emçek ana
/emtʃek ana/
Literal translation
breast mother
Intended meaning
A woman who nursed and brought up another woman's child at her own breast; a foster mother by nursing.
- Teŋ etib sizni halal ahluma, Teŋ etib sizni [qırğızlılanı] emçek anama.Holding you equal to my honest kin, holding you [the Kyrgyz] equal to my milk mother.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 518