boyun siŋirleri sozula

/bojun siŋirleri sozula/

Literal translation

one's neck sinews are stretching

Extremely thin and enfeebled from undernourishment, to the point of looking close to death.

Jeminat a, jazıq, sizge bitlerinmi berlikdi? Kesini da boyun siŋirleri sozula aylanadı.And poor Dzheminat — is she going to give you her lice? She herself goes about wasting away.
Hajosman, boyun siŋirleri sozula, küçden atlay, qoşdan çıqdı.Hadzhosman, wasted to the bone, walking with difficulty, came out of the herders' camp.

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