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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