tunçuğuw
/ tuntʃuʁuw /
Definition noun suffocating
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tunçuğuw the suffocating | tunçuğuwla the suffocatings | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tunçuğuwnu the suffocating's | tunçuğuwlanı the suffocatings' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tunçuğuwnu the suffocating (as the object) | tunçuğuwlanı the suffocatings (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tunçuğuwğa to the suffocating | tunçuğuwlağa to the suffocatings | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tunçuğuwda at / in the suffocating | tunçuğuwlada at / in the suffocatings | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tunçuğuwdan from the suffocating | tunçuğuwladan from the suffocatings | 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 | tunçuğuwum my suffocating | tunçuğuwlarım my suffocatings |
| your | tunçuğuwuŋ your suffocating | tunçuğuwlarıŋ your suffocatings |
| his / her | tunçuğuwu his / her suffocating | tunçuğuwları his / her suffocatings |
| our | tunçuğuwubuz our suffocating | tunçuğuwlarıbız our suffocatings |
| you all's | tunçuğuwuğuz you all's suffocating | tunçuğuwlarığız you all's suffocatings |
| their | tunçuğuwları their suffocating | tunçuğuwları their suffocatings |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tunçuğuwları can mean "his / her suffocatings", "their suffocating", or "their suffocatings" — context decides.