jantağay

/dʒantaʁaj/

(adj.) crooked, lopsided, skewed, tilted to one side — Typical phrase: jantağay geben "a lopsided haystack". Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks the word Karachay.

jantağay geben — a lopsided haystack
geben jantağay bolub qalğandı — the haystack has ended up lopsided
bu üy jantağaydı — this house is crooked

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — jantağay
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	jantağaymaI am crooked	jantağaysayou are crooked	jantağaydıhe is crooked	jantağaybızwe are crooked	jantağaysızyou all are crooked	jantağaydılathey are crooked
comparative — more	jantağayıraqmaI am more crooked	jantağayıraqsayou are more crooked	jantağayıraqdıhe is more crooked	jantağayıraqbızwe are more crooked	jantağayıraqsızyou all are more crooked	jantağayıraqdılathey are more crooked
intensifier — very	bek jantağaymaI am very crooked	bek jantağaysayou are very crooked	bek jantağaydıhe is very crooked	bek jantağaybızwe are very crooked	bek jantağaysızyou all are very crooked	bek jantağaydılathey are very crooked
superlative — most	em jantağaymaI am the most crooked	em jantağaysayou are the most crooked	em jantağaydıhe is the most crooked	em jantağaybızwe are the most crooked	em jantağaysızyou all are the most crooked	em jantağaydılathey are the most crooked

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — jantağay
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki jantağaydımine is crooked	seniki jantağaydıyours is crooked	anıqı jantağaydıhis is crooked	bizniki jantağaydıours is crooked	sizniki jantağaydıyours (pl.) is crooked	alanıqı jantağaydıtheirs is crooked
comparative — more	meniki jantağayıraqdımine is more crooked	seniki jantağayıraqdıyours is more crooked	anıqı jantağayıraqdıhis is more crooked	bizniki jantağayıraqdıours is more crooked	sizniki jantağayıraqdıyours (pl.) is more crooked	alanıqı jantağayıraqdıtheirs is more crooked
intensifier — very	meniki bek jantağaydımine is very crooked	seniki bek jantağaydıyours is very crooked	anıqı bek jantağaydıhis is very crooked	bizniki bek jantağaydıours is very crooked	sizniki bek jantağaydıyours (pl.) is very crooked	alanıqı bek jantağaydıtheirs is very crooked
superlative — most	meniki em jantağaydımine is the most crooked	seniki em jantağaydıyours is the most crooked	anıqı em jantağaydıhis is the most crooked	bizniki em jantağaydıours is the most crooked	sizniki em jantağaydıyours (pl.) is the most crooked	alanıqı em jantağaydıtheirs is the most crooked

Several things

Several things — jantağay
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile jantağaydılamine are crooked	senikile jantağaydılayours are crooked	anıqıla jantağaydılahis are crooked	biznikile jantağaydılaours are crooked	siznikile jantağaydılayours (pl.) are crooked	alanıqıla jantağaydılatheirs are crooked
comparative — more	menikile jantağayıraqdılamine are more crooked	senikile jantağayıraqdılayours are more crooked	anıqıla jantağayıraqdılahis are more crooked	biznikile jantağayıraqdılaours are more crooked	siznikile jantağayıraqdılayours (pl.) are more crooked	alanıqıla jantağayıraqdılatheirs are more crooked
intensifier — very	menikile bek jantağaydılamine are very crooked	senikile bek jantağaydılayours are very crooked	anıqıla bek jantağaydılahis are very crooked	biznikile bek jantağaydılaours are very crooked	siznikile bek jantağaydılayours (pl.) are very crooked	alanıqıla bek jantağaydılatheirs are very crooked
superlative — most	menikile em jantağaydılamine are the most crooked	senikile em jantağaydılayours are the most crooked	anıqıla em jantağaydılahis are the most crooked	biznikile em jantağaydılaours are the most crooked	siznikile em jantağaydılayours (pl.) are the most crooked	alanıqıla em jantağaydılatheirs are the most crooked

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