ataŋdanmı tuwğandı?
/ataŋdanmɯ tuwʁandɯ?/
Literal translation
was he born of your father?
Intended meaning
Used as a rhetorical question to deny that someone has any claim on one's help or favour, since they are no relation.
- Tata aythanlay, bıla [qartla] meni atamdanmı tuwğandıla? Alaysız da azmı boladı men alanı üslerine tüşüb turğanlı?"As Tata says, are these [old men] my father's own sons? Haven't I put up with them long enough as it is?"
- Kerim, Ahmat da, birsile da sizni negiz boladıla? Alağa nege janığız awruydu, atağızdan tuwmağan esele?"What are Kerim, Ahmat and the rest to you? Why do you worry about them, when they are not your father's own children?"
Variants
- ataŋdan tuwmağan ese!
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 58