kaval
noun C1- kaval, a traditional, oblique flute played throughout the Balkans and Anatolia
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain kavalkaval
ımmy
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
kavalkaval
larplural
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
kavalkaval
ıhis/her
ndain/at
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kavalında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
kavalkaval
ıhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kavalıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Kuşağının arasından çıkardığı kavalı çalmaya başladı.
Nâdan çoban kavalı da bıraktı.
Nâlende bir kaval sesi etrafı inletir;
Nâlende bir sürûd ile bâd-i garîb-i şâm
Estikçe, gölde titreşir emvâc-ı pür-garâm...
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