ekiayaq

/ekiajaq/

Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — ekiayaq
DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formekiayaqmaI am two-leggedekiayaqsayou are two-leggedekiayaqdıhe is two-leggedekiayaqbızwe are two-leggedekiayaqsızyou all are two-leggedekiayaqdılathey are two-legged

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing — ekiayaq
Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki ekiayaqdımine is two-leggedseniki ekiayaqdıyours is two-leggedanıqı ekiayaqdıhis is two-leggedbizniki ekiayaqdıours is two-leggedsizniki ekiayaqdıyours (pl.) is two-leggedalanıqı ekiayaqdıtheirs is two-legged
Several things — ekiayaq
Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile ekiayaqdılamine are two-leggedsenikile ekiayaqdılayours are two-leggedanıqıla ekiayaqdılahis are two-leggedbiznikile ekiayaqdılaours are two-leggedsiznikile ekiayaqdılayours (pl.) are two-leggedalanıqıla ekiayaqdılatheirs are two-legged

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