ayaq bügerge
/ajaq byɡerɡe/
Literal translation
to bend the leg
Intended meaning
To dance on tiptoe with lively, playful steps out of high spirits; to be overjoyed.
- Ol zamanda Aslanuqa asırı quwanŋandan, ayaq bügerge jetişdi, turğan jerinde alay gıllıwladı – kölde bappuş jüzgen sunar ediŋ.Just then Aslanuka, out of sheer joy, was ready to break into a dance; he swayed where he stood so that you would have thought a duck was swimming on a lake.
Variants
- tepsew
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 84