teke
/ teke /
Definitions noun billy goat, he-goat
Definitions noun goat's, of a goat
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | teke the billy goat | tekele the billy goats | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tekeni the billy goat's | tekeleni the billy goats' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tekeni the billy goat (as the object) | tekeleni the billy goats (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tekege to the billy goat | tekelege to the billy goats | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tekede at / in the billy goat | tekelede at / in the billy goats | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tekeden from the billy goat | tekeleden from the billy goats | 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 | tekem my billy goat | tekelerim my billy goats |
| your | tekeŋ your billy goat | tekeleriŋ your billy goats |
| his / her | tekesi his / her billy goat | tekeleri his / her billy goats |
| our | tekebiz our billy goat | tekeleribiz our billy goats |
| you all's | tekegiz you all's billy goat | tekelerigiz you all's billy goats |
| their | tekeleri their billy goat | tekeleri their billy goats |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tekeleri can mean "his / her billy goats", "their billy goat", or "their billy goats" — context decides.