-нікі

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ـنىكى
Cyrillic -нікі
Latin -nıkı

Alternative forms

  • -дікі (-dıkı), -тікі (-tıkı)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-niŋki, from *-niŋ + *-ki. Cognate with Kyrgyz -ники (-niki), Southern Altai -нийи (-niyi), Tatar -неке (-neke), Uzbek -niki, Chuvash -ĕнни (-ĕnni).

Suffix

-нікі • (-nıkı)

  1. 's (Shows possession)
    - Мына қалам кімдікі? - Қызымдікі. ― - Myna qalam kımdıkı? - Qyzymdıkı. ― - Whose pen is this? - My daughter's.

Usage notes

The suffix doesn't follow the vowel harmony.

See also

-нің (-nıñ, “genitive case suffix”)

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