çuku

/tʃuku/

(adj.) crumbly, friable (of food such as potatoes, porridge or pastry) — Common in çuku basta "crumbly millet porridge" and çuku kartof "crumbly potatoes".

çuku basta — crumbly millet porridge
çuku bolğan basta — porridge that has turned out crumbly

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — çuku
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	çukumaI am crumbly	çukusayou are crumbly	çukuduhe is crumbly	çukubuzwe are crumbly	çukusuzyou all are crumbly	çukudulathey are crumbly
comparative — more	çukuraqmaI am crumblier	çukuraqsayou are crumblier	çukuraqdıhe is crumblier	çukuraqbızwe are crumblier	çukuraqsızyou all are crumblier	çukuraqdılathey are crumblier
intensifier — very	bek çukumaI am very crumbly	bek çukusayou are very crumbly	bek çukuduhe is very crumbly	bek çukubuzwe are very crumbly	bek çukusuzyou all are very crumbly	bek çukudulathey are very crumbly
superlative — most	em çukumaI am the crumbliest	em çukusayou are the crumbliest	em çukuduhe is the crumbliest	em çukubuzwe are the crumbliest	em çukusuzyou all are the crumbliest	em çukudulathey are the crumbliest

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden çukudu — "compared to me, he is crumbly."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — çuku
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki çukudumine is crumbly	seniki çukuduyours is crumbly	anıqı çukuduhis is crumbly	bizniki çukuduours is crumbly	sizniki çukuduyours (pl.) is crumbly	alanıqı çukudutheirs is crumbly
comparative — more	meniki çukuraqdımine is crumblier	seniki çukuraqdıyours is crumblier	anıqı çukuraqdıhis is crumblier	bizniki çukuraqdıours is crumblier	sizniki çukuraqdıyours (pl.) is crumblier	alanıqı çukuraqdıtheirs is crumblier
intensifier — very	meniki bek çukudumine is very crumbly	seniki bek çukuduyours is very crumbly	anıqı bek çukuduhis is very crumbly	bizniki bek çukuduours is very crumbly	sizniki bek çukuduyours (pl.) is very crumbly	alanıqı bek çukudutheirs is very crumbly
superlative — most	meniki em çukudumine is the crumbliest	seniki em çukuduyours is the crumbliest	anıqı em çukuduhis is the crumbliest	bizniki em çukuduours is the crumbliest	sizniki em çukuduyours (pl.) is the crumbliest	alanıqı em çukudutheirs is the crumbliest

Several things

Several things — çuku
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile çukudulamine are crumbly	senikile çukudulayours are crumbly	anıqıla çukudulahis are crumbly	biznikile çukudulaours are crumbly	siznikile çukudulayours (pl.) are crumbly	alanıqıla çukudulatheirs are crumbly
comparative — more	menikile çukuraqdılamine are crumblier	senikile çukuraqdılayours are crumblier	anıqıla çukuraqdılahis are crumblier	biznikile çukuraqdılaours are crumblier	siznikile çukuraqdılayours (pl.) are crumblier	alanıqıla çukuraqdılatheirs are crumblier
intensifier — very	menikile bek çukudulamine are very crumbly	senikile bek çukudulayours are very crumbly	anıqıla bek çukudulahis are very crumbly	biznikile bek çukudulaours are very crumbly	siznikile bek çukudulayours (pl.) are very crumbly	alanıqıla bek çukudulatheirs are very crumbly
superlative — most	menikile em çukudulamine are the crumbliest	senikile em çukudulayours are the crumbliest	anıqıla em çukudulahis are the crumbliest	biznikile em çukudulaours are the crumbliest	siznikile em çukudulayours (pl.) are the crumbliest	alanıqıla em çukudulatheirs are the crumbliest

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu çukudu, bıla çukudula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".