ayıw kurkasına kirgenley

/ajɯw kurkasɯna kirɡenlej/

Literal translation

as if a bear had gone into its den

Intended meaning

Said of someone who stays shut up in one place and never comes out.
  • Andan sora çalğıçıla, ayıwla kurkalarına kirgença, iŋir salqınŋa deri qoşlarına kirib, hazna tışına çıqmaydıla.– After that the mowers, like bears gone into their dens, went into their huts until the evening cool and hardly came outside at all.

Variants

  • ayıw kurkasına kirgença
  • ayıw kurkasına kirgen kibik

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