junçuwuq

/dʒuntʃuwuq/

(adj.) shy, timid, bashful — Close in meaning to uyalçaq and tartınçaq. Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it as a Karachay word. Used of people, as in junçuwuq adam "a shy person".

junçuwuq qız — a shy girl
ol bek junçuwuq adam edi — he was a very shy person
sen bek junçuwuqsa — you are very shy

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — junçuwuq
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	junçuwuqmaI am shy	junçuwuqsayou are shy	junçuwuqduhe is shy	junçuwuqbuzwe are shy	junçuwuqsuzyou all are shy	junçuwuqdulathey are shy
comparative — more	junçuwuğuraqmaI am shyer	junçuwuğuraqsayou are shyer	junçuwuğuraqdıhe is shyer	junçuwuğuraqbızwe are shyer	junçuwuğuraqsızyou all are shyer	junçuwuğuraqdılathey are shyer
intensifier — very	bek junçuwuqmaI am very shy	bek junçuwuqsayou are very shy	bek junçuwuqduhe is very shy	bek junçuwuqbuzwe are very shy	bek junçuwuqsuzyou all are very shy	bek junçuwuqdulathey are very shy
superlative — most	em junçuwuqmaI am the shyest	em junçuwuqsayou are the shyest	em junçuwuqduhe is the shyest	em junçuwuqbuzwe are the shyest	em junçuwuqsuzyou all are the shyest	em junçuwuqdulathey are the shyest

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — junçuwuq
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki junçuwuqdumine is shy	seniki junçuwuqduyours is shy	anıqı junçuwuqduhis is shy	bizniki junçuwuqduours is shy	sizniki junçuwuqduyours (pl.) is shy	alanıqı junçuwuqdutheirs is shy
comparative — more	meniki junçuwuğuraqdımine is shyer	seniki junçuwuğuraqdıyours is shyer	anıqı junçuwuğuraqdıhis is shyer	bizniki junçuwuğuraqdıours is shyer	sizniki junçuwuğuraqdıyours (pl.) is shyer	alanıqı junçuwuğuraqdıtheirs is shyer
intensifier — very	meniki bek junçuwuqdumine is very shy	seniki bek junçuwuqduyours is very shy	anıqı bek junçuwuqduhis is very shy	bizniki bek junçuwuqduours is very shy	sizniki bek junçuwuqduyours (pl.) is very shy	alanıqı bek junçuwuqdutheirs is very shy
superlative — most	meniki em junçuwuqdumine is the shyest	seniki em junçuwuqduyours is the shyest	anıqı em junçuwuqduhis is the shyest	bizniki em junçuwuqduours is the shyest	sizniki em junçuwuqduyours (pl.) is the shyest	alanıqı em junçuwuqdutheirs is the shyest

Several things

Several things — junçuwuq
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile junçuwuqdulamine are shy	senikile junçuwuqdulayours are shy	anıqıla junçuwuqdulahis are shy	biznikile junçuwuqdulaours are shy	siznikile junçuwuqdulayours (pl.) are shy	alanıqıla junçuwuqdulatheirs are shy
comparative — more	menikile junçuwuğuraqdılamine are shyer	senikile junçuwuğuraqdılayours are shyer	anıqıla junçuwuğuraqdılahis are shyer	biznikile junçuwuğuraqdılaours are shyer	siznikile junçuwuğuraqdılayours (pl.) are shyer	alanıqıla junçuwuğuraqdılatheirs are shyer
intensifier — very	menikile bek junçuwuqdulamine are very shy	senikile bek junçuwuqdulayours are very shy	anıqıla bek junçuwuqdulahis are very shy	biznikile bek junçuwuqdulaours are very shy	siznikile bek junçuwuqdulayours (pl.) are very shy	alanıqıla bek junçuwuqdulatheirs are very shy
superlative — most	menikile em junçuwuqdulamine are the shyest	senikile em junçuwuqdulayours are the shyest	anıqıla em junçuwuqdulahis are the shyest	biznikile em junçuwuqdulaours are the shyest	siznikile em junçuwuqdulayours (pl.) are the shyest	alanıqıla em junçuwuqdulatheirs are the shyest

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