kıyma
noun C1- minced meat
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kıymam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kıymasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kıymasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kıymasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kıymasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Zehra sordu, “ Kıymayı içine nasıl koyacağız?”
Zehra asked, "How will we put the minced meat inside it?"
Anneanne cevap verdi, “ Kıymayı hamurun tam ortasına koyacağız.”
Grandma answered, "We will put the minced meat right in the center of the dough."
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