ayağı boş bolurğa
/ajaʁɯ boʃ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for one's foot to become free
Intended meaning
Of a new bride: to be released by custom from seclusion in the bridal room so that she may move about the house freely and be shown to her husband's kin; causatively, for the family to grant her this freedom.
- Kelinni ayağı boş bolğandı, endi eşikge da çığar.The bride's foot has been freed; now she will even go outside.
- Kelinni bügeçe üyge kiyirebiz, ayağın boş etebiz.Tonight we bring the bride into the house and free her foot.
Variants
- ayağın boş eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 79