tolu

/tolu/

1. (adj.) full, filled to capacity

tolu çelekle — full buckets
tolu stakan — a full glass
tolu maşok — a full sack
çelek tolu süt — a whole bucketful of milk
tolu ay — a full moon

2. (adj.) whole, entire, complete — Often used of a full span of time, of a full set or collection, or of a name given in full.

tolu jıl — a whole year
tolu sağat — a whole hour
tolu ay — a whole month
tolu işçi kün — a full working day
tolu üç sağatnı — for a full three hours
tolu üç sağatnı işledi — he worked for a full three hours
tolu atım Aminatdı — my full name is Aminat

3. (adj.) full of, teeming with; covered all over — What the thing is full of stands in the ablative case. As a predicate, toludu means there is plenty of something.

arbaz adamdan toludu — the courtyard is full of people
anda adam toludu — there are lots of people there
kögetden tolu çeten — a basket full of fruit
jaradan tolu qolla — hands covered with wounds

4. (adj.) detailed, thorough, exhaustive — Used of an answer, an account or a description.

tolu hapar — a detailed account
tolu juwap — a thorough answer
işni tolu tintiw — a thorough examination of the matter
tolu juwap alalmağanma — I could not get a thorough answer
jigitleni tolu sıfatları — the detailed portrayals of the heroes

5. (adj.) absolute, total, unlimited — Used of freedom, power, peace or a victory.

tolu horlam — a total victory
tolu erkinlik — absolute freedom
tolu tınçlıq — complete peace
tolu erkinlik keldi bizge — complete freedom came to us
tolu tınçlıq tabalmağan edi — had not been able to find complete peace

6. (adj.) stout, plump, heavyset — Said of a person or of the body.

tolu adam — a stout person
tolu sabiy — a plump child
tolu jaş — a plump young man
tolu betli — round-faced
tolu adam jaşlağa jarıq tübedi — the stout man greeted the young men warmly

7. (adj.) full-weight, plump (of grain)

tolu bürtük — a full-weight grain
tolu buday bürtükle — plump grains of wheat
tolu nartüh bürtükle — plump grains of maize
ullu kaçanla, tolu bürtükle — big cobs, plump grains

8. (adj.) prosperous, well-off, wealthy (fig.) — Said of a household, a home or land.

tolu arbaz — a prosperous household
tolu jurt — a wealthy household
tolu ırıshı — ample wealth
tolu jer — a prosperous home
tolu jerden bolğan — having come from a well-off home

9. (adj.) full-fledged, fully capable — Says that someone is a grown, fully able person, for example a full-fledged mower or worker rather than a youngster.

tolu çalqıçı — a full-fledged mower
tolu işçi — a full-fledged worker

10. (adj.) sane, of sound mind (fig.) — Often in the negative, of someone who is not quite right in the mind.

anı aqılı tolu tüldü — he is not sound in mind
eşta, tolu adam bolmaz — he is probably not quite sane

11. (adv.) completely, entirely, fully

tolu iynanama — I believe completely
qıyınımı tolu aldım — I got paid in full for my labor
tolu tazalarğa — to clean completely
eşikni tolu açarğa — to open the door fully
tolu ay tögerekni tolu jarıtadı — the full moon lights up the surroundings fully

12. (adv.) in detail, thoroughly

tolu aytırğa — to tell in detail
tolu körgüztürge — to show in detail
tolu haparlaw — giving a detailed account
atasını üsünden tolu haparladı — he told in detail about his father
har zatnı tolu aytdırdı — made him tell everything in detail

Expressions

tolu üy bolurğa — be a full household (Collocation)
uwuçu tolu qurt bolsa da... — bear parents' burden (Idiom · Proverb or saying)

Degrees

Degrees — tolu
Degree	—form
base form	tolufull
comparative — more	toluraqfuller
intensifier — very	bek toluvery full
superlative — most	em toluthe fullest

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — tolu
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki toludumine is full	seniki toluduyours is full	anıqı toluduhis is full	bizniki toluduours is full	sizniki toluduyours (pl.) is full	alanıqı toludutheirs is full
comparative — more	meniki toluraqdımine is fuller	seniki toluraqdıyours is fuller	anıqı toluraqdıhis is fuller	bizniki toluraqdıours is fuller	sizniki toluraqdıyours (pl.) is fuller	alanıqı toluraqdıtheirs is fuller
intensifier — very	meniki bek toludumine is very full	seniki bek toluduyours is very full	anıqı bek toluduhis is very full	bizniki bek toluduours is very full	sizniki bek toluduyours (pl.) is very full	alanıqı bek toludutheirs is very full
superlative — most	meniki em toludumine is the fullest	seniki em toluduyours is the fullest	anıqı em toluduhis is the fullest	bizniki em toluduours is the fullest	sizniki em toluduyours (pl.) is the fullest	alanıqı em toludutheirs is the fullest

Several things

Several things — tolu
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile toludulamine are full	senikile toludulayours are full	anıqıla toludulahis are full	biznikile toludulaours are full	siznikile toludulayours (pl.) are full	alanıqıla toludulatheirs are full
comparative — more	menikile toluraqdılamine are fuller	senikile toluraqdılayours are fuller	anıqıla toluraqdılahis are fuller	biznikile toluraqdılaours are fuller	siznikile toluraqdılayours (pl.) are fuller	alanıqıla toluraqdılatheirs are fuller
intensifier — very	menikile bek toludulamine are very full	senikile bek toludulayours are very full	anıqıla bek toludulahis are very full	biznikile bek toludulaours are very full	siznikile bek toludulayours (pl.) are very full	alanıqıla bek toludulatheirs are very full
superlative — most	menikile em toludulamine are the fullest	senikile em toludulayours are the fullest	anıqıla em toludulahis are the fullest	biznikile em toludulaours are the fullest	siznikile em toludulayours (pl.) are the fullest	alanıqıla em toludulatheirs are the fullest

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu toludu, bıla toludula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".