salambaş
/salambaʃ/
1. thatched, roofed with straw
- salambaş üy — a thatched house
- salambaş üyçük — a little thatched house
- salambaş qoş — a thatched herdsman's hut
- salambaş üyleni birini allında — in front of one of the thatched houses
- eki qatlı salambaş şatırnı içinde — inside the two-layered thatched shelter
- eski salambaş üyde jaşaybız — we live in an old thatched house
2. empty-headed, dim-witted, stupid — Literally 'straw-headed'. Said of a person, as in salambaş adam. one source
- salambaş adam — an empty-headed person
- ol salambaş jaşdı — he is a dim-witted lad
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki salambaşdımine is thatched | seniki salambaşdıyours is thatched | anıqı salambaşdıhis is thatched | bizniki salambaşdıours is thatched | sizniki salambaşdıyours (pl.) is thatched | alanıqı salambaşdıtheirs is thatched |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile salambaşdılamine are thatched | senikile salambaşdılayours are thatched | anıqıla salambaşdılahis are thatched | biznikile salambaşdılaours are thatched | siznikile salambaşdılayours (pl.) are thatched | alanıqıla salambaşdılatheirs are thatched |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu salambaşdı, bıla salambaşdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".