quwalezh

/quwaleʒ/

(adj.) lanky, gangly; tall, thin and awkward-looking — Guzeev 1996–2005 explains it as very tall, thin, ungainly and plain-looking. The abstract noun is quwalezhlik "lankiness".

quwalezh jaş — a lanky young man
bek quwalezh adam — a very gangly person
ol quwalezh edi — he was lanky

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — quwalezh
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	quwalezhmeI am lanky	quwalezhseyou are lanky	quwalezhdihe is lanky	quwalezhbizwe are lanky	quwalezhsizyou all are lanky	quwalezhdilethey are lanky
comparative — more	quwalezhirekmeI am lankier	quwalezhirekseyou are lankier	quwalezhirekdihe is lankier	quwalezhirekbizwe are lankier	quwalezhireksizyou all are lankier	quwalezhirekdilethey are lankier
intensifier — very	bek quwalezhmeI am very lanky	bek quwalezhseyou are very lanky	bek quwalezhdihe is very lanky	bek quwalezhbizwe are very lanky	bek quwalezhsizyou all are very lanky	bek quwalezhdilethey are very lanky
superlative — most	em quwalezhmeI am the lankiest	em quwalezhseyou are the lankiest	em quwalezhdihe is the lankiest	em quwalezhbizwe are the lankiest	em quwalezhsizyou all are the lankiest	em quwalezhdilethey are the lankiest

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — quwalezh
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki quwalezhdimine is lanky	seniki quwalezhdiyours is lanky	anıqı quwalezhdihis is lanky	bizniki quwalezhdiours is lanky	sizniki quwalezhdiyours (pl.) is lanky	alanıqı quwalezhditheirs is lanky
comparative — more	meniki quwalezhirekdimine is lankier	seniki quwalezhirekdiyours is lankier	anıqı quwalezhirekdihis is lankier	bizniki quwalezhirekdiours is lankier	sizniki quwalezhirekdiyours (pl.) is lankier	alanıqı quwalezhirekditheirs is lankier
intensifier — very	meniki bek quwalezhdimine is very lanky	seniki bek quwalezhdiyours is very lanky	anıqı bek quwalezhdihis is very lanky	bizniki bek quwalezhdiours is very lanky	sizniki bek quwalezhdiyours (pl.) is very lanky	alanıqı bek quwalezhditheirs is very lanky
superlative — most	meniki em quwalezhdimine is the lankiest	seniki em quwalezhdiyours is the lankiest	anıqı em quwalezhdihis is the lankiest	bizniki em quwalezhdiours is the lankiest	sizniki em quwalezhdiyours (pl.) is the lankiest	alanıqı em quwalezhditheirs is the lankiest

Several things

Several things — quwalezh
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile quwalezhdilemine are lanky	senikile quwalezhdileyours are lanky	anıqıla quwalezhdilehis are lanky	biznikile quwalezhdileours are lanky	siznikile quwalezhdileyours (pl.) are lanky	alanıqıla quwalezhdiletheirs are lanky
comparative — more	menikile quwalezhirekdilemine are lankier	senikile quwalezhirekdileyours are lankier	anıqıla quwalezhirekdilehis are lankier	biznikile quwalezhirekdileours are lankier	siznikile quwalezhirekdileyours (pl.) are lankier	alanıqıla quwalezhirekdiletheirs are lankier
intensifier — very	menikile bek quwalezhdilemine are very lanky	senikile bek quwalezhdileyours are very lanky	anıqıla bek quwalezhdilehis are very lanky	biznikile bek quwalezhdileours are very lanky	siznikile bek quwalezhdileyours (pl.) are very lanky	alanıqıla bek quwalezhdiletheirs are very lanky
superlative — most	menikile em quwalezhdilemine are the lankiest	senikile em quwalezhdileyours are the lankiest	anıqıla em quwalezhdilehis are the lankiest	biznikile em quwalezhdileours are the lankiest	siznikile em quwalezhdileyours (pl.) are the lankiest	alanıqıla em quwalezhdiletheirs are the lankiest

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