ana bawur
/ana bawur/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
mother liver
Intended meaning
A blood relative on one's mother's side of the family.
- Ol degeniŋ? Qalay şaşhandı harib çegemli, ana bawurum? – dep Qonaqnı sorğanın eşitib, birsile da sağaydıla."What do you mean? How has the poor Chegem man lost his mind, my mother's kin?" – when they heard Qonaq ask this, the others too grew alert.
Literal translation
mother liver
Intended meaning
An affectionate form of address used in Karachay for one's mother's brother.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 43
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 124
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 32