlarıŋıyour rooms (as the object) | otowlarınhis rooms (as the object) | otowlarıbıznıour rooms (as the object) | otowlarığıznıyou all's rooms (as the object) | otowlarıntheir rooms (as the object) |
| Dative | otowlağato the rooms | otowlarımato my rooms | otowlarıŋato your rooms | otowlarınato his rooms | otowlarıbızğato our rooms | otowlarığızğato you all's rooms | otowlarınato their rooms |
| Locative | otowladain / at the rooms | otowlarımdain / at my rooms | otowlarıŋdain / at your rooms | otowlarındain / at his rooms | otowlarıbızdain / at our rooms | otowlarığızdain / at you all's rooms | otowlarındain / at their rooms |
| Ablative | otowladanfrom the rooms | otowlarımdanfrom my rooms | otowlarıŋdanfrom your rooms | otowlarındanfrom his rooms | otowlarıbızdanfrom our rooms | otowlarığızdanfrom you all's rooms | otowlarındanfrom their rooms |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: otowları can mean "his / her rooms", "their room", or "their rooms" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.