tıŋılaw
/ tɯŋɯlaw /
Definitions noun listening, hearing, giving ear
Definitions noun heeding, paying attention, taking notice
Definitions noun keeping silent, holding one's peace, making no sound
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tıŋılaw the listening | tıŋılawla the listenings | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tıŋılawnu the listening's | tıŋılawlanı the listenings' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tıŋılawnu the listening (as the object) | tıŋılawlanı the listenings (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tıŋılawğa to the listening | tıŋılawlağa to the listenings | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tıŋılawda at / in the listening | tıŋılawlada at / in the listenings | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tıŋılawdan from the listening | tıŋılawladan from the listenings | 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 | tıŋılawum my listening | tıŋılawlarım my listenings |
| your | tıŋılawuŋ your listening | tıŋılawlarıŋ your listenings |
| his / her | tıŋılawu his / her listening | tıŋılawları his / her listenings |
| our | tıŋılawubuz our listening | tıŋılawlarıbız our listenings |
| you all's | tıŋılawuğuz you all's listening | tıŋılawlarığız you all's listenings |
| their | tıŋılawları their listening | tıŋılawları their listenings |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tıŋılawları can mean "his / her listenings", "their listening", or "their listenings" — context decides.