toğuzbaş
/toʁuzbaʃ/
nine-headed — Used in folktales, especially of the giant toğuzbaş emegen, the nine-headed giant.
- toğuzbaş emegen — nine-headed giant
- toğuzbaş emegen keldi — a nine-headed giant came
- toğuzbaş emegenni kördüm — I saw the nine-headed giant
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | toğuzbaşmaI am nine-headed | toğuzbaşsayou are nine-headed | toğuzbaşdıhe is nine-headed | toğuzbaşbızwe are nine-headed | toğuzbaşsızyou all are nine-headed | toğuzbaşdılathey are nine-headed |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden toğuzbaşdı — "compared to me, he is nine-headed."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki toğuzbaşdımine is nine-headed | seniki toğuzbaşdıyours is nine-headed | anıqı toğuzbaşdıhis is nine-headed | bizniki toğuzbaşdıours is nine-headed | sizniki toğuzbaşdıyours (pl.) is nine-headed | alanıqı toğuzbaşdıtheirs is nine-headed |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile toğuzbaşdılamine are nine-headed | senikile toğuzbaşdılayours are nine-headed | anıqıla toğuzbaşdılahis are nine-headed | biznikile toğuzbaşdılaours are nine-headed | siznikile toğuzbaşdılayours (pl.) are nine-headed | alanıqıla toğuzbaşdılatheirs are nine-headed |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu toğuzbaşdı, bıla toğuzbaşdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".