yumak
noun C1- clew, a ball of wool, thread, string, or yarn
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of yumak becomes ğ before a vowel: yumağım. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of yumak becomes ğ before a vowel: yumağında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yumağında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of yumak becomes ğ before a vowel: yumağıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yumağıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
From the library
Binanın ana giriş kapısına doğru yöneldiğinde, içeride bıraktığı o yoğun ve sevgi dolu anı yumağına son bir kez özlemle gülümsedi.
As she headed towards the main entrance door of the building, she smiled longingly one last time at that dense and love-filled ball of memories she left inside.
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