eki ayaqlı
/eki ajaqlɯ/
Idiom
Literal translation
two-legged
Intended meaning
A person; a human being.
- Awullada eki ayaqlı qalmağandı.Not a human being was left in the villages.
- Qarındaşla kete turub, ala jolda bara, ne kele, eki ayaqlı körmegendile. Tögerekde-başda iesiz aylanŋan mallanı körüb, jilyağandıla.As the brothers went on their way, going along the road, coming and going, they saw not a human being. Seeing the ownerless livestock wandering all about, they wept.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary