qandağay
/qandaʁaj/ · plural qandağayla
1. bedbug
- qandağay darman — bedbug poison
- qandağay tişleydi — a bedbug bites
- qandağaydan tolğan — full of bedbugs
- qandağayla qırıladıla — the bedbugs are being killed off
- qandağaylanı darman bla qırıw — killing off bedbugs with poison
2. bloodsucker, a person who lives off the labor of others
- anı qandağay deb aytadıla — they call him a bloodsucker
- qandağayla, bayla — bloodsuckers and rich men
- işçileni qanın içgen qandağayla — bloodsuckers who drink the workers' blood
3. elk, moose — This is a separate homonym from the bedbug word. It appears in the sayings qandağay buzowun teblegença (like an elk trampling its calf) and qandağay artına otlağança (moving backward like a grazing elk).
- qandağay ağaçda jaşaydı — the elk lives in the forest
- qandağay buzowun teblegença — as an elk tramples its own calf
- qandağay artına otlağança — like an elk grazing backward
4. robust, strong, full of vigor — Said of a person's limbs and body.
- qandağay sanla — vigorous limbs
- qandağay sanım — my vigorous body
- qandağay sanlı jaş — a young man of robust build
- qandağay sanlarım erigendile — my vigorous limbs have wasted away
- qandağay sanlarımı qurutdu — it dried up my vigorous limbs
Expressions
- qandağayça, ızıŋa atlay — do everything wrong
As a noun
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | qandağaythe bedbug | qandağayımmy bedbug | qandağayıŋyour bedbug | qandağayıhis bedbug | qandağayıbızour bedbug | qandağayığızyou all's bedbug | qandağaylarıtheir bedbugs |
| Genitive | qandağaynıthe bedbug's | qandağayımımy bedbug's | qandağayıŋıyour bedbug's | qandağayınıhis bedbug's | qandağayıbıznıour bedbug's | qandağayığıznıyou all's bedbug's | qandağaylarınıtheir bedbugs' |
| Accusative | qandağaynıthe bedbug (as the object) | qandağayımımy bedbug (as the object) | qandağayıŋıyour bedbug (as the object) | qandağayınhis bedbug (as the object) | qandağayıbıznıour bedbug (as the object) | qandağayığıznıyou all's bedbug (as the object) | qandağaylarıntheir bedbugs (as the object) |
| Dative | qandağayğato the bedbug | qandağayımato my bedbug | qandağayıŋato your bedbug | qandağayınato his bedbug | qandağayıbızğato our bedbug | qandağayığızğato you all's bedbug | qandağaylarınato their bedbugs |
| Locative | qandağaydain / at the bedbug | qandağayımdain / at my bedbug | qandağayıŋdain / at your bedbug | qandağayındain / at his bedbug | qandağayıbızdain / at our bedbug | qandağayığızdain / at you all's bedbug | qandağaylarındain / at their bedbugs |
| Ablative | qandağaydanfrom the bedbug | qandağayımdanfrom my bedbug | qandağayıŋdanfrom your bedbug | qandağayındanfrom his bedbug | qandağayıbızdanfrom our bedbug | qandağayığızdanfrom you all's bedbug | qandağaylarındanfrom their bedbugs |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | qandağaylathe bedbugs | qandağaylarımmy bedbugs | qandağaylarıŋyour bedbugs | qandağaylarıhis bedbugs | qandağaylarıbızour bedbugs | qandağaylarığızyou all's bedbugs | qandağaylarıtheir bedbugs |
| Genitive | qandağaylanıthe bedbugs' | qandağaylarımımy bedbugs' | qandağaylarıŋıyour bedbugs' | qandağaylarınıhis bedbugs' | qandağaylarıbıznıour bedbugs' | qandağaylarığıznıyou all's bedbugs' | qandağaylarınıtheir bedbugs' |
| Accusative | qandağaylanıthe bedbugs (as the object) | qandağaylarımımy bedbugs (as the object) | qandağaylarıŋıyour bedbugs (as the object) | qandağaylarınhis bedbugs (as the object) | qandağaylarıbıznıour bedbugs (as the object) | qandağaylarığıznıyou all's bedbugs (as the object) | qandağaylarıntheir bedbugs (as the object) |
| Dative | qandağaylağato the bedbugs | qandağaylarımato my bedbugs | qandağaylarıŋato your bedbugs | qandağaylarınato his bedbugs | qandağaylarıbızğato our bedbugs | qandağaylarığızğato you all's bedbugs | qandağaylarınato their bedbugs |
| Locative | qandağayladain / at the bedbugs | qandağaylarımdain / at my bedbugs | qandağaylarıŋdain / at your bedbugs | qandağaylarındain / at his bedbugs | qandağaylarıbızdain / at our bedbugs | qandağaylarığızdain / at you all's bedbugs | qandağaylarındain / at their bedbugs |
| Ablative | qandağayladanfrom the bedbugs | qandağaylarımdanfrom my bedbugs | qandağaylarıŋdanfrom your bedbugs | qandağaylarındanfrom his bedbugs | qandağaylarıbızdanfrom our bedbugs | qandağaylarığızdanfrom you all's bedbugs | qandağaylarındanfrom their bedbugs |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: qandağayları can mean "his / her bedbugs", "their bedbug", or "their bedbugs" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
As an adjective
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki qandağaydımine is robust | seniki qandağaydıyours is robust | anıqı qandağaydıhis is robust | bizniki qandağaydıours is robust | sizniki qandağaydıyours (pl.) is robust | alanıqı qandağaydıtheirs is robust |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile qandağaydılamine are robust | senikile qandağaydılayours are robust | anıqıla qandağaydılahis are robust | biznikile qandağaydılaours are robust | siznikile qandağaydılayours (pl.) are robust | alanıqıla qandağaydılatheirs are robust |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu qandağaydı, bıla qandağaydıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".