kesin köpdürürge
/kesin køpdyryrɡe/
Literal translation
to swell oneself up
Intended meaning
To be hurt or aggrieved, and to show it by sulking in wounded silence.
- Seni maŋa kesiŋi köpdürür jeriŋ joqdu! Seni etgen artıqlığıŋ bitew halqğa tuwradı, – dep [Örüzmekge], Musabiy biraz alğaraq atladı.You have no grounds to take offense at me! The wrong you have done is plain to the whole people, — said Musabiy [to Öryuzmek], stepping a little forward.
- Bu keziwde Qayırbek keldi. Saniyatnı, gurt tawuqça, kesin köpdürüb, jaşını ua tüp erini salınıb turğanın körgende, alanı aralarında tatlı uşaq barmağanın sezdi.Just then Kayyrbek came in. Seeing Saniyat sulking, puffed up like a brooding hen, and her son with his lower lip drooping, he sensed that no friendly talk had passed between them.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 236
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 117