kertenkele
noun C1- lizard
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kertenkelem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kertenkelesinde. 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: kertenkelesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kertenkelesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kertenkelesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Ağaçların tozlu yapraklarını, kayalar üzerinde durup soluyan kertenkeleleri, denizin kirli suları altında cam kırıklarını, paslı tenekeleri, eski pabuç nâşlarını seyretmenin ne kadar çabuk ruha kesel verdiğini tecrübe etmeyen var mı?
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