qorquwuq

/qorquwuq/

(adj.) cowardly, timid — Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it as a Karachay word. one source

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — qorquwuq
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	qorquwuqmaI am cowardly	qorquwuqsayou are cowardly	qorquwuqduhe is cowardly	qorquwuqbuzwe are cowardly	qorquwuqsuzyou all are cowardly	qorquwuqdulathey are cowardly
comparative — more	qorquwuğuraqmaI am more cowardly	qorquwuğuraqsayou are more cowardly	qorquwuğuraqdıhe is more cowardly	qorquwuğuraqbızwe are more cowardly	qorquwuğuraqsızyou all are more cowardly	qorquwuğuraqdılathey are more cowardly
intensifier — very	bek qorquwuqmaI am very cowardly	bek qorquwuqsayou are very cowardly	bek qorquwuqduhe is very cowardly	bek qorquwuqbuzwe are very cowardly	bek qorquwuqsuzyou all are very cowardly	bek qorquwuqdulathey are very cowardly
superlative — most	em qorquwuqmaI am the most cowardly	em qorquwuqsayou are the most cowardly	em qorquwuqduhe is the most cowardly	em qorquwuqbuzwe are the most cowardly	em qorquwuqsuzyou all are the most cowardly	em qorquwuqdulathey are the most cowardly

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — qorquwuq
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki qorquwuqdumine is cowardly	seniki qorquwuqduyours is cowardly	anıqı qorquwuqduhis is cowardly	bizniki qorquwuqduours is cowardly	sizniki qorquwuqduyours (pl.) is cowardly	alanıqı qorquwuqdutheirs is cowardly
comparative — more	meniki qorquwuğuraqdımine is more cowardly	seniki qorquwuğuraqdıyours is more cowardly	anıqı qorquwuğuraqdıhis is more cowardly	bizniki qorquwuğuraqdıours is more cowardly	sizniki qorquwuğuraqdıyours (pl.) is more cowardly	alanıqı qorquwuğuraqdıtheirs is more cowardly
intensifier — very	meniki bek qorquwuqdumine is very cowardly	seniki bek qorquwuqduyours is very cowardly	anıqı bek qorquwuqduhis is very cowardly	bizniki bek qorquwuqduours is very cowardly	sizniki bek qorquwuqduyours (pl.) is very cowardly	alanıqı bek qorquwuqdutheirs is very cowardly
superlative — most	meniki em qorquwuqdumine is the most cowardly	seniki em qorquwuqduyours is the most cowardly	anıqı em qorquwuqduhis is the most cowardly	bizniki em qorquwuqduours is the most cowardly	sizniki em qorquwuqduyours (pl.) is the most cowardly	alanıqı em qorquwuqdutheirs is the most cowardly

Several things

Several things — qorquwuq
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile qorquwuqdulamine are cowardly	senikile qorquwuqdulayours are cowardly	anıqıla qorquwuqdulahis are cowardly	biznikile qorquwuqdulaours are cowardly	siznikile qorquwuqdulayours (pl.) are cowardly	alanıqıla qorquwuqdulatheirs are cowardly
comparative — more	menikile qorquwuğuraqdılamine are more cowardly	senikile qorquwuğuraqdılayours are more cowardly	anıqıla qorquwuğuraqdılahis are more cowardly	biznikile qorquwuğuraqdılaours are more cowardly	siznikile qorquwuğuraqdılayours (pl.) are more cowardly	alanıqıla qorquwuğuraqdılatheirs are more cowardly
intensifier — very	menikile bek qorquwuqdulamine are very cowardly	senikile bek qorquwuqdulayours are very cowardly	anıqıla bek qorquwuqdulahis are very cowardly	biznikile bek qorquwuqdulaours are very cowardly	siznikile bek qorquwuqdulayours (pl.) are very cowardly	alanıqıla bek qorquwuqdulatheirs are very cowardly
superlative — most	menikile em qorquwuqdulamine are the most cowardly	senikile em qorquwuqdulayours are the most cowardly	anıqıla em qorquwuqdulahis are the most cowardly	biznikile em qorquwuqdulaours are the most cowardly	siznikile em qorquwuqdulayours (pl.) are the most cowardly	alanıqıla em qorquwuqdulatheirs are the most cowardly

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