iyneden öterik bolurğa

/ijneden øterik bolurʁa/

Literal translation

to become able to pass through a needle

To become extremely thin and emaciated, wasted away.

Jüregiŋi bılay qıynağan ne zat bolğanın bilirge süebiz – dedi Huray. – Anaŋ iyneden öterik bolğandı. Men kökde, jerde esem da bilmeyme."We want to know what it is that torments your heart so," said Huray. "Your mother has wasted away to nothing. I no longer know whether I am in the sky or on the earth."

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