çotha alırğa
/tʃotxa alɯrʁa/
Collocation · Light-verb construction
Literal translation
to take (something) into the count
Intended meaning
To count or reckon something; to work out an amount or total.
- Har sağatnı, minutnu çotha aladıla, ne zamanda qalayğa keteriklerin belgileydile [duşman ofitserle].They [the enemy officers] count every hour and every minute, working out when and where they will be taken.
- Tükençi Abidat aythannı etdi, könçekni saldı, bağasın çotha urdu.The shopkeeper did as Abidat said, put the trousers in, and reckoned up their price.
Variants
- çotha ururğa
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary