kölü aman eterge
/køly aman eterɡe/
This expression has 3 meanings.
Literal translation
for one's heart to do badly
Intended meaning
To grow weak and light-headed to the point of losing one's senses; to feel sick and faint.
- Anı üsüne ua, samolötha minŋenim maŋa igi jaraşmay turadı. Tohtamağanlay kölüm aman etgenley turadı.On top of that, flying in an airplane does not agree with me at all. I keep feeling sick without a break.
- Kele kelib, Aday suw boyununa jetgenibizley, anamı kölü aman etib, botasın tört büklep, taş üsüne atdı da, igi kesek olturdu.As we came along, just as we reached the bank of the Aday river, my mother felt faint; she folded her shawl in four, threw it down on a stone and sat there a good while.
Literal translation
for one's heart to do badly
Intended meaning
For someone to grow powerless and faint from lack of food.
- İgi kesek zamannı içine aş barmağan Magomet, kölü aman ete tebiregenin sezib, sanların qaltırawuq alıb, küçden-butdan ayağı üsüne süeldi.Magomet, who had had no food in him for a good long while, felt himself starting to grow faint, and with his limbs seized by trembling he got to his feet only with great difficulty.
Literal translation
for one's heart to do badly
Intended meaning
To sink into a brooding, low mood; to turn sad.
- Kün ayazığınçı, Safiyat, ol iynarçıqlarıŋdan bir ayt. Ne ese da kölüm bir aman bolğandı.Until the weather clears, Safiyat, sing one of those little songs of yours. Somehow my heart has grown very heavy.
Variants
- kölü aman bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 264
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 129
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 133