şaw
/ʃaw/
1. dead, lifeless — Often paired with saw "alive", as in sawmudu şawmudu "is he alive or dead?". Also used as a noun for a dead person.
- sawmudu şawmudu? — is he alive or dead?
- şaw bolurğa — to perish, to die
- siz şaw bolğanda — when you perished
- sawuna quwana, şawuna açıw ete — rejoicing over the living, grieving over the dead
- ow sen şaw bolğun! — oh, may you drop dead!
2. bad, wretched, very bad — Often paired with ow "bad", where şaw names the even worse of the two.
- ol ow, bu şawdu — that one is bad and this one is worse
- biri ow da, biri şaw — one is bad, the other worse
- bilimsizden jaşawubuz şaw edi — our life was wretched from lack of learning
- komissarı ow da, patçahı şaw — the commissar is bad, and the tsar worse
Expressions
- sawdan şaw — good-for-nothing
- ayağı – ow, başı – şaw — in a bad way
- biri ow, biri şaw — one worse than another
- ow da, şaw da — only a little
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | şawduhe is dead | şawdulathey are dead |
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 form | meniki şawdumine is dead | seniki şawduyours is dead | anıqı şawduhis is dead | bizniki şawduours is dead | sizniki şawduyours (pl.) is dead | alanıqı şawdutheirs is dead |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile şawdulamine are dead | senikile şawdulayours are dead | anıqıla şawdulahis are dead | biznikile şawdulaours are dead | siznikile şawdulayours (pl.) are dead | alanıqıla şawdulatheirs are dead |
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".