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Proto-Turkic

kelu

(келу)
Meaning in Context

to come

Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology & Sources
Dictionary Grounded

From Proto-Turkic *kẹl-.

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Appears in Songs (4 songs)
Aua-raiby BAYANSULU
“Keledı menı körgıñ(Келеді мені көргің)”(sung as: keledı (келеді))
0:11
Ūmytsam daby BAYANSULU
“Keledı dep älı(Келеді деп әлі)”(sung as: keledı (келеді))
1:22
Arman Joldarby Hulan-Aru
“Joldar joldar kelem jolda sapar keşıp(Жолдар жолдар келем жолда сапар кешіп)”(sung as: kelem (келем))
0:16
Qymbatby Hulan-Aru
“Qolyñnan kelse eger,(Қолыңнан келсе егер,)”(sung as: kelse (келсе))
2:57
Appears in Grammar Lessons
Verbs, Infinitives and Commands
In dictionaries, every Kazakh verb is listed as an action noun ending in -u (-у) (such as baru (бару) "to go", jazu (жазу) "to write", kelu (келу) "to...
Desires, Intentions and Optatives
Instead of using a separate verb like English "to want", Kazakh transforms the action into a verbal noun using -ğy / -gı / -qy / -kı (-ғы / -гі / -қы / -кі), ma...