köndelen

/køndelen/

1. (adj.) transverse, crosswise, horizontal, diagonal

köndelen ağaç — a crossbeam
üynü köndelen ağaçı — the crossbeam of the house
köndelen jol — a crosswise road
köndelen sız — a slanting line
köndelen jaŋur — slanting rain
köndelen ızlıq — a transverse stripe
orunduqğa köndelen jatarğa — to lie across the bed
jolnu köndelen öterge — to cross the road

2. (adj.) stubborn, obstinate, contrary (of a person) (fig.) — Guzeev 2013 marks this meaning as Karachay usage.

köndelen adam — a stubborn person
köndelen qılıq — a stubborn character
ol bir köndelen adamdı — he is a rather stubborn person
anıça köndelen adamğa aŋılathan — explaining to a stubborn person like him

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — köndelen
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	köndelenmeI am crosswise	köndelenseyou are crosswise	köndelendihe is crosswise	köndelenbizwe are crosswise	köndelensizyou all are crosswise	köndelendilethey are crosswise
comparative — more	köndelenirekmeI am more crosswise	köndelenirekseyou are more crosswise	köndelenirekdihe is more crosswise	köndelenirekbizwe are more crosswise	köndelenireksizyou all are more crosswise	köndelenirekdilethey are more crosswise
intensifier — very	bek köndelenmeI am very crosswise	bek köndelenseyou are very crosswise	bek köndelendihe is very crosswise	bek köndelenbizwe are very crosswise	bek köndelensizyou all are very crosswise	bek köndelendilethey are very crosswise
superlative — most	em köndelenmeI am the most crosswise	em köndelenseyou are the most crosswise	em köndelendihe is the most crosswise	em köndelenbizwe are the most crosswise	em köndelensizyou all are the most crosswise	em köndelendilethey are the most crosswise

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — köndelen
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki köndelendimine is crosswise	seniki köndelendiyours is crosswise	anıqı köndelendihis is crosswise	bizniki köndelendiours is crosswise	sizniki köndelendiyours (pl.) is crosswise	alanıqı köndelenditheirs is crosswise
comparative — more	meniki köndelenirekdimine is more crosswise	seniki köndelenirekdiyours is more crosswise	anıqı köndelenirekdihis is more crosswise	bizniki köndelenirekdiours is more crosswise	sizniki köndelenirekdiyours (pl.) is more crosswise	alanıqı köndelenirekditheirs is more crosswise
intensifier — very	meniki bek köndelendimine is very crosswise	seniki bek köndelendiyours is very crosswise	anıqı bek köndelendihis is very crosswise	bizniki bek köndelendiours is very crosswise	sizniki bek köndelendiyours (pl.) is very crosswise	alanıqı bek köndelenditheirs is very crosswise
superlative — most	meniki em köndelendimine is the most crosswise	seniki em köndelendiyours is the most crosswise	anıqı em köndelendihis is the most crosswise	bizniki em köndelendiours is the most crosswise	sizniki em köndelendiyours (pl.) is the most crosswise	alanıqı em köndelenditheirs is the most crosswise

Several things

Several things — köndelen
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile köndelendilemine are crosswise	senikile köndelendileyours are crosswise	anıqıla köndelendilehis are crosswise	biznikile köndelendileours are crosswise	siznikile köndelendileyours (pl.) are crosswise	alanıqıla köndelendiletheirs are crosswise
comparative — more	menikile köndelenirekdilemine are more crosswise	senikile köndelenirekdileyours are more crosswise	anıqıla köndelenirekdilehis are more crosswise	biznikile köndelenirekdileours are more crosswise	siznikile köndelenirekdileyours (pl.) are more crosswise	alanıqıla köndelenirekdiletheirs are more crosswise
intensifier — very	menikile bek köndelendilemine are very crosswise	senikile bek köndelendileyours are very crosswise	anıqıla bek köndelendilehis are very crosswise	biznikile bek köndelendileours are very crosswise	siznikile bek köndelendileyours (pl.) are very crosswise	alanıqıla bek köndelendiletheirs are very crosswise
superlative — most	menikile em köndelendilemine are the most crosswise	senikile em köndelendileyours are the most crosswise	anıqıla em köndelendilehis are the most crosswise	biznikile em köndelendileours are the most crosswise	siznikile em köndelendileyours (pl.) are the most crosswise	alanıqıla em köndelendiletheirs are the most crosswise

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