taw
/taw/
Definitions
1. mountain
- mingi taw — mount Elbrus (literally: the eternal mountain)
- sınjır tawla — a mountain chain
- tawdan tüşerge — to come down from the mountain
- taw tawğa tübemeydi — a mountain does not meet another mountain
- taw başında taw bolmaz — there is no mountain above the mountain
2. mountain, highland, of the mountains — attributive
- taw jol — a mountain road
- taw suw — a mountain river
- taw jaylıqla — the mountain pastures
- taw etek — the foot of the mountain, the foothills
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 86).Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tawthe mountain | tawlathe mountains | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tawnuthe mountain's | tawlanıthe mountains' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tawnuthe mountain (as the object) | tawlanıthe mountains (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tawğato the mountain | tawlağato the mountains | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tawdaat / in the mountain | tawladaat / in the mountains | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tawdanfrom the mountain | tawladanfrom the mountains | 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 | tawummy mountain | tawlarımmy mountains |
| your | tawungyour mountain | tawlarıngyour mountains |
| his / her | tawuhis / her mountain | tawlarıhis / her mountains |
| our | tawubuzour mountain | tawlarıbızour mountains |
| you all's | tawuğuzyou all's mountain | tawlarığızyou all's mountains |
| their | tawlarıtheir mountain | tawlarıtheir mountains |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tawları can mean "his / her mountains", "their mountain", or "their mountains" — context decides.