közü-başı bla körgüztürge
/køzy-baʃɯ bla kørɡyztyrɡe/
Literal translation
to show with one's eye-and-head
Intended meaning
To give someone a sign without speaking, using a glance or a movement of the face.
- Bir zamanda qarasa, tişirıwlanı ortasından atasını ertte qoyulub turğan egeçi Goliya, közü-başı bla körgüztüb, Abdulnu kesine çaqırıb küreşedi.Looking over at one point, he sees that Goliya, his father's long-estranged sister, is signalling from among the women with her eyes and face, trying to call Abdul over to her.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 253