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наку

[ˈna.kʰu]

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Phonology syllables, stress, spelling Show ▾ Hide ▴
Transcription
[ˈna.kʰu]
Syllables
на·ку · 2 syllables
Sound pattern
CV.CV · C = consonant, V = vowel
Latin spelling
naku

Syllables, stress pattern and Latin spelling are worked out from the spelling by rule.

Meaning

  1. melody, tune, musical air

    мелодия, мотив, напев

Art Music

Grammar what kind of word it is, and how it behaves Show ▾ Hide ▴
Part of speech
Noun
Noun class
class III · things and animals
Declension
Second Declension (-лъ)
Number
countable · has a singular and a plural
Plural
накаби
Homograph group
295097
Database id
295096
Added
2026-08-25
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Morphology and grammar info 24 stored forms · Grey means we worked it out by rule, not from a text. Show ▾ Hide ▴

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🔤 Noun Cases
Tip: Click on the colored attestation badges (15) next to any word form to see usage examples from the corpus.
Core Cases
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Nominative who / what
наку /[nakʰu]/
🔒 66
накаби /[nakʰabi]/
🔒 29
Ergative by whom
накуялъ /[nakʰujaɬ]/
🔒 1
накабаз /[nakʰabaz]/
🔒 2
Genitive of whom / of what
накуялъул /[nakʰujaɬul]/
🔒 1
накабазул /[nakʰabazul]/
🔒 4
Dative to whom
накуялъе /[nakʰujaɬe]/
🔒 2
накабазе /[nakʰabaze]/
0
Locative (Spatial) Cases
Series 1 -да · on, on the surface
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
накуялда /[nakʰujalda]/
🔒 2
накабазда /[nakʰabazda]/
🔒 38
Allative to where
накуялде /[nakʰujalde]/
🔒 1
накабазде /[nakʰabazde]/
🔒 17
Ablative from where
накуялдаса /[nakʰujaldasa]/
🔒 1
накабаздаса /[nakʰabazdasa]/
🔒 4
Perlative through / along
накуялдасан /[nakʰujaldasan]/
0
накабаздасан /[nakʰabazdasan]/
0
Series 2 -хъ · at, by, near
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
накуялъухъ /[nakʰujaɬuq͡χː]/
0
накабазухъ /[nakʰabazuq͡χː]/
0
Allative to where
накуялъухъе /[nakʰujaɬuq͡χːe]/
🔒 1
накабазухъе /[nakʰabazuq͡χːe]/
0
Ablative from where
накуялъухъа /[nakʰujaɬuq͡χːa]/
0
накабазухъа /[nakʰabazuq͡χːa]/
0
Perlative through / along
накуялъухъан /[nakʰujaɬuq͡χːan]/
0
накабазухъан /[nakʰabazuq͡χːan]/
0
Series 3 -лъ · in, inside
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
накуялъулъ /[nakʰujaɬuɬ]/
0
накабазулъ /[nakʰabazuɬ]/
0
Allative to where
накуялъулъе /[nakʰujaɬuɬe]/
0
накабазулъе /[nakʰabazuɬe]/
0
Ablative from where
накуялъулъа /[nakʰujaɬuɬa]/
0
накабазулъа /[nakʰabazuɬa]/
0
Perlative through / along
накуялъулъан /[nakʰujaɬuɬan]/
0
накабазулъан /[nakʰabazuɬan]/
0
Series 4 -кь · under, beneath
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
накуялъукь /[nakʰujaɬut͡ɬʼː]/
0
накабазукь /[nakʰabazut͡ɬʼː]/
0
Allative to where
накуялъукье /[nakʰujaɬut͡ɬʼːe]/
0
накабазукье /[nakʰabazut͡ɬʼːe]/
0
Ablative from where
накуялъукьа /[nakʰujaɬut͡ɬʼːa]/
0
накабазукьа /[nakʰabazut͡ɬʼːa]/
0
Perlative through / along
накуялъукьан /[nakʰujaɬut͡ɬʼːan]/
0
накабазукьан /[nakʰabazut͡ɬʼːan]/
0
Series 5 -б · among, within a mass
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
накуялъуб /[nakʰujaɬub]/
0
накабазуб /[nakʰabazub]/
0
Allative to where
накуялъубе /[nakʰujaɬube]/
0
накабазубе /[nakʰabazube]/
0
Ablative from where
накуялъуса /[nakʰujaɬusa]/
0
накабазуса /[nakʰabazusa]/
0
Perlative through / along
накуялъусан /[nakʰujaɬusan]/
0
накабазусан /[nakʰabazusan]/
0
Usage examples 10 set expressions · 6 sentences from real texts Show ▾ Hide ▴
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From the corpus sentences from real texts Show ▾ Hide ▴

  • Квешав чиясе лъикӀаб бицинегӀан, лъикӀав чиясе наку чӀвай лъикӀаб.

    Плохому человеку хорошее чем говорить, перед хорошим человеком колени преклонить лучше.

    Sentence examples

  • наку чӀваи

    коленопреклонение

  • гьиштӀунаку бачине

    насвистывать | свистеть

  • наку чӀвараб

    коленопреклонённый

  • кьурдул наку бачизе

    играть плясовую

    Ба - collocations

  • кьурдул наку бачине

    сыграть танцевальную мелодию

    Ба - collocations

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