uru
/uru/ · plural urula
1. pit, hole
- uru qazarğa — to dig a pit
- teren uru — a deep pit
- uruğa tüşerge — to get down into a pit
- kürek bla uru qazarğa — to dig a pit with a shovel
- kir tögüwçü uru — a cesspit
- birewge uru qazsaŋ, kesiŋ tüşerse — if you dig a pit for someone, you yourself will fall in
2. storage pit, underground storage chamber
- gardoş uru — a potato storage pit
- aşlıq uru — a grain storage pit
- urudan gardoş çığardım — I took potatoes out of the storage pit
- gardoşnu uruğa quyduq — we put the potatoes into the storage pit
- üynü tübünde uru bardı — there is a storage pit under the house
3. thief — A separate homonym from the word for a pit.
- üyge uru kirgendi — a thief has gotten into the house
- urunu tutdula — they caught the thief
4. theft, robbery — A separate homonym from the word for a pit.
- uru bla jaşağan adamla — people living by theft
- uruda tutuluw — getting caught in a theft
- ol uruğa jürümese tınçaymaydı — he has no peace unless he goes thieving
Expressions
- uru artı – quru — theft brings no gain
- uru qazarğa — plot against
- uruda turub çıqğança — out of touch
- urusu, börüsü bolmağan — upright and self-reliant
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | uruthe pit | urummy pit | uruŋyour pit | urusuhis pit | urubuzour pit | uruğuzyou all's pit | urularıtheir pits |
| Genitive | urunuthe pit's | urumumy pit's | uruŋuyour pit's | urusunuhis pit's | urubuznuour pit's | uruğuznuyou all's pit's | urularınıtheir pits' |
| Accusative | urunuthe pit (as the object) | urumumy pit (as the object) | uruŋuyour pit (as the object) | urusunhis pit (as the object) | urubuznuour pit (as the object) | uruğuznuyou all's pit (as the object) | urularıntheir pits (as the object) |
| Dative | uruğato the pit | urumato my pit | uruŋato your pit | urusunato his pit | urubuzğato our pit | uruğuzğato you all's pit | urularınato their pits |
| Locative | urudain / at the pit | urumdain / at my pit | uruŋdain / at your pit | urusundain / at his pit | urubuzdain / at our pit | uruğuzdain / at you all's pit | urularındain / at their pits |
| Ablative | urudanfrom the pit | urumdanfrom my pit | uruŋdanfrom your pit | urusundanfrom his pit | urubuzdanfrom our pit | uruğuzdanfrom you all's pit | urularındanfrom their pits |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | urulathe pits | urularımmy pits | urularıŋyour pits | urularıhis pits | urularıbızour pits | urularığızyou all's pits | urularıtheir pits |
| Genitive | urulanıthe pits' | urularımımy pits' | urularıŋıyour pits' | urularınıhis pits' | urularıbıznıour pits' | urularığıznıyou all's pits' | urularınıtheir pits' |
| Accusative | urulanıthe pits (as the object) | urularımımy pits (as the object) | urularıŋıyour pits (as the object) | urularınhis pits (as the object) | urularıbıznıour pits (as the object) | urularığıznıyou all's pits (as the object) | urularıntheir pits (as the object) |
| Dative | urulağato the pits | urularımato my pits | urularıŋato your pits | urularınato his pits | urularıbızğato our pits | urularığızğato you all's pits | urularınato their pits |
| Locative | uruladain / at the pits | urularımdain / at my pits | urularıŋdain / at your pits | urularındain / at his pits | urularıbızdain / at our pits | urularığızdain / at you all's pits | urularındain / at their pits |
| Ablative | uruladanfrom the pits | urularımdanfrom my pits | urularıŋdanfrom your pits | urularındanfrom his pits | urularıbızdanfrom our pits | urularığızdanfrom you all's pits | urularındanfrom their pits |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: uruları can mean "his / her pits", "their pit", or "their pits" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.