awuzuna jeterge
/awuzuna dʒeterɡe/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to reach one's mouth
Intended meaning
To get a share of food sent over from a neighbour's household.
- Temmot şaptallanı qabaqdan keltirgendi da, sizni awuzuğuzğa da jetsin dep jibergendi derse.Say that Temmot brought the peaches from the orchard and sent some over so that you too would get a taste of them.
Literal translation
to reach one's mouth
Intended meaning
To eat or taste some of a given thing.
- Mından tatlı, suwlu zat meni awuzuma tiymegendi.Nothing sweeter or juicier than this has ever passed my lips.
Variants
- awuzuna tierge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 70