mum
noun B2- candle
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe 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 last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: mumunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: mumuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Pastanın üzerinde sekiz mum var.
There are eight candles on the cake.
Cemre mutlu oluyor ve mumları üflüyor.
Cemre becomes happy and blows out the candles.
Hoca, karşı tepedeki bir evde yanan küçük bir mum ışığı gördüğünü anlattı.
The Hodja explained that he saw a small candlelight burning in a house on the opposite hill.
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