boya
noun B1- color
- dye
- tint, hue
- paint
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in boyam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: boyasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: boyasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: boyasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: boyasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Boyama işlemi yaklaşık iki veya üç saat sürüyor.
The painting process takes approximately two or three hours.
Sanatçı, fırça ile bu suya çeşitli renklerde boyalar koyar.
The artist puts paints of various colors into this water with a brush.
Boyalar su üzerinde kalır, hiçbir zaman aşağıya batmaz.
The paints stay on the water; they never sink down.
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