sakız
noun B2- chewing gum
- gum, resin
- mastic
- Chios (domestic sheep breed)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: sakızında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: sakızıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Mısır unu ise yalnızca mısır ekmeğinde değil, tereyağı ve peynirle pişirilen, sakız gibi uzayan kuymakta da karşımıza çıkar.
Cornmeal, for its part, turns up not only in corn bread but also in kuymak, which is cooked with butter and cheese and stretches like chewing gum.
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