butsuz-qolsuz
/butsuz-qolsuz/
limbless, without arms and legs — Known from the riddle butsuz-qolsuz eşik açhan "without arms, without legs, yet it opens the door", whose answer is jel "wind". one source
- butsuz-qolsuz eşik açhan — without arms, without legs, yet it opens the door
- butsuz-qolsuz qurt — a limbless worm
- ol butsuz-qolsuz qaldı — he was left without arms and legs
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | butsuz-qolsuzmaI am limbless | butsuz-qolsuzsayou are limbless | butsuz-qolsuzduhe is limbless | butsuz-qolsuzbuzwe are limbless | butsuz-qolsuzsuzyou all are limbless | butsuz-qolsuzdulathey are limbless |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden butsuz-qolsuzdu — "compared to me, he is limbless."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki butsuz-qolsuzdumine is limbless | seniki butsuz-qolsuzduyours is limbless | anıqı butsuz-qolsuzduhis is limbless | bizniki butsuz-qolsuzduours is limbless | sizniki butsuz-qolsuzduyours (pl.) is limbless | alanıqı butsuz-qolsuzdutheirs is limbless |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile butsuz-qolsuzdulamine are limbless | senikile butsuz-qolsuzdulayours are limbless | anıqıla butsuz-qolsuzdulahis are limbless | biznikile butsuz-qolsuzdulaours are limbless | siznikile butsuz-qolsuzdulayours (pl.) are limbless | alanıqıla butsuz-qolsuzdulatheirs are limbless |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu butsuz-qolsuzdu, bıla butsuz-qolsuzdula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".