tuwunçlu
/tuwuntʃlu/
healthy-looking and likeable, sturdy — Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it as Karachay. Usually describes people, as in tuwunçlu adam "a healthy, likeable person" or tuwunçlu sabiyle "healthy, likeable children".
- tuwunçlu adam — a healthy-looking, likeable person
- tuwunçlu sabiyle — healthy-looking, likeable children
- bu qız tuwunçludu — this girl is healthy-looking and likeable
- ol tuwunçlu jaş edi — he was a healthy-looking, likeable young man
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | tuwunçlumaI am healthy-looking | tuwunçlusayou are healthy-looking | tuwunçluduhe is healthy-looking | tuwunçlubuzwe are healthy-looking | tuwunçlusuzyou all are healthy-looking | tuwunçludulathey are healthy-looking |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden tuwunçludu — "compared to me, he is healthy-looking."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki tuwunçludumine is healthy-looking | seniki tuwunçluduyours is healthy-looking | anıqı tuwunçluduhis is healthy-looking | bizniki tuwunçluduours is healthy-looking | sizniki tuwunçluduyours (pl.) is healthy-looking | alanıqı tuwunçludutheirs is healthy-looking |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile tuwunçludulamine are healthy-looking | senikile tuwunçludulayours are healthy-looking | anıqıla tuwunçludulahis are healthy-looking | biznikile tuwunçludulaours are healthy-looking | siznikile tuwunçludulayours (pl.) are healthy-looking | alanıqıla tuwunçludulatheirs are healthy-looking |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu tuwunçludu, bıla tuwunçludula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".