şaw
/ʃaw/
1. dead, lifeless
- sawmudu şawmudu? — is he alive or dead?
- şaw bolurğa — to perish, to die
- ne sawun, ne şawun — whether alive or dead
2. bad, wretched, no good
- ol ow, bu şawdu — that one is bad and this one is worse
- biri ow da, biri şawdula — one is bad, the other worse
- bilimsizden jaşawubuz şaw edi — through want of learning our life was wretched
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are dead | olşawdu | alaşawdula |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden şawdu — "compared to me, he is dead."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are dead | menikimeniki şawdu | senikiseniki şawdu | anıqıanıqı şawdu | biznikibizniki şawdu | siznikisizniki şawdu | alanıqıalanıqı şawdu |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formis / are dead | menikilemenikile şawdula | senikilesenikile şawdula | anıqılaanıqıla şawdula | biznikilebiznikile şawdula | siznikilesiznikile şawdula | alanıqılaalanıqıla şawdula |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu şawdu, bıla şawdula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".