omuz
noun B2- shoulder
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Tap for its suffix chainThe z of omuz becomes z before a vowel: omzum. 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 z of omuz becomes z before a vowel: omzunda. 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: omzunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The z of omuz becomes z before a vowel: omzuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: omzuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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From the library
Bak, bak, her gün bir omuz silkmekle geçen aşinalar şimdi kandillli temennâlarla yerlere kadar eğilerek:
— Efendim memuriyet-i cedîdenizde muvaffakiyetler temenni eder ve arz-ı tebrikat ederim.
Dansçılar kemençenin ritmine ayak uydurarak omuzlarını çok hızlı bir şekilde sallarlar.
The dancers shake their shoulders very quickly, keeping pace with the rhythm of the kemenche.
Gençliğinden beri dünyanın dört bir yanından sayısız romanı ve şiiri Türkçeye kazandırmış, kelimelerin görünmez ağırlıklarını yorgun omuzlarında taşımaktan hiçbir zaman şikayet etmemişti.
Since her youth, she had brought countless novels and poems from all over the world into Turkish, and she had never complained about carrying the invisible weights of words on her tired shoulders.
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