taw

/ taw /

Definition noun mountain

Examples

mingi taw — Mount Elbrus (literally: the eternal mountain)

Cases

	Singular	Plural	When to use it
nominative	taw the mountain	tawla the mountains	the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
genitive	tawnu the mountain's	tawlanı the mountains'	the owner — whose it is
accusative	tawnu the mountain (as the object)	tawlanı the mountains (as the object)	a specific, known object — whom or what
dative	tawğa to the mountain	tawlağa to the mountains	direction or recipient — to where, to whom
locative	tawda at / in the mountain	tawlada at / in the mountains	where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
ablative	tawdan from the mountain	tawladan from the mountains	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	tawum my mountain	tawlarım my mountains
your	tawung your mountain	tawlarıng your mountains
his / her	tawu his / her mountain	tawları his / her mountains
our	tawubuz our mountain	tawlarıbız our mountains
you all's	tawuğuz you all's mountain	tawlarığız you all's mountains
their	tawları their mountain	tawları their mountains

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tawları can mean "his / her mountains", "their mountain", or "their mountains" — context decides.