toqal
/toqal/
1. hornless, polled, with only small horns
- toqal ögüz — a polled ox
- toqal iynek — a hornless cow
- toqallanı tizib — lining the polled oxen up
- toqal ögüzle bla — with polled oxen
2. squat, low-set
- ögüznü amanı toqal bolur — a poor ox tends to be squat
- toqal adam — a squat man
- toqal üy — a low-set house
3. clumsy, crude, coarse
- toqal iş — clumsy workmanship
- toqal söz — a coarse word
Expressions
- ayağı – topal, başı – toqal — good for nothing
Degrees and persons
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | toqaldıhe is hornless | toqaldılathey are hornless | ||||
| comparative — more | toqalıraqdıhe is more hornless | toqalıraqdılathey are more hornless | ||||
| intensifier — very | bek toqaldıhe is very hornless | bek toqaldılathey are very hornless | ||||
| superlative — most | em toqaldıhe is the most hornless | em toqaldılathey are the most hornless |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden toqaldı — "compared to me, he is hornless."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki toqaldımine is hornless | seniki toqaldıyours is hornless | anıqı toqaldıhis is hornless | bizniki toqaldıours is hornless | sizniki toqaldıyours (pl.) is hornless | alanıqı toqaldıtheirs is hornless |
| comparative — more | meniki toqalıraqdımine is more hornless | seniki toqalıraqdıyours is more hornless | anıqı toqalıraqdıhis is more hornless | bizniki toqalıraqdıours is more hornless | sizniki toqalıraqdıyours (pl.) is more hornless | alanıqı toqalıraqdıtheirs is more hornless |
| intensifier — very | meniki bek toqaldımine is very hornless | seniki bek toqaldıyours is very hornless | anıqı bek toqaldıhis is very hornless | bizniki bek toqaldıours is very hornless | sizniki bek toqaldıyours (pl.) is very hornless | alanıqı bek toqaldıtheirs is very hornless |
| superlative — most | meniki em toqaldımine is the most hornless | seniki em toqaldıyours is the most hornless | anıqı em toqaldıhis is the most hornless | bizniki em toqaldıours is the most hornless | sizniki em toqaldıyours (pl.) is the most hornless | alanıqı em toqaldıtheirs is the most hornless |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile toqaldılamine are hornless | senikile toqaldılayours are hornless | anıqıla toqaldılahis are hornless | biznikile toqaldılaours are hornless | siznikile toqaldılayours (pl.) are hornless | alanıqıla toqaldılatheirs are hornless |
| comparative — more | menikile toqalıraqdılamine are more hornless | senikile toqalıraqdılayours are more hornless | anıqıla toqalıraqdılahis are more hornless | biznikile toqalıraqdılaours are more hornless | siznikile toqalıraqdılayours (pl.) are more hornless | alanıqıla toqalıraqdılatheirs are more hornless |
| intensifier — very | menikile bek toqaldılamine are very hornless | senikile bek toqaldılayours are very hornless | anıqıla bek toqaldılahis are very hornless | biznikile bek toqaldılaours are very hornless | siznikile bek toqaldılayours (pl.) are very hornless | alanıqıla bek toqaldılatheirs are very hornless |
| superlative — most | menikile em toqaldılamine are the most hornless | senikile em toqaldılayours are the most hornless | anıqıla em toqaldılahis are the most hornless | biznikile em toqaldılaours are the most hornless | siznikile em toqaldılayours (pl.) are the most hornless | alanıqıla em toqaldılatheirs are the most hornless |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu toqaldı, bıla toqaldıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".