üy biyçe
/yj bijtʃe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
house lady
Intended meaning
The woman of a household who is the mother of its children.
- Jaw çıraqnı jandırıb, üy biyçesi da anı qatına olturdu.Having lit the tallow lamp, the lady of the house sat down beside him.
- Üyürünü jalçıtalmay tuzun-aşın, Üy biyçesi emçek alıb biyni jaşın.Unable to provide her family's salt and food, the lady of the house nursed the bey's son at her breast.
Literal translation
house lady
Intended meaning
A man's wife.
- Sen da, awrub, maŋa qoşulma, marja, – dedi bir jol İbrahim üy biyçesine."Don't you fall ill and join me too, please," Ibrahim said one day to his wife.
- Sen keçe aylanŋannı bir tınç suna bolursa deyme, – dep, üy biyçem da bir janından tırman etib, oŋumu aladı."I suppose you think roaming about at night is an easy thing," my wife says, nagging at me from her side and wearing down my strength.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 529