boyun
noun A2- neck
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Tap for its suffix chainThe n of boyun becomes n before a vowel: boynum. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The n of boyun becomes n before a vowel: boynunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: boynunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The n of boyun becomes n before a vowel: boynuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: boynuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Phrases
From the library
Deyince, boynunu büküp efendisini dinleyen küçük ihtiyar doğruldu.
Haklı bir gazabın mehâbetini duyuran sert bir bakışla, kırlaşmış uzun kirpikli, iri, şahane gözlerini, boynu bükük ihtiyara dikti.
Köse Vezir, ateş içinde yanmayan bir semender gibi sakindi:
— Boynum kıldan incedir!
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