ullu
/ullu/
Definitions
1. big, large
- ullu üy — a big house
- ullu bitim alırğa — to gather a big harvest
- bek ullu terek — a very big tree
2. grown-up, adult
- ullu adam — a grown-up person
- ullu adam da tözmezça suwuq — cold unbearable even for an adult
- ullu bolsam — when I grow up
3. elder, senior — of a brother or sister, and of anyone older
- ullu qarnaşım — my elder brother
- ulluğa sıy berirge — to honour an elder
- kesingden ulluğa juwab etme — do not answer your elders back
4. great, outstanding
- ullu ustaz — a great teacher
- rossiyanı ullu adamları — the great men of Russia
- ullu jırçı — a great singer
5. very, greatly
- men ullu quwandım — I was very glad
- biz ullu tamaşa bolduq — we were greatly astonished
- ullu qıynalırğa — to be greatly distressed
Related
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 140).Feedback
or .Degrees
| base form | ullubig |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | ulluraqbigger |
| intensifier — very | bek ulluvery big |
| superlative — most | em ulluthe biggest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden ulludu — "compared to me, he is big."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men ullumaI am big | biz ullubuzwe are big |
| 2nd person | sen ullusayou are big | siz ullusuzyou all are big |
| 3rd person | ol ulluduhe / she / it is big | ala ulludulathey are big |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu ulluduthis is big | bıla ulludulathese are big |
| that / those | ol ulluduthat / it is big | ala ulludulathose / they are big |
| mine | meniki ulludumine is big | menikile ulludulamine are big |
| yours | seniki ulluduyours is big | senikile ulludulayours are big |
| ours | bizniki ulluduours is big | biznikile ulludulaours are big |