başsız-ayaqsız bolurğa

/baʃsɯz-ajaqsɯz bolurʁa/

Literal translation

to become headless-footless

To go missing and leave no trace, so that nobody knows what became of the person; also, to make someone disappear in this way.

Ma bizni Askerça jaşçıqla, qızçıqla qazawatnı keziwünde başsız-ayaqsız tas bolub qalğandıla."Look, boys and girls like our Asker went missing without a trace during the war."
Tawjannı, qalay da bolsun, bir ullu palahı bardı. Sorsaŋ, başsız-tüpsüz etib qoyğan bolmasa, ölse da, tüzün aytırıq tüyüldü.Whatever the case, Tauzhan is in some great trouble. If you ask her, unless someone has made her vanish without a trace, she would not tell the truth even on her deathbed.

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