tamam
/tamam/
1. very, extremely
- tamam suwuqdu — it is extremely cold
- tamam arığanma — I am very tired
- bu tamam igi kitabdı — this is a very good book
- bir kün kişi tamam açıwlanŋandı — one day the man got very angry
- tamam tansıq bolsam — when I miss you very much
- ol tamam telidi — he is extremely foolish
2. exactly, precisely, just
- tamam ol közüwde — just at that moment
- tamam allay bir — exactly that much
- jaşçıq atasına tamam uşaydı — the little boy looks exactly like his father
- menŋe tamam otuz jıl bolluqdu — I will turn exactly thirty
- tamam zamanında keldile — they arrived precisely on time
3. completely, in full, to the very end
- işni tamamı bla bitdirdik — we finished the work completely
- tamam tüzün aytadı — he tells the whole truth
- fizikanı tamam bilirme — I will know physics thoroughly
4. complete, perfect, genuine, real
- ol tamam adamdı — he is a real man
- tamam kerti zat — the complete truth
- aşhı murat tamam bolsun — may the good intention be fulfilled
5. enough, sufficient
- jıyılğan küç tamamdı — the gathered force is enough
- anı oquğanı tamamdı — what he has studied is enough
- endi ua bergenim tamamdı — and now what I have given is enough
- andan arı oqumasam da, tamamdı — even if I do not study beyond that, it is enough
6. (as a predicate) done, ready, finished — Used as a predicate: iş tamamdı the work is done.
- iş tamamdı — the work is done
- har zat tamamdı — everything is ready
- işibiz tamamdı — our work is finished
- iş tamamdı, barayıq — the work is done, let's go
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | tamammaI am complete | tamamsayou are complete | tamamdıhe is complete | tamambızwe are complete | tamamsızyou all are complete | tamamdılathey are complete |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden tamamdı — "compared to me, he is complete."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki tamamdımine is complete | seniki tamamdıyours is complete | anıqı tamamdıhis is complete | bizniki tamamdıours is complete | sizniki tamamdıyours (pl.) is complete | alanıqı tamamdıtheirs is complete |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile tamamdılamine are complete | senikile tamamdılayours are complete | anıqıla tamamdılahis are complete | biznikile tamamdılaours are complete | siznikile tamamdılayours (pl.) are complete | alanıqıla tamamdılatheirs are complete |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu tamamdı, bıla tamamdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".