tabalawçu
/tabalawtʃu/
gloating, spiteful, snide, mocking — Describes someone who takes pleasure in another person's misfortune or mocks it.
- tabalawçu adam — a gloating person
- tabalawçu külkü bla küldü — he laughed a gloating laugh
- anı sözleri tabalawçu edile — his words were snide
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | tabalawçumaI am gloating | tabalawçusayou are gloating | tabalawçuduhe is gloating | tabalawçubuzwe are gloating | tabalawçusuzyou all are gloating | tabalawçudulathey are gloating |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden tabalawçudu — "compared to me, he is gloating."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki tabalawçudumine is gloating | seniki tabalawçuduyours is gloating | anıqı tabalawçuduhis is gloating | bizniki tabalawçuduours is gloating | sizniki tabalawçuduyours (pl.) is gloating | alanıqı tabalawçudutheirs is gloating |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile tabalawçudulamine are gloating | senikile tabalawçudulayours are gloating | anıqıla tabalawçudulahis are gloating | biznikile tabalawçudulaours are gloating | siznikile tabalawçudulayours (pl.) are gloating | alanıqıla tabalawçudulatheirs are gloating |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu tabalawçudu, bıla tabalawçudula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".