ham-çom etib

/xam-tʃom etib/

Literal translation

doing 'ham-chom'

To eat solid food while washing each mouthful down with sips of a drink, alternating bites and sips.

Hajiladan keltirgen qaynay turğan ayran bla qalaçlanı ham-çom etib aşadıla, bal tatdıra.They ate the loaves with the steaming ayran brought from the hajjis, a bite and a sip at a time, and it tasted like honey.
Özbek uşkogun jıyıb boşarğa, Mustafa öretinley suwuq ayrançıq bla suwuq gırjınçığın ham-çom etib, aşap boşadı.Before Özbek had finished putting away his rifle, Mustafa, still on his feet, had polished off his cold ayran and his cold bit of bread, a bite and a sip at a time.

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