kule
noun B1- tower
- turret
- steeple
- fort
- fortress
- citadel
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kulem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kulesinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kulesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kulesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kulesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Phrases
From the library
Altın kulelerden yine kuşlar,
Tekrârını ömrün eder i'lân,
Kuşlar mıdır onlar ki her akşam,
Âlemlerimizden sefer eyler?
Öğleden sonra Galata Kulesi'ne çıktılar.
In the afternoon they went up Galata Tower.
Kuleden bütün şehri gördüler.
From the tower they saw the whole city.
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