könçeklikge aylanırğa

/køntʃeklikɡe ajlanɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to go around after trouser-cloth

Intended meaning

To go about stealing and plundering; to take up robbery as a way of life.
  • Quwğunŋa kelgen atlı aythanŋa köre, Mahmutçuq anam qıyınlını birgesine suwğa barıb, oynayma dep, artharaq qalğanlay, könçeklikge aylanŋanla, qarap turub, sermep alıb, jamıçı tübüne urub ketgenlerin bildik.From what the rider who brought the alarm said, we learned that Mahmutchuk had gone down to the river with my poor mother, and when he lagged a little behind saying he was playing, men out thieving watched their moment, snatched him up, bundled him under a felt cloak and rode off.

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