maltin

/maltin/

1. (adj.) lame, limping (pej.) — A disparaging word for someone or something that limps; Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it disparaging. With a possessive ending it describes manner, as in maltinine bara keledi "he comes limping".

maltin at aqırın baradı — the lame horse walks slowly
bu eşek maltindi — this donkey is lame
maltinine bara keledi — he comes limping
maltin kişi üyge keldi — the lame man came home

2. (adj.) crooked, lopsided — Used of things built or set askew, as in Nevruz 1991's example of a wall that was built crooked. one source

huna maltin işlenŋendi — the wall was built crooked
bu şindik maltindi — this stool is lopsided

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — maltin
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	maltinmeI am lame	maltinseyou are lame	maltindihe is lame	maltinbizwe are lame	maltinsizyou all are lame	maltindilethey are lame
comparative — more	maltinirekmeI am lamer	maltinirekseyou are lamer	maltinirekdihe is lamer	maltinirekbizwe are lamer	maltinireksizyou all are lamer	maltinirekdilethey are lamer
intensifier — very	bek maltinmeI am very lame	bek maltinseyou are very lame	bek maltindihe is very lame	bek maltinbizwe are very lame	bek maltinsizyou all are very lame	bek maltindilethey are very lame
superlative — most	em maltinmeI am the lamest	em maltinseyou are the lamest	em maltindihe is the lamest	em maltinbizwe are the lamest	em maltinsizyou all are the lamest	em maltindilethey are the lamest

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — maltin
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki maltindimine is lame	seniki maltindiyours is lame	anıqı maltindihis is lame	bizniki maltindiours is lame	sizniki maltindiyours (pl.) is lame	alanıqı maltinditheirs is lame
comparative — more	meniki maltinirekdimine is lamer	seniki maltinirekdiyours is lamer	anıqı maltinirekdihis is lamer	bizniki maltinirekdiours is lamer	sizniki maltinirekdiyours (pl.) is lamer	alanıqı maltinirekditheirs is lamer
intensifier — very	meniki bek maltindimine is very lame	seniki bek maltindiyours is very lame	anıqı bek maltindihis is very lame	bizniki bek maltindiours is very lame	sizniki bek maltindiyours (pl.) is very lame	alanıqı bek maltinditheirs is very lame
superlative — most	meniki em maltindimine is the lamest	seniki em maltindiyours is the lamest	anıqı em maltindihis is the lamest	bizniki em maltindiours is the lamest	sizniki em maltindiyours (pl.) is the lamest	alanıqı em maltinditheirs is the lamest

Several things

Several things — maltin
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile maltindilemine are lame	senikile maltindileyours are lame	anıqıla maltindilehis are lame	biznikile maltindileours are lame	siznikile maltindileyours (pl.) are lame	alanıqıla maltindiletheirs are lame
comparative — more	menikile maltinirekdilemine are lamer	senikile maltinirekdileyours are lamer	anıqıla maltinirekdilehis are lamer	biznikile maltinirekdileours are lamer	siznikile maltinirekdileyours (pl.) are lamer	alanıqıla maltinirekdiletheirs are lamer
intensifier — very	menikile bek maltindilemine are very lame	senikile bek maltindileyours are very lame	anıqıla bek maltindilehis are very lame	biznikile bek maltindileours are very lame	siznikile bek maltindileyours (pl.) are very lame	alanıqıla bek maltindiletheirs are very lame
superlative — most	menikile em maltindilemine are the lamest	senikile em maltindileyours are the lamest	anıqıla em maltindilehis are the lamest	biznikile em maltindileours are the lamest	siznikile em maltindileyours (pl.) are the lamest	alanıqıla em maltindiletheirs are the lamest

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