qoŋur

/qoŋur/

1. (adj.) brown, dun, dark brown — often of an animal's coat

qoŋur at — a brown horse
qoŋur mıyıqlı — with a brown mustache
qoŋur çaç — brown hair
qoŋur iynek arbazğa kirdi — the brown cow came into the yard
qoŋur ayü — a brown bear

2. (adj.) unfavorable, hard, bleak (fig.) — Used of a season or a year: qoyanlanı qoŋur jılı kelgendi "a bad year for hares has come".

qoyanlanı qoŋur jılı kelgendi — a bleak year has come for the hares
senŋe da kelir qoŋur jıl — a hard year will come to you too
qoŋur künle başlandıla — hard days have begun
qoŋur qış keldi — a bleak winter has come

Expressions

qoŋur jıl — time of calamity (Idiom)

Degrees

Degrees — qoŋur
Degree	—form
base form	qoŋurbrown
comparative — more	qoŋururaqbrowner
intensifier — very	bek qoŋurvery brown
superlative — most	em qoŋurthe brownest

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — qoŋur
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki qoŋurdumine is brown	seniki qoŋurduyours is brown	anıqı qoŋurduhis is brown	bizniki qoŋurduours is brown	sizniki qoŋurduyours (pl.) is brown	alanıqı qoŋurdutheirs is brown
comparative — more	meniki qoŋururaqdımine is browner	seniki qoŋururaqdıyours is browner	anıqı qoŋururaqdıhis is browner	bizniki qoŋururaqdıours is browner	sizniki qoŋururaqdıyours (pl.) is browner	alanıqı qoŋururaqdıtheirs is browner
intensifier — very	meniki bek qoŋurdumine is very brown	seniki bek qoŋurduyours is very brown	anıqı bek qoŋurduhis is very brown	bizniki bek qoŋurduours is very brown	sizniki bek qoŋurduyours (pl.) is very brown	alanıqı bek qoŋurdutheirs is very brown
superlative — most	meniki em qoŋurdumine is the brownest	seniki em qoŋurduyours is the brownest	anıqı em qoŋurduhis is the brownest	bizniki em qoŋurduours is the brownest	sizniki em qoŋurduyours (pl.) is the brownest	alanıqı em qoŋurdutheirs is the brownest

Several things

Several things — qoŋur
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile qoŋurdulamine are brown	senikile qoŋurdulayours are brown	anıqıla qoŋurdulahis are brown	biznikile qoŋurdulaours are brown	siznikile qoŋurdulayours (pl.) are brown	alanıqıla qoŋurdulatheirs are brown
comparative — more	menikile qoŋururaqdılamine are browner	senikile qoŋururaqdılayours are browner	anıqıla qoŋururaqdılahis are browner	biznikile qoŋururaqdılaours are browner	siznikile qoŋururaqdılayours (pl.) are browner	alanıqıla qoŋururaqdılatheirs are browner
intensifier — very	menikile bek qoŋurdulamine are very brown	senikile bek qoŋurdulayours are very brown	anıqıla bek qoŋurdulahis are very brown	biznikile bek qoŋurdulaours are very brown	siznikile bek qoŋurdulayours (pl.) are very brown	alanıqıla bek qoŋurdulatheirs are very brown
superlative — most	menikile em qoŋurdulamine are the brownest	senikile em qoŋurdulayours are the brownest	anıqıla em qoŋurdulahis are the brownest	biznikile em qoŋurdulaours are the brownest	siznikile em qoŋurdulayours (pl.) are the brownest	alanıqıla em qoŋurdulatheirs are the brownest

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