awruwuŋu alayım

/awruwuŋu alajɯm/

Literal translation

let me take your illness

Affectionate blessing said to a loved one, expressing the wish to die before them rather than outlive them.

Qarındaşla, awruwuğuznu alayım, Jaşağız siz, qurmanığız bolayım!– Brothers, may I take your illness, may you live long, let me be your sacrifice!
Anası ua, jaşı aşnı üsünden aythan sunadı da: «Ma alayda, awruwuŋu alayım, ayran bla gırjın hazırdıla, al da, aşa», – deydi.His mother thought her son was speaking about food and said: “Right there, may I take your illness, the ayran and bread are ready, take some and eat.”

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