itlik kölek

/itlik kølek/

Literal translation

dog shirt

The first little shirt sewn for a newborn infant.

...Nalbike jan tınçlıq, tözüm taba edi, bir-birde kesini esinde da bolmay, qolları, közleri qayda ese da bıstır jurunçuqla tabıb, iyne, halı alıb, tuwarıq janŋa itlik kölekçik, beşik bıstırla tigib başlay edi....Nalbike was finding peace of mind and patience; sometimes without even noticing it herself, her hands and eyes would find scraps of cloth somewhere, take up needle and thread, and she would begin sewing a newborn's first little shirt and cradle wrappings for the child to be born.

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