Adjectives in Tulu

Adjectives:

Tulu	Kannada	English
eDDae	oLLe	good
porlu/shOku	chanda	Beautiful
malla	doDDa	Big
mAmalla	bahaLa doDDa	Very big
nElya	doDDa, bruhattAda	Large
elya	saNNa / chikka	small
mast	tumbA	very much, a lot
dinja/jAsti	tumbA/jAsti	much, full
vantae/chUru	svalpa	a little, a bit
mAta / pUra	ellA	All/whole
iDi	iDi	Full, whole
ardha	ardha	half
kelavu	kelavu	some
pAka	halavu	many
naraka/galEji	galIju	dirt
nirmala / sudda	svachcha	clean
para	haLe	Old
posa	hosa	new
uruNTu	duNDu	round/circular
sarta / sIda	nEra	straight
orda	Ore	Crooked
chouka	chouka	square
sari/sama	sari/sama	right/correct
tappu	tappu	wrong
chaNDi	odde	wet
dunna	bhAra	heavy
pUntae	hagura	light weight
piriya	dubAri	Costly
agga	tuTTi	inexpensive
gaTTi	gaTTi	hard
mettanae	mridu	soft
pajji	hasi	Raw/fresh
kAyi	kAyi	Raw
par'nd	haNNu	Ripe
nungel	oNa	Dry
khAli	khAli	empty
baji	barE	Empty/Only
kattalae	kattale	dark
chIpae	sihi	sweet
kaipae	kahi	bitter
chappae	sappe	tasteless
khAra	khAra	spicy
puli	huLi	sour
uppu	uppu	salty
bechcha	bisi	Hot / warm
chauli	taNNagina	Cool / cold
tOra	dappa	Thick / Fat
sapura	teLLagina	Thin / Skinny
telpu	teLu	thin
udda	udda	tall
kudya	giDDa	short
ettara	ettara	height
agala	agala	wide
latt	eLattu	tender
bulett	beLeda	(well) grown
marata	marada	Wooden
dUrada	dUrada	Distant
kaitalda/muTTada	hattirada	Nearby
sukhata	sukhada	Happy
dukkhada	dukkhada	Sorrowful
bEneda	nOvina	Painful
kashTada / bangada	kashTada	Difficult
sulabada	sulabada	Easy
buddhida	buddhiya	Clever
koNDATada / mOkeda	muddAda	Lovely
eDatta / datta	eDa	Left
balatta	bala	right

Demonstrative Adjective Pronouns:

Tulu	Kannada	English
au, A	adu, A	That / Those
undu, I	idu, I	This / These
At	ashTu	So much / That much
It	ishTu	So much / This much
anchina / anchitti	antha	Such (Remote)
inchina / inchitti	intha	Such (Proximate)

Interrogative Adjective Pronouns:

Tulu	Kannada	English
O / vA	yAva	Which
Et	eshTu	How much / How many
enchi / enchina / enchitti	entha	What / Which
dAda	Enu	What

Indefinite Adjective Pronouns:

Tulu	Kannada	English
kelavu, kela	kelavu, kela	Some / Several
mAta	ella	All
pUra	pUrti / pUra	Whole
ori	obba	A (M)
orti	obbaLu	A (F)
onji	ondu	A (N)
kuDori, kuDorti, kuDonji	innobba, innobbaLu, innondu	another
ontae / kammi /kaDamae / chUru	svalpa / kaDime	Little / Few
pAka	halavu	Many
mast / dinja /jAsti	tumba / hechchu	Much / Many

Read the following lessons to learn more on Adjectives:

Tulu Lesson 13: Adjectives – Part 1

Tulu Lesson 19: Adjectives Part 2 - Uses of Participles

Tulu Lesson 24: Adjective Pronouns