burunu süyünürge
/burunu syjynyrɡe/
Literal translation
for one's nose to rejoice
Intended meaning
Of a person: to have a premonition, felt as a tingling in the nose, that a visitor or relative is about to arrive.
- Bir Allah, burunum süyünüb tura edi da, bir juwuq adamım kelligin bile edim.Dear God, my nose had been tingling all along, and I knew that some relative of mine was going to come.
- Süygenim kele bolurmu, teŋle, Burunum quturtadı süyünüb.Could my beloved be coming, friends? My nose is itching with joy.
Variants
- burunu süyündürürge
- burunu quturturğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 147