tuwra

/tuwra/

1. (ptcl.) exactly, precisely

tuwra ol közüwçükde — at precisely that moment

2. (adv.) openly, frankly

tuwra ayt — speak frankly

3. (adv.) clearly, distinctly

4. (ptcl.) completely, entirely

5. (ptcl.) indeed, really, in fact

6. (ptcl.) even

7. (adv.) the most (superlative intensifier)

jılnı tuwra qıyın zamanı — the hardest time of the year

8. (adv.) very

ol tuwra jigit adamdı — he is a very brave man

9. (n.) truth

tuwrasın aytırğa — to tell the truth

10. (adj.) correct, true

tuwra esep — a correct calculation

11. (adj.) straight (without bends)

tuwra jol — a straight road

12. (adj.) frank, candid

13. (adj.) visible, in plain sight

tuwra jerde olturuw — sitting in a visible place

14. (adj.) fair, objective

15. (adj.) faithful, loyal

sözüne tuwra adam — a man faithful to his word

16. (adv.) correctly, accurately

17. (adv.) straight, directly (by a direct route)

18. (adv.) fairly, objectively

19. (ptcl.) as if, as though

tuwra birinçi körgença bolama — as if I were seeing for the first time

20. (postp.) opposite, facing

21. (adj.) direct, immediate (without an intermediary)

22. (adj.) literal (of a meaning)

söznü tuwra mağanasında — in the literal sense of the word

As a noun

Cases and owners

Singular — cases of tuwra, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominativethe truth	—tuwra	menituwram	senituwrang	anıtuwrası	biznituwrabız	siznituwrağız	alanıtuwraları
Genitivethe truth's	—tuwranı	menituwramı	senituwrangı	anıtuwrasını	biznituwrabıznı	siznituwrağıznı	alanıtuwralarını
Accusativethe truth (as the object)	—tuwranı	menituwramı	senituwrangı	anıtuwrasın	biznituwrabıznı	siznituwrağıznı	alanıtuwraların
Dativeto the truth	—tuwrağa	menituwrama	senituwranga	anıtuwrasına	biznituwrabızğa	siznituwrağızğa	alanıtuwralarına
Locativeat / in the truth	—tuwrada	menituwramda	senituwrangda	anıtuwrasında	biznituwrabızda	siznituwrağızda	alanıtuwralarında
Ablativefrom the truth	—tuwradan	menituwramdan	senituwrangdan	anıtuwrasından	biznituwrabızdan	siznituwrağızdan	alanıtuwralarından

There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.

As an adjective

Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — tuwra
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base formam/is/are correct	mentuwrama	sentuwrasa	oltuwradı	biztuwrabız	siztuwrasız	alatuwradıla

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden tuwradı — "compared to me, he is correct."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — tuwra
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base formis / are correct	menikimeniki tuwradı	senikiseniki tuwradı	anıqıanıqı tuwradı	biznikibizniki tuwradı	siznikisizniki tuwradı	alanıqıalanıqı tuwradı

Several things

Several things — tuwra
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base formis / are correct	menikilemenikile tuwradıla	senikilesenikile tuwradıla	anıqılaanıqıla tuwradıla	biznikilebiznikile tuwradıla	siznikilesiznikile tuwradıla	alanıqılaalanıqıla tuwradıla

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