kum
noun B1- sand
- hard grains in the fleshy parts of fruits such as pears, quinces, etc.
- gravel, nephrolith, a deposit of calculous concretions in the kidneys and the bladder
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain kumsand
ummy
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
kumsand
larplural
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
kumsand
uhis/her
ndain/at
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kumunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
kumsand
uhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kumuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Denizin bulanık suları boşalmış ve onun yerine şimdi sahilin kumları üzerinde ziyadan bir mâyi sallanıp bir şarkı söylüyordu.
Kardeşim kumda oynuyor.
My little brother plays in the sand.
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