söz qozğarğa
/søz qozʁarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to stir up talk
Intended meaning
To raise a subject so as to set an argument or a fuss going; to pick a quarrel or look for a pretext for one.
- Awuzlanŋanlay, qartnı hapar aytırın izleb, söz qozğadım.As soon as we had eaten, wanting the old man to tell a tale, I struck up the talk.
- Baydımat kesi söleşib başlağınçı, söz başlab, söz qozğarğa iylığıb tohtadı.Until Baydymat began to speak himself, he was too embarrassed to open the conversation, to strike up the talk.
Sources
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- Akbaev 2007 · Phraseology of the Karachay-Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary