kötürgenlik eterge
/køtyrɡenlik eterɡe/
Literal translation
to do a lifting
Intended meaning
For a daughter-in-law to honour her mother-in-law with a gift when the newborn is first laid in the cradle.
- Qayın anasın anı blamı köredi? Sabiy tuwğanında qayın anasına kötürgenlik ete bilge edi.Is this how she honours her mother-in-law? When the child was born she ought to have known to make her mother-in-law the cradle gift.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 270