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110.       Natlisa
355 posts
 03 Jan 2006 Tue 06:47 pm

As I said before, this really could go on forever and ever... But here are a few more for you:

akıl akıl, gel çengele takıl - (Colloq) I don’t see how we can solve this problem

akıl akıldan üstündür- Proverb It pays to consult others.

perde perde - by degrees, gradually.

lop lop - (eating) in huge bites.

lop lop yutmak - to bolt down, swallow (food) whole.

doğrudan doğruya - directly.

doğru doğru dosdoğru - The exact truth is that

doğruya doğru, eğriye eğri demek - to speak the simple truth; to call a spade a spade

koş koşu – dash

patla patlak – burst

azar azar – little by little

çiğ çiğ yemek - to be enraged at

say sayı - number

boğaz boğaza gelmek - to be at one another´s throats

karınca kararınca - doing as much as one can (even if it's only a little)

darı darına - barely

koyun koyuna - in each other's arms / in the same bed

Gez gezi - tour

ufak ufak - bit by bit / in small pieces

lokma lokma - a little at a time

111.       Natlisa
355 posts
 03 Jan 2006 Tue 07:19 pm

Seeing as I've just looked at this in another thread:

doya doya - to one's heart's content, in abudance

112.       miss_ceyda
2627 posts
 03 Jan 2006 Tue 08:49 pm

akıl akıl, gel çengele takıl= (Colloq) I don’t see how we can solve this problem
akıl akıldan üstündür= Proverb It pays to consult others.
perde perde= by degrees, gradually.
lop lop= (eating) in huge bites.
lop lop yutmak= to bolt down, swallow (food) whole.
doğrudan doğruya= directly.
doğru doğru dosdoğru= The exact truth is that
doğruya doğru, eğriye eğri demek= to speak the simple truth; to call a spade a spade
koş koşu= dash
patla patlak= burst
azar azar= little by little
çiğ çiğ yemek= to be enraged at
say sayı= number
boğaz boğaza gelmek= to be at one another´s throats
karınca kararınca= doing as much as one can (even if it's only a little)
darı darına= barely
koyun koyuna= in each other's arms / in the same bed
Gez gezi= tour
ufak ufak= bit by bit / in small pieces
lokma lokma= a little at a time
doya doya= to one's heart's content, in abudance
tek tek=one by one
yavas yavas= slowly
tekrar tekrar = again and again
sabah sabah= early in the morning
anneanne=Mothers mother
adim adim= step by step
böyle böyle= in this way
bir bir= one by one
çabuk çabuk= very quickly
hemen hemen= almost
baska baska= anything else
hizli hizli= speedy
hadi hadi!= cut it short!
agir agir= slowly
haydi haydi= easily/ with no trouble
hafif hafif= gently/ slowly
kötü kötü= angrily, malevolently; maliciously
kötü kötü düsünmek= to brood, think of troubling things
direk direk bagirmak= to shout at the top of one´s voice
güzel güzel= beautifully calmly
tatli tatli= pleasantly
aci aci= painfully/ harshly
parça parça= in pieces
sicak sicak= piping hot (food)
simdi simdi= not until recently
göz göz= full of holes
bak bak= just look
bosu bosuna= uselessly
yan yan= sideways
yan yana= side by side
bile bile= knowingly
zaman zaman= occasionally
bazi bazi= from time to time
derece derece/ asama asama= gradually
derin derin= deeply/ profoundly
sekil sekil= all kinds of
minimini= teeny weeny
pek pek= at the very most
bol bol= gernerously
ince ince= subtly
kolay kolay= (with negative verbs only) easily
alev alev= with a lot of flames
ev ev= from house to house
gizli gizli= secretly
yer yer= here and there
yok yok= No! No!
bas basa= face to face.
bastan basa= from end to end
bas basa vermek= to work together (put heads together)
can cana/ bas basa - everyone for himself
aksi aksi= irritably
kuzu kuzu= like a lamb, sweetly, without protest
ayri ayri= separate
ciddi ciddi= seriously
vakit vakit/ zaman zaman= from time to time
pul pul= flaky
el ele= hand in hand
yüz yüze gelmek= to meet face to face
yüz yüze bakmak= to be in the position of often having to meet each other face to face.
günü gününe=day by day.
erkek erkege= man to man
olsa olsa= at the most
noktasi noktasina= exactly
saniyesi saniyesine - right on the second
dakikasi dakikasina - right on the minute
dakikasi dakikasina uymaz - temperamental
karsi karsiya - face to face
nefes nefese - out of breath
saç saça gelmek - to start to fight with each other (for women)
siz siz olun – don’t ever (do something)
dis dis - serrated
parmak parmak - like a finger
bacak bacak üstüne atmak - to cross one's legs
ayak ayak üstüne atmak - to cross one's legs
burun buruna - close together (nose to nose)
burun buruna gelmek - to run into, to come face to face
dudak dudaga - lip to lip.
dudak dudaga gelmek - to kiss each other
gir gira almak - (slang) to make fun of somebody.
gir gir geçmek - (slang) 1. to make fun of. 2. to waste time laughing and joking.
göz göre göre - according to one's opinion / blatantly
Güle güle - aah to smile to smile - goodbye! (when someone else is leaving)
Güle güle gidin - good luck !(have a good trip)
Güle güle giyin - Enjoy wearing it! (said when someone is wearing new clothing)
Güle güle kullanin - Enjoy it! (said to someone who has recently acquired something)
Gününü gün etmek - to be having a really good time
gürül gürül 1. with a loud, roaring sound, rumblingly, thunderously. 2. with a loud, strong voice, boomingly, with booming fluidity.
gürül gürül akmak to flow with a loud, roaring sound.
gürül gürül okumak - to read in a loud, strong voice.
iplik iplik - thread by thread/ separately
iplik iplik olmak - to become threadbare
isi is olmak - for affairs to go well
beterin beteri - the very worst
boy boy - assorted, various sizes
boyu boyuna, huyu huyuna uymak – (slang) good match/ suitable
huyu huyuna, suyu suyuna uygun - (slang) They get on well together
suyunun suyu - something that has only a faint connection with something else
kendi kendine - alone, of one's own accord
kendi kendini yemek - to eat one´s heart out, to worry oneself to death.
kendi kendine yeterli - self-reliant, self-sufficient
kirita kirita - flirtatiously
kirita kirita yürümek – to walk flirtatiously, coquettishly
kol kola - arm in arm
kol kola girmek - to link arms
körü körüne - blindly, carelessly
dilden dile dolasmak - to be talked about, become renowned or notorious
didik didik - pulled apart, torn to shreds.
didik didik etmek - to pull apart
didik didik olmak - to be pulled apart
zir zir – in an extreme way / in a nerve-racking way
ziril ziril aglamak – to cry like a baby (incessantly)
dört dörtlük – perfect
diri diri - alive, while living / rare, undercooked
lokur lokur – an idiom – for the sound of boiling water
fikir fikir kaynamak - to boil with a bubbling sound
fikir fikir - with a bubbling sound / bubbly, flirtatious
tipis tipis gitmek/yürümek - move with pattering footsteps
tipis tipis gitmek - to go whether one wants to or not.
zangir zangir - rattlingly, shaking violently
zonk zonk - used to intensify zonklamak (to show pain)
cana can katmak – to increase one's pleasure and health (add soul to soul)
cayir cayir yanmak - to burn furiously
tiklim tiklim – extremely crowded
taban tabana zit 1. diametrically opposite (to), antipodal (to). 2. completely dissimilar, totally unlike, very different, antipodal. 3. complete opposite.
çatir çatir çatlamak - to splinter into pieces / to be eaten up with jealousy
yol yol - striped (cloth)
fitil fitil burnundan gelmek= for an unexpected event to spoil one's pleasure
el ele vermek= to co-operate
kahramanlar kahramanı= the most heroic, super-hero!
fellik fellik aramak / fellek fellek aramak= to search high and low
durdu durdu= to postpone something time and time again
uma uma döndük muma= to wait in vain / to wait for something then give up hope
aç açına= on an empty stomach
aç açık= hungry and homeless
karşı karşıya= face to face
karşıdan karşıya= across
şaka şaka!= just a joke!
takım takım= in groups
küme küme= in groups, in heaps
grup grup= in groups
öbek öbek= in scattered groups, masses, heaps, or piles.
yaprak yaprak= multilayered
pare pare= in bits and pieces
bölüm bölüm= a little at a time
kısım kısım= in parts
topu topu= all in all, altogether
geri geri gitmek= to move backwards, to draw back in fear
bıçak bıçağa= knife to knife, at daggers drawn
şeytan şeytan= devilishly, very mischievously
top top= very round
renk renk= colorful, multicoloured
rahat rahat= comfortably, easily, smoothly
Tel tel= resembling a rope or cord
çizgi çizgi= striped
temiz temiz= cleanly, immaculately
çekişe çekişe pazarlık etmek= to haggle, bargain hard
sıkı sıkıya= very tightly
sözüm söz= You have my word on it. (slang)
harfi harfine= to the letter
benek benek= speckled, dotted / in little groups
dizi dizi= lined up in rows
sıra sıra= row upon row of
söz sözü açar= One topic leads to another
laf lafı açar= One topic leads to another
şÃ¶yle böyle= so so
aptal aptal= foolish,foolish
saçma sapan= nonsense,nonsense
sırt sırta vermek= to stand back to back / to support each other, to help each other
kafa kafaya vermek= to put their heads together
diz dize oturmak= to sit close together
gün günden= from day to day, gradually
günü gününe uymamak= to be capricious, be fickle
saati saatine uymamak= to be capricious, be very unpredictable
saati saatine= on time, punctually
biz bize= by ourselves
sen sen ol= never
ben ben demek= to keep saying I, to be egotistic
akşam akşam= this time of the night
akşamdan akşama= every evening
yemek yemek= to eat
çok çok= at the very most
kapıdan kapıya= door-to-door
kapı kapı dolaşmak = 1. to visit many people. 2. to go from office to office (trying to get one's business done)
kulaktan kulağa= on the grapevine (news travelling)
açık açık - openly, frankly
bilek bilek akmak - to flow out in a strong stream
yüzde yüz= certainly
daha daha?= And so? (slang)
kaça kaç?= What´s the score?
pırıl pırıl = shining, twinkling
tıkır tıkır = the sound of softly ticking, knocking
şırıl şırıl = swishing sound. (like swissshh in the wind )
şarıl şarıl = foaming / splattering / crackling (sound)
gurul gurul = rumbling (when ur hungry )
patır patır = trippling, pattering, stamping
takır takır = [sound] like a gun shot
löpür löpür = greedy and noisy
gıdı gıdı = gichi gichi, giggle, for little kids
koşa koşa = in a hurry
garip garip = strangely
gıdım gıdım = in/with very small amounts/pieces
uslu uslu = innocently, quietly, calmly
kibar kibar = gently/politely/kindly
tekrar tekrar = again and again


WHEN ARE WE GONNA SAY THAT THE LIST IS DONE?? HEHE

113.       oceanmavi
997 posts
 03 Jan 2006 Tue 09:05 pm

karış karış
1. every inch (of a place).
2. over every inch (of it).
3. with a fine-tooth comb, very carefully

114.       salukvadze
82 posts
 04 Jan 2006 Wed 01:22 am

115.       salukvadze
82 posts
 04 Jan 2006 Wed 01:39 am

116.       Natlisa
355 posts
 04 Jan 2006 Wed 03:08 am

Thanks to the help of Excel(!) I have put the "up to date" as it currently stands list into alphabetical order. It's very long... and by no means exhaustive.. (It really could go on forever!)

A

aç açık = hungry and homeless
aç açına = on an empty stomach
acı acı = painfully/ harshly
açık açık = openly, frankly
adım adım = step by step
ağır ağır = slowly
akıl akıl, gel çengele takıl = (Colloq) I don’t see how we can solve this problem
akıl akıldan üstündür = Proverb It pays to consult others.
akşam akşam = this time of the night
akşamdan akşama = every evening
aksi aksi = irritably
alev alev = with a lot of flames
anneanne =Mothers mother
aptal aptal = foolish,foolish
aşama aşama = gradually
ayak ayak üstüne atmak = to cross one's legs
ayrı ayrı = separate
azar azar = little by little


B

bacak bacak üstüne atmak = to cross one's legs
bak bak = just look
baş başa vermek = to work together (put heads together)
baş başa = face to face
başka başka = anything else
baştan başa = from end to end
bazı bazı = from time to time
ben ben demek = to keep saying I; to be egotistic
benek benek = speckled, dotted / in little groups
beterin beteri = the very worst
bıçak bıçağa = knife to knife; at daggers drawn
bıngıl bıngıl = fat and bulging, blubbery
bile bile = knowingly
bilek bilek akmak = to flow out in a strong stream
bir bir = one by one
biz bize = by ourselves, without any strangers in our midst
boğaz boğaza gelmek = to be at one another’s throats
bol bol = generously
boşu boşuna = uselessly
boy boy = assorted
boyu boyuna huyu huyuna uymak = good match / suitable
bölüm bölüm = a little at a time
böyle böyle = in this way
burun buruna = close together (nose to nose)
burun buruna gelmek = to run into, to come face to face


C

can cana, baş başa = everyone for himself
cana can katmak = to increase one’s pleasure and health (add soul to soul)
cayır cayır yanmak = to burn furiously
ciddi ciddi = seriously


Ç

çabuk çabuk = very quickly
çatir çatir çatlamak = to splinter into pieces / to be eaten up with jealousy
çekişe çekişe pazarlık etmek = to haggle, bargain hard
çiğ çiğ yemek = to be enraged at
çizgi çizgi = striped
çok çok = at most, at the very most


D

daha daha? = And so? (slang)
dakikası dakikasına = right on the minute
dakikası dakikasına uymaz = temperamental
darı darına = barely
derece derece = gradually
derin derin = deeply/ profoundly
dır dır = grumblingly, naggingly
didik didik = pulled apart, torn to shreds.
didik didik etmek = to pull apart
didik didik olmak = to be pulled apart
dilden dile dolaşmak = to be talked about, become renowned or notorious
direk direk bağırmak = to shout at the top of one´s voice
diri diri = alive, while living / rare, undercooked
diş diş = serrated
diz dize oturmak = to sit close together
dizi dizi = lined up in rows
doğru doğru dosdoğru = The exact truth is that
doğrudan doğruya = directly.
doğruya doğru, eğriye eğri demek = to speak the simple truth; to call a spade a spade
dolu dolu = completely full
doya doya = to one’s heart’s content, in abundance
dört dörtlük = perfect
dudak dudağa = lip to lip.
dudak dudağa gelmek = to kiss each other
durdu durdu = to postpone something time and time again


E

el ele vermek = to co-operate
el ele = hand in hand
erkek erkeğe = man-to-man.
ev ev = from house to house


F

fellik fellik aramak / fellek fellek aramak = to search high and low
fıkır fıkır = with a bubbling sound / bubbly, flirtatious
fıkır fıkır kaynamak = to boil with a bubbling sound
fitil fitil burnundan gelmek = for an unexpected event to spoil one's pleasure


G

garip garip = in bewilderment, confusedly / strangely
geri geri gitmek = to move backwards, to draw back in fear
gez gezi = tour
gıdı gıdı = gichi gichi, giggle, for little kids
gıdım gıdım = in/with very small amounts/pieces
gır gır geçmek = (slang) 1. to make fun of. 2. to waste time laughing and joking.
gır gıra almak = (slang) to make fun of somebody
gizli gizli = secretly
göz göre göre = according to one's opinion / blatantly
göz göz = full of holes
grup grup = in groups
gurul gurl = rumbling (when you’re hungry)
Güle güle = to smile to smile - goodbye! (when someone else is leaving)
Güle güle gidin = good luck! (have a good trip)
Güle güle giyin = Enjoy wearing it! (said when someone is wearing new clothing)
Güle güle kullanin = Enjoy it! (said to someone who has recently acquired something)
gün günden = from day to day, gradually
günü gününe uymamak = to be capricious, be fickle
günü gününe = day by day
gününü gün etmek = to be having a really good time
gürül gürül = 1. with a loud, roaring sound, rumblingly, thunderously. 2. with a loud, strong voice, boomingly, with booming fluidity.
gürül gürül akmak = to flow with a loud, roaring sound.
gürül gürül okumak = to read in a loud, strong voice.
güzel güzel = beautifully, calmly


H

hadi hadi! = cut it short!
hafif hafif = gently / slowly
harfi harfine = to the letter
haydi haydi = easily / with no trouble
hemen hemen = almost
hızlı hızlı = speedy
hoplaya hoplaya = to jump for joy
huyu huyuna, suyu suyuna uygun = (slang) They get on well together


İ

ince ince = subtly
iplik iplik = thread by thread / separately
iplik iplik omak = to become threadbare
işi iş olmak = for affairs to go well


K

kaça kaç? = What´s the score?
kafa kafaya vermek = to put their heads together
kahramanlar kahramanı = the most heroic, super-hero!
kapı kapı dolaşmak = 1. to visit many people. 2. to go from office to office (trying to get one's business done)
kapıdan kapıya = door-to-door
karınca kararınca = doing as much as one can (even if it's only a little)
karını karnına = geçmiş painfully thin person
karış karış = 1. every inch (of a place) 2. over every inch (of it). 3. with a fine-tooth comb, very carefully
karşı karşıya = face to face
karşıdan karşıya = across
kendi kendine = alone, of one’s own accord.
kendi kendine yeterli = self-reliant and self-sufficient
kendi kendini yemek = to eat one’s heart out, worry oneself to death.
kırıta kırıta = flirtatiously
kirita kirita yürümek = to walk flirtatiously, coquettishly
kısım kısım = in parts
kıs kıs gülmek = to laugh silently
kibar kibar = gently/politely/kindly
kok koku = smell
kol kola = arm in arm.
kol kola girmek = to link arms
kolay kolay = (with negative verbs only) easily
koş koşu = dash
koşa koşa = in a hurry
koyun koyuna = in each other's arms / in the same bed
körü koruna = blindly, carelessly, at random
kös kös = looking neither right nor left
kötü kötü düşÃ¼nmek = to brood, think of troubling things
kötü kötü = angrily, malevolently; maliciously
kulaktan kulağa = on the grapevine (news travelling)
kuzu kuzu = like a lamb, sweetly, without protest
küme küme = in groups, in heaps


L

laf lafı açar = One topic leads to another
lokma lokma = a little at a time
lokur lokur = an idiom – for the sound of boiling water
lop lop yutmak = to bolt down, swallow (food) whole
lop lop = (eating) in huge bites
löpür löpür = greedy and noisy


M

minimini = teeny weeny


N

nefes nefese = out of breath
noktası noktasına = exactly


O

olsa olsa = at the most


Ö

öbek öbek = in scattered groups, masses, heaps, or piles.


P

parça parka = in pieces
pare pare = in bits and pieces
parmak parmak = like a finger
patır patır = pattering, stamping
patla patlak = burst
pek pek = at the very most
perde perde = by degrees, gradually.
pırıl pırıl = brilliant, sparkling
pır pır etmek = to whir
pis pis = to leer
pul pul = flaky


R

rahat rahat = comfortably, easily, smoothly
renk renk = colorful, multi-coloured


S

saati saatine uymamak = to be capricious, be very unpredictable
saati saatine = on time, punctually
sabah sabah = early in the morning
saç saça (baş başa) gelmek = to start to fight with each other (for women)
saçma sapan = nonsense, nonsense
saniyesi saniyesine = right on the second
say sayı = number
sen sen ol = never
seve seve = freely, gladly, willingly
sıcak sıcak = piping hot (food)
sıkı sıkıya = very tightly
sıra sıra = row upon row of
sırt sırta vermek = to stand back to back / to support each other, to help each other
siz siz olun = don’t ever (do something)
söz sözü açar = One topic leads to another
sözüm söz= You have my word on it. (slang)
suyunun suyu = something that has only a faint connection with something else


Ş

şaka şaka! = just a joke!
şarıl şarıl = foaming / splattering / crackling (sound)
şekil şekil = all kinds of
şeytan şeytan = devilishly, very mischievously
şırıl şırıl = swishing sound (like swissshh in the wind)
şimdi şimdi = not until recently
şÃ¶yle böyle = so so


T

taban tabana zit = 1. diametrically opposite (to), antipodal (to). 2. completely dissimilar, totally unlike, very different, antipodal. 3. complete opposite.
takım takım = in groups
takır takır = (sound) like a gun shot
tatlı tatlı = pleasantly
tek tek =one by one
tekrar tekrar = again and again
tel tel = resembling a rope or cord
temiz temiz = cleanly, immaculately
tıkır tıkır = the sound of softly ticking, knocking
tıklım tıklım = extremely crowded
tın tın = (slang) dim-witted; not bright
tıpış tıpış gitmek = to go whether one wants to or not.
tıpış tıpış gitmek/yürümek = move with pattering footsteps
tin tin = (moving) very quietly and cautiously, on tiptoe
top top = very round
topu topu = all in all, altogether


U

ufak ufak = bit by bit / in small pieces
uma uma döndük muma = to wait in vain / to wait for something then give up hope
uslu uslu = innocently, quietly, calmly


V

vakit vakit / zaman zaman = from time to time
vır vır etmek = to grumble all the time


Y

yan yan = sideways
yan yana = side by side
yaprak yaprak = multilayered
yavaş yavaş = slowly
yemek yemek = to eat
yer yer = here and there
yok yok = No! No!
yol yol = striped (cloth)
yüz yüze bakmak = to be in the position of often having to meet each other face to face.
yüz yüze gelmek = to meet face to face
yüzde yüz = certainly


Z

zaman zaman = occasionally
zangir zangir = rattlingly, shaking violently
zıp zıp = to bounce
zır zır = in an extreme way / in a nerve-racking way
zırıl zırıl ağlamak = to cry like a baby (incessantly)
zonk zonk = used to intensify zonklamak (to show pain)

117.       miss_ceyda
2627 posts
 04 Jan 2006 Wed 04:02 pm

wow!! this is great!!
i didnt know that u could even use excel to put things in alphabetical order! i was planning to use MS access, which as u all probably know, is a lot more complicated

what is that post which saluk has posted up there?
shall we add that to the alphabetical list? i think that maybe the correct verbs to use the double word phrases with.. am i right?

118.       Natlisa
355 posts
 04 Jan 2006 Wed 04:11 pm

We already had a lot of those, but I added the ones which were missing. I didn't add in sap sap (dolaşmak) though - as wasn't certain of its meaning.

119.       miss_ceyda
2627 posts
 04 Jan 2006 Wed 04:13 pm

you are a star then! and u saved me a big job!

120.       Natlisa
355 posts
 04 Jan 2006 Wed 04:14 pm

You're welcome. I have to give some of the credit to excel though!

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