yenge
noun C1- aunt-in-law; one's brother's wife · Oğlum, o senin yengen, yengen!, My son, that's your aunt, your aunt!
- a respectful term of address for elderly women
- female significant other of one's friend · Kardeşliğin ilk kuralı: yengenize yürümek yok., The first rule of the bro code is you do not hit upon your bro's girl. · Yengenizi aldatırken yakalarsanız hemen kankanıza söylüyorsunuz, sonrasında ne bok olacağı fark etmez., If you catch your bro's girl cheating you immediately tell your bro regardless of any possible shitstorm that may arise.
- an elderly woman who guides and assists the bride, especially during wedding rituals, roughly comparable to a bridesmaid
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in yengem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yengesinde. 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: yengesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yengesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yengesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Bütün gün bahçede amcama ve yengeme yardım ettim.
All day, I helped my uncle and my aunt in the orchard.
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