salpı
/salpɯ/
1. drooping, sagging, hanging loose
- salpı qulaqla — drooping ears
- eski salpı börk — an old drooping cap
- itni qulaqları salpıdıla — the dog's ears droop
- salpı bolurğa — to sag
2. gloomy, downcast, out of sorts
- ol bügün salpıdı — he is downcast today
- salpı körünese — you look downcast
- salpı adam — a gloomy man
- jaş nek salpı bolğandı — why has the boy become gloomy
- jaş nek salpı bolğanın aytmadı — the boy did not say why he had become gloomy
Expressions
- salpıları tüşerge — become downcast
- salpı qulaqlı — droop-eared
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | salpımaI am drooping | salpısayou are drooping | salpıdıhe is drooping | salpıbızwe are drooping | salpısızyou all are drooping | salpıdılathey are drooping |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden salpıdı — "compared to me, he is drooping."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki salpıdımine is drooping | seniki salpıdıyours is drooping | anıqı salpıdıhis is drooping | bizniki salpıdıours is drooping | sizniki salpıdıyours (pl.) is drooping | alanıqı salpıdıtheirs is drooping |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile salpıdılamine are drooping | senikile salpıdılayours are drooping | anıqıla salpıdılahis are drooping | biznikile salpıdılaours are drooping | siznikile salpıdılayours (pl.) are drooping | alanıqıla salpıdılatheirs are drooping |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu salpıdı, bıla salpıdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".