çort
/tʃort/
1. crosswise, across, athwart
- çort keserge — to cut across
- jolnu çort qırqarğa — to cross the road straight over
- allına çort barırğa — to go to meet him head-on
2. abruptly, all at once, short
- sözün çort kesdi — he cut his speech short
3. straight out, frankly, without concealment
- çort aytdı — he said it straight out
4. steep, sheer, precipitous
- çort qaya — a sheer cliff
- çort jol — a steep road
5. curt, brusque, discourteous
- çort adam — a brusque man
6. short and stubby, docked
- quyruqçuğu çort alaşa — a pony whose little tail is stubby
- çort quyruq — a stubby tail
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formam/is/are steep | mençortma | sençortsa | olçortdu | bizçortbuz | sizçortsuz | alaçortdula |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden çortdu — "compared to me, he is steep."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are steep | menikimeniki çortdu | senikiseniki çortdu | anıqıanıqı çortdu | biznikibizniki çortdu | siznikisizniki çortdu | alanıqıalanıqı çortdu |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are steep | menikilemenikile çortdula | senikilesenikile çortdula | anıqılaanıqıla çortdula | biznikilebiznikile çortdula | siznikilesiznikile çortdula | alanıqılaalanıqıla çortdula |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu çortdu, bıla çortdula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".