vahta
/vaxta/ · plural vahtala
1. watch, shift, tour of duty, especially a guard duty kept on board a ship — vahtada tururğa means stand watch, be on duty. Before another noun it means of the watch, as in vahta zhurnal, a ship's logbook. The word was originally nautical.
- vahtada tururğa — to stand watch
- birinçi vahta — the first watch
- vahta zhurnal — a watch logbook
- vahtada turğan — who stood on watch
2. labor watch, a period of intensive, dedicated work, especially one undertaken in honor of something or for a special goal — Common in phrases such as urunuw vahta and urunuwnu vahtası, a labor watch, übiley vahta, an anniversary labor watch, and rahatlıqnı vahtası, a watch for peace.
- urunuw vahta — a labor watch
- übiley vahta — an anniversary labor watch
- urunuw vahtağa tohtab işleydi — works, having taken up a labor watch
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vahtathe watch | vahtammy watch | vahtaŋyour watch | vahtasıhis watch | vahtabızour watch | vahtağızyou all's watch | vahtalarıtheir watches |
| Genitive | vahtanıthe watch's | vahtamımy watch's | vahtaŋıyour watch's | vahtasınıhis watch's | vahtabıznıour watch's | vahtağıznıyou all's watch's | vahtalarınıtheir watches' |
| Accusative | vahtanıthe watch (as the object) | vahtamımy watch (as the object) | vahtaŋıyour watch (as the object) | vahtasınhis watch (as the object) | vahtabıznıour watch (as the object) | vahtağıznıyou all's watch (as the object) | vahtalarıntheir watches (as the object) |
| Dative | vahtağato the watch | vahtamato my watch | vahtaŋato your watch | vahtasınato his watch | vahtabızğato our watch | vahtağızğato you all's watch | vahtalarınato their watches |
| Locative | vahtadain / at the watch | vahtamdain / at my watch | vahtaŋdain / at your watch | vahtasındain / at his watch | vahtabızdain / at our watch | vahtağızdain / at you all's watch | vahtalarındain / at their watches |
| Ablative | vahtadanfrom the watch | vahtamdanfrom my watch | vahtaŋdanfrom your watch | vahtasındanfrom his watch | vahtabızdanfrom our watch | vahtağızdanfrom you all's watch | vahtalarındanfrom their watches |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vahtalathe watches | vahtalarımmy watches | vahtalarıŋyour watches | vahtalarıhis watches | vahtalarıbızour watches | vahtalarığızyou all's watches | vahtalarıtheir watches |
| Genitive | vahtalanıthe watches' | vahtalarımımy watches' | vahtalarıŋıyour watches' | vahtalarınıhis watches' | vahtalarıbıznıour watches' | vahtalarığıznıyou all's watches' | vahtalarınıtheir watches' |
| Accusative | vahtalanıthe watches (as the object) | vahtalarımımy watches (as the object) | vahtalarıŋıyour watches (as the object) | vahtalarınhis watches (as the object) | vahtalarıbıznıour watches (as the object) | vahtalarığıznıyou all's watches (as the object) | vahtalarıntheir watches (as the object) |
| Dative | vahtalağato the watches | vahtalarımato my watches | vahtalarıŋato your watches | vahtalarınato his watches | vahtalarıbızğato our watches | vahtalarığızğato you all's watches | vahtalarınato their watches |
| Locative | vahtaladain / at the watches | vahtalarımdain / at my watches | vahtalarıŋdain / at your watches | vahtalarındain / at his watches | vahtalarıbızdain / at our watches | vahtalarığızdain / at you all's watches | vahtalarındain / at their watches |
| Ablative | vahtaladanfrom the watches | vahtalarımdanfrom my watches | vahtalarıŋdanfrom your watches | vahtalarındanfrom his watches | vahtalarıbızdanfrom our watches | vahtalarığızdanfrom you all's watches | vahtalarındanfrom their watches |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: vahtaları can mean "his / her watches", "their watch", or "their watches" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.