başı tutarğa
/baʃɯ tutarʁa/
Literal translation
one's head holds (grips)
Intended meaning
To suffer a severe, gripping headache.
- Başım tutsa, men nemi da unutub qoyama.When my head is splitting, I forget everything.
- Men, ol jazıqğa asırı buşuw etgenden, başım tutub, baralğan da etmegenme, – dedi Bayqasım."I grieved so much for that poor soul that my head was splitting and I could not even go," said Baykasym.
Variants
- başı qısarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 103