etegi, jeŋi bla keltirmezge
/eteɡi, dʒeŋi bla keltirmezɡe/
Literal translation
not to bring in one's hem and sleeve
Intended meaning
Said in affirming that a child is one's own by birth and nobody else's.
- Aqbiyçe aytdı: – Men da adam balası edim, etegimde, jeŋimde keltirmegenme jaşıŋı, qızıŋı da, sınlı üyde tuwdula, ösdüle.Akbiyche said: "I too was born of human parents; I did not bring your son or your daughter in my hem, in my sleeve — they were born and grew up in a house of standing."
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 523