awruğan – ölgenŋe degenley

/awruʁan – ølɡenŋe deɡenlej/

Literal translation

as the sick one said to the dead one

Said jokingly when someone turns for help to a person even less able to give it than they are themselves.

Awruğan – ölgenŋe degenley, bu da menden boluşluq izleydi, – dedi ınna tuwduğuna."Like the sick man appealing to the dead man, this one too is looking to me for help," the grandmother said to her grandchild.

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