çuw deme
/tʃuw deme/
Literal translation
do not say 'chuw'
Intended meaning
To keep completely silent about something and not breathe a word of it to anyone; used as an injunction to hold one's tongue.
- Çita, tiliŋi tıy. Bir insanŋa çuw deme.Chita, hold your tongue. Don't say a word to a single soul.
- Maljey qızlarına şıbırdadı: «Qayda da adamlağa çuw etmegiz».Malzhey whispered to her daughters: "Don't say a word to anyone, anywhere."
Variants
- çuw etme
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 496