dil
1. tongue. 2. language. 3. promontory, point; spit. 4. bolt (of a lock); tenon (of a mortise). 5. index (of a balance). 6. sheave, pulley wheel. 7. reed (of a wind instrument). 8. prisoner of war captured for interrogation. --i açılmak to start talking. --i ağırlaşmak (for a sick person) to have increasing difficulty in speaking. -- ağız vermemek not to be able to talk, to be too sick to talk. -- ailesi ling. family of languages. -- akrabalığı the relationship between kindred languages. --inin altında bir şey var. colloq. There is something he hasn´t come out with yet. --inden anlamak /ın/ 1. to understand (another´s) speech. 2. to be familiar with (something). -- atlası linguistic atlas. --ini bağlamak /ın/ to silence. --inden bal akmak /ın/ to talk sweetly. --inin belasını çekmek/ bulmak to suffer because of speaking thoughtlessly or indiscreetly. -- bir karış /da/ impudent, rude in his replies. --i bir karış dışarı çıkmak to pant (from overexertion or thirst). --i bozuk 1. unable to speak clearly. 2. foulmouthed. --inin cezasını çekmek to suffer for one´s thoughtless words. --i çalmak /a/ to have the accent (of). -- çıkarmak 1. to stick out one´s tongue in defiance or mockery. 2. /a/ to make fun of. --i çözülmek to start to talk. dili damağına yapışmak/--i damağı kurumak to be very thirsty. --lere destan olmak to be renowned, be celebrated. --den dile dolaşmak to be talked about, become renowned or notorious. --ine dolamak /ı/ 1. to keep on saying (the same thing). 2. to keep on running down (someone). --i dolaşmak to mumble, stumble in one´s speech. --lerde dolaşmak/gezmek to be talked about (everywhere). dil/--ler dökmek /a/ to try to flatter or persuade (someone). --i döndüğü kadar (to explain something) as best one can. --i dönmemek to be unable to get one´s tongue around a word. --i durmamak 1. to talk on and on. 2. to say things better left unsaid. dile/--lere düşmek to become a subject of gossip. --inden düşürmemek /ı/ to bring up (a matter) repeatedly. -- ebesi garrulous, talkative. --ini eşekarısı soksun! colloq. Curse you for saying that! --e gelmek 1. to start to talk. 2. to become a subject of gossip. --e getirmek /ı/ 1. to make (someone) talk. 2. to express. 3. to make (something) a subject of gossip. -- kavgası quarrel. -- kayması slip of the tongue. --ini kedi/fare mi yedi? colloq. Has the cat got your tongue? --in kemiği yok. proverb One can say anything one likes. --ini kesmek 1. to shut up. 2. /ın/ to silence. --e kolay easy to say (but difficult to do). --inden kurtulamamak /ın/ not to be able to get out from under (another´s) reproaches and complaints. --i kurumak to be very thirsty. -- kurumu language society. --i kurusun! colloq. Curse his tongue! --ini mi yuttun? colloq. Have you swallowed your tongue? --i olsa da söylese. colloq. If only it could talk! --i pabuç kadar given to making impudent replies. -- pelesengi filler word, habitual expression. --ine pelesenk etmek /ı/ to keep on saying (the same thing). --ine sağlam olmak 1. to be discreet. 2. to avoid bad language. --iyle sokmak /ı/ to hurt (someone) with one´s words. --ine takmak /ı/ 1. to keep on saying (the same thing). 2. to keep on running down (someone). --ini tutamamak to be indiscreet; to have a compulsion to talk. --ini tutmak to hold one´s tongue. --i tutuk tongue-tied. -- tutukluğu anarthria, inability to articulate words. --i tutulmak to be tongue-tied. --iyle tutulmak/yakalanmak to be betrayed by one´s own words. --in tutulsun! Curse your tongue! --inde tüy bitmek to be tired of repeating something. --imin ucunda on the tip of my tongue. --inin ucuna gelmek to be about to say (something). --inin ucunda olmak to be on the tip of one´s tongue, slip one´s memory. -- uzatmak /a/ to malign, defame. --i uzun impudent, insolent. --i varmamak /a/ to be unwilling to say (something unpleasant). --im varmıyor. colloq. I can´t bring myself to say it. --e vermek /ı/ to divulge, reveal (a secret). D-- ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi the Faculty of Languages, History, and Geography (in Ankara University). --ine virt etmek /ı/ 1. to keep on saying (the same thing). 2. to keep on running down (someone). --i yanmak /dan/ to be devastated (by a horrible experience). --i yatkın having a gift for languages. --inin yettiği kadar (to explain something) as best one can. --ini yutmak to be thunderstruck, be struck dumb. --i zifir (one) who habitually offends others.