kumru
noun C1- collared dove
- laughing dove
- A Turkish type of sandwich on a bun, typically made with cheese, tomato, and sausage.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kumrum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kumrusunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kumrusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kumrusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kumrusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Öğle yemeğinde iş arkadaşlarımla Kordon'da kumru yedik.
At lunch my colleagues and I ate kumru on the Kordon.
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