şum bolurğa
/ʃum bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become hushed
Intended meaning
To stop making noise and say nothing at all; to go quiet.
- Söz qızıwğa kirib turğanlay, Rasul keldi, jaşçıqla şum boldula.Just as the talk was getting heated, Rasul came in, and the boys fell silent.
- Şamil uşkogun enişge boşladı. Jaşlanı şum-şumalaq bolub turğanların jaratmadı.Shamil lowered his rifle. He did not like that the young men were keeping dead quiet.
Variants
- şum-şumalaq bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 504
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 241