töppe

/tøppe/ · plural töppele

1. (n.) crown of the head, vertex, pate

töppe süek — the parietal bone
töppe kekel — a tuft of hair left on the crown when a child's head is shaved
anı töppesi qaşharğandı — the crown of his head has gone bald
töppe tüklerim örge turadıla — the hair on my crown stands up
töppesinde çaç — the hair on his crown
çaçın töppesine qısdı — she tied her hair up on her crown

2. (n.) top, summit, peak, apex

tawnu töppesi — the summit of the mountain
terekni töppesinde — on the top of the tree
töppesi quruğan terek — a tree whose top has dried up
aq töppeli tawla — white-capped mountains
tawnu töppesinde qara ağaç — a dark forest on the mountain top

3. (n.) crown of a hat or cap

börknü töppesi — the crown of the hat
aq töppeli börk — a hat with a white crown
börknü töppesine oqa tigilgendi — gold braid is sewn on the crown of the hat

4. (n.) crest, tuft of a bird

çıpçıqnı töppesi — the bird's crest
töppeli tawuq — a crested hen
qızıl töppeli çıpçıq — a bird with a red crest

Expressions

töppe tururğa — fall head over heels (Collocation)
töppesi bla qararğa — glower at (Idiom)
töppesi kökge jeterge — be overjoyed; praise to the skies (Idiom)
töppesinden quyarğa — drink or smoke heavily (Idiom)

Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1–3
Khabichev (ed.) 1990 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Phrasebook · meanings 1, 2
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meanings 1, 2
Siemieniec-Gołaś 2000 · Karachay-Balkar Vocabulary of Proto-Turkic Origin · all meanings
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · all meanings
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · all meanings
Tolgurova and Tolgurov n.d. · Abridged Hapax Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meaning 2

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Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of töppe, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	töppethe crown of the head	töppemmy crown of the head	töppeŋyour crown of the head	töppesihis crown of the head	töppebizour crown of the head	töppegizyou all's crown of the head	töppeleritheir crown of the heads
Genitive	töppenithe crown of the head's	töppemimy crown of the head's	töppeŋiyour crown of the head's	töppesinihis crown of the head's	töppebizniour crown of the head's	töppegizniyou all's crown of the head's	töppelerinitheir crown of the heads'
Accusative	töppenithe crown of the head (as the object)	töppemimy crown of the head (as the object)	töppeŋiyour crown of the head (as the object)	töppesinhis crown of the head (as the object)	töppebizniour crown of the head (as the object)	töppegizniyou all's crown of the head (as the object)	töppelerintheir crown of the heads (as the object)
Dative	töppegeto the crown of the head	töppemeto my crown of the head	töppeŋeto your crown of the head	töppesineto his crown of the head	töppebizgeto our crown of the head	töppegizgeto you all's crown of the head	töppelerineto their crown of the heads
Locative	töppedein / at the crown of the head	töppemdein / at my crown of the head	töppeŋdein / at your crown of the head	töppesindein / at his crown of the head	töppebizdein / at our crown of the head	töppegizdein / at you all's crown of the head	töppelerindein / at their crown of the heads
Ablative	töppedenfrom the crown of the head	töppemdenfrom my crown of the head	töppeŋdenfrom your crown of the head	töppesindenfrom his crown of the head	töppebizdenfrom our crown of the head	töppegizdenfrom you all's crown of the head	töppelerindenfrom their crown of the heads

Plural

Plural — cases of töppe, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	töppelethe crown of the heads	töppelerimmy crown of the heads	töppeleriŋyour crown of the heads	töppelerihis crown of the heads	töppeleribizour crown of the heads	töppelerigizyou all's crown of the heads	töppeleritheir crown of the heads
Genitive	töppelenithe crown of the heads'	töppelerimimy crown of the heads'	töppeleriŋiyour crown of the heads'	töppelerinihis crown of the heads'	töppeleribizniour crown of the heads'	töppelerigizniyou all's crown of the heads'	töppelerinitheir crown of the heads'
Accusative	töppelenithe crown of the heads (as the object)	töppelerimimy crown of the heads (as the object)	töppeleriŋiyour crown of the heads (as the object)	töppelerinhis crown of the heads (as the object)	töppeleribizniour crown of the heads (as the object)	töppelerigizniyou all's crown of the heads (as the object)	töppelerintheir crown of the heads (as the object)
Dative	töppelegeto the crown of the heads	töppelerimeto my crown of the heads	töppeleriŋeto your crown of the heads	töppelerineto his crown of the heads	töppeleribizgeto our crown of the heads	töppelerigizgeto you all's crown of the heads	töppelerineto their crown of the heads
Locative	töppeledein / at the crown of the heads	töppelerimdein / at my crown of the heads	töppeleriŋdein / at your crown of the heads	töppelerindein / at his crown of the heads	töppeleribizdein / at our crown of the heads	töppelerigizdein / at you all's crown of the heads	töppelerindein / at their crown of the heads
Ablative	töppeledenfrom the crown of the heads	töppelerimdenfrom my crown of the heads	töppeleriŋdenfrom your crown of the heads	töppelerindenfrom his crown of the heads	töppeleribizdenfrom our crown of the heads	töppelerigizdenfrom you all's crown of the heads	töppelerindenfrom their crown of the heads

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: töppeleri can mean "his / her crown of the heads", "their crown of the head", or "their crown of the heads" — context decides.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.