tuzlu
/tuzlu/
1. salty, salted, seasoned or preserved with salt — Said of food that has salt added, such as soup, or that is preserved in salt, such as fish or pickles: tuzlu çabaq "salted fish".
- tuzlu çabaq — salted fish
- tuzlu bışlaq — salted cheese
- tuzlu qaq et — salted dried meat
- tuzlu suw — brine
- tuzlu etni aşağanlı — since eating the salty meat
2. containing salt, saline, tasting of salt — Said of things that naturally hold salt, such as soil, water, a lake, sweat or tears: tuzlu köl "salt lake", tuzlu jer "salt marsh".
- tuzlu köl — a salt lake
- tuzlu ter — salty sweat
- tuzlu topuraq — salty soil
- közleri tuzlu jılamuqladan toldula — his eyes filled with salty tears
- bu jer tuzludu — this ground is salty
3. over-salted, too salty
- şorpa bek tuzludu — the soup is very salty
- tuzlu şorpa — over-salted soup
- şorpanı tuzlu etmegiz — don't over-salt the soup
Expressions
- tuzlu güttü aşarğa jıyılğança — packed with people
- tuzlu güttü oynarğa — play salt-cake divination
Degrees
| Degree | —form |
|---|---|
| base form | tuzlusalty |
| comparative — more | tuzluraqsaltier |
| intensifier — very | bek tuzluvery salty |
| superlative — most | em tuzluthe saltiest |
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki tuzludumine is salty | seniki tuzluduyours is salty | anıqı tuzluduhis is salty | bizniki tuzluduours is salty | sizniki tuzluduyours (pl.) is salty | alanıqı tuzludutheirs is salty |
| comparative — more | meniki tuzluraqdımine is saltier | seniki tuzluraqdıyours is saltier | anıqı tuzluraqdıhis is saltier | bizniki tuzluraqdıours is saltier | sizniki tuzluraqdıyours (pl.) is saltier | alanıqı tuzluraqdıtheirs is saltier |
| intensifier — very | meniki bek tuzludumine is very salty | seniki bek tuzluduyours is very salty | anıqı bek tuzluduhis is very salty | bizniki bek tuzluduours is very salty | sizniki bek tuzluduyours (pl.) is very salty | alanıqı bek tuzludutheirs is very salty |
| superlative — most | meniki em tuzludumine is the saltiest | seniki em tuzluduyours is the saltiest | anıqı em tuzluduhis is the saltiest | bizniki em tuzluduours is the saltiest | sizniki em tuzluduyours (pl.) is the saltiest | alanıqı em tuzludutheirs is the saltiest |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile tuzludulamine are salty | senikile tuzludulayours are salty | anıqıla tuzludulahis are salty | biznikile tuzludulaours are salty | siznikile tuzludulayours (pl.) are salty | alanıqıla tuzludulatheirs are salty |
| comparative — more | menikile tuzluraqdılamine are saltier | senikile tuzluraqdılayours are saltier | anıqıla tuzluraqdılahis are saltier | biznikile tuzluraqdılaours are saltier | siznikile tuzluraqdılayours (pl.) are saltier | alanıqıla tuzluraqdılatheirs are saltier |
| intensifier — very | menikile bek tuzludulamine are very salty | senikile bek tuzludulayours are very salty | anıqıla bek tuzludulahis are very salty | biznikile bek tuzludulaours are very salty | siznikile bek tuzludulayours (pl.) are very salty | alanıqıla bek tuzludulatheirs are very salty |
| superlative — most | menikile em tuzludulamine are the saltiest | senikile em tuzludulayours are the saltiest | anıqıla em tuzludulahis are the saltiest | biznikile em tuzludulaours are the saltiest | siznikile em tuzludulayours (pl.) are the saltiest | alanıqıla em tuzludulatheirs are the saltiest |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu tuzludu, bıla tuzludula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".