çegem salamlaşıw
/tʃeɡem salamlaʃɯw/
Literal translation
a Chegem greeting
Intended meaning
Remembering or bringing something up only long afterwards, when it is far too late.
- Ol nasıpsız a menden til tuthanın da, çegem salamlaşıwça, endi esine tüşürüb, jumuşaq şıbırdaydı.And that luckless one, only now recalling — like a Chegem greeting — that he had held his tongue with me, whispers softly.
- Çegemlileni bir çam qılıqlarına – çegem salamlaşıwğa da es böledi poet. Allay qujur töre – bek tüz, bek igi!The poet also gives attention to one of the Chegem people's droll customs — the Chegem greeting. Such a quaint usage — quite right, quite fine!
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 492
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 224