toru
/toru/
bay, reddish-brown — Describes a horse's coat color. Also used on its own for a bay horse: toru otlaydı 'the bay is grazing'. Some sources give plain "brown" for this word.
- toru at — a bay horse
- jarıq toru — light bay
- qan toru — bright bay
- qara toru — dark bay
- meni atım torudu — my horse is bay
- toru otlaydı — the bay is grazing
- atam toru alğandı — my father has bought a bay
- toru arbanı tartadı — the bay pulls the cart
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki torudumine is bay | seniki toruduyours is bay | anıqı toruduhis is bay | bizniki toruduours is bay | sizniki toruduyours (pl.) is bay | alanıqı torudutheirs is bay |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile torudulamine are bay | senikile torudulayours are bay | anıqıla torudulahis are bay | biznikile torudulaours are bay | siznikile torudulayours (pl.) are bay | alanıqıla torudulatheirs are bay |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu torudu, bıla torudula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".