juqa

/dʒuqa/

1. (adj.) thin, fine, light, slender, delicate, shallow

juqa qaŋa — a thin board
juqa qağıt — thin paper
juqa qumaç — thin cloth
juqa buz üsünde saq bas — step carefully on thin ice
juqa eterge — to make thinner

2. (adj.) thin, lean, slender (of a person) (fig.)

juqa adam — a thin person
juqa sanla — a thin body
juqa sanlı uzun jaş — a tall, thin-bodied young man
juqa kişiçik — a thin little man

3. (adj.) sparse, thin, scattered, diffuse (of hair, grass, trees, stars, mist) — Used of things that grow or stand far apart, and of mist or cloud that is spread out rather than dense.

juqa saqal — a sparse beard
juqa çaç — sparse hair
juqa terekle — sparse trees

4. (adj.) watery, weak, sparse — Used of liquids that are not thick, and of hair or trees that grow sparsely.

juqa şay — weak tea
juqa şorpa — thin soup
juqa süt — watery milk
juqa çaç — sparse hair

5. (adj.) scant, meager, insignificant; poor, of little means (fig.) — Describes small quantities or limited means rather than physical thinness, as in hurjunu juqa and qolu juqa (poor).

qolu juqa adam — a poor person
qolubuz juqadı — we are poor
juqa hayır — scant benefit
anı bilimi juqadı — his knowledge is scant

Expressions

hurjunu juqa bolurğa — run out of money (Idiom)
jerni juqasın, qalının bilirge — be crafty (Idiom)
qolu juqa — poor (Idiom)

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — juqa
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	juqamaI am thin	juqasayou are thin	juqadıhe is thin	juqabızwe are thin	juqasızyou all are thin	juqadılathey are thin
comparative — more	juqaraqmaI am thinner	juqaraqsayou are thinner	juqaraqdıhe is thinner	juqaraqbızwe are thinner	juqaraqsızyou all are thinner	juqaraqdılathey are thinner
intensifier — very	bek juqamaI am very thin	bek juqasayou are very thin	bek juqadıhe is very thin	bek juqabızwe are very thin	bek juqasızyou all are very thin	bek juqadılathey are very thin
superlative — most	em juqamaI am the thinnest	em juqasayou are the thinnest	em juqadıhe is the thinnest	em juqabızwe are the thinnest	em juqasızyou all are the thinnest	em juqadılathey are the thinnest

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — juqa
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki juqadımine is thin	seniki juqadıyours is thin	anıqı juqadıhis is thin	bizniki juqadıours is thin	sizniki juqadıyours (pl.) is thin	alanıqı juqadıtheirs is thin
comparative — more	meniki juqaraqdımine is thinner	seniki juqaraqdıyours is thinner	anıqı juqaraqdıhis is thinner	bizniki juqaraqdıours is thinner	sizniki juqaraqdıyours (pl.) is thinner	alanıqı juqaraqdıtheirs is thinner
intensifier — very	meniki bek juqadımine is very thin	seniki bek juqadıyours is very thin	anıqı bek juqadıhis is very thin	bizniki bek juqadıours is very thin	sizniki bek juqadıyours (pl.) is very thin	alanıqı bek juqadıtheirs is very thin
superlative — most	meniki em juqadımine is the thinnest	seniki em juqadıyours is the thinnest	anıqı em juqadıhis is the thinnest	bizniki em juqadıours is the thinnest	sizniki em juqadıyours (pl.) is the thinnest	alanıqı em juqadıtheirs is the thinnest

Several things

Several things — juqa
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile juqadılamine are thin	senikile juqadılayours are thin	anıqıla juqadılahis are thin	biznikile juqadılaours are thin	siznikile juqadılayours (pl.) are thin	alanıqıla juqadılatheirs are thin
comparative — more	menikile juqaraqdılamine are thinner	senikile juqaraqdılayours are thinner	anıqıla juqaraqdılahis are thinner	biznikile juqaraqdılaours are thinner	siznikile juqaraqdılayours (pl.) are thinner	alanıqıla juqaraqdılatheirs are thinner
intensifier — very	menikile bek juqadılamine are very thin	senikile bek juqadılayours are very thin	anıqıla bek juqadılahis are very thin	biznikile bek juqadılaours are very thin	siznikile bek juqadılayours (pl.) are very thin	alanıqıla bek juqadılatheirs are very thin
superlative — most	menikile em juqadılamine are the thinnest	senikile em juqadılayours are the thinnest	anıqıla em juqadılahis are the thinnest	biznikile em juqadılaours are the thinnest	siznikile em juqadılayours (pl.) are the thinnest	alanıqıla em juqadılatheirs are the thinnest

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