кутулун
Yakut edit
Etymology edit
Passive of кут (kut, “to pour”).
Verb edit
кутулун • (kutulun)
- (intransitive) to be poured
- (by extension, intransitive) to be covered or buried
- Synonym: бүрүлүн (bürülün)
- кумах суолга кутулунна
- kumaq suolga kutulunna
- the road was covered with sand / sand covered the road
- (by extension, intransitive) to fill up, to be replenished
- дьон хоско кутуллан киирдилэр
- jon qosko kutullan kiirdiler
- the room was full of people / people filled the room
Usage notes edit
Takes the nominative case where English would use "by + agent" to express what is poured, and the dative case (= into, onto) to express what is filled. That is, to an English speaker, it acts almost as a transitive verb (to pour, cover, bury). See the above examples.