kindigi qatı bururğa
/kindiɡi qatɯ bururʁa/
Literal translation
for one's navel to twist hard
Intended meaning
To feel sharp inner pain or distress over something; to grieve and worry deeply about it.
- Közüm köre, tüp bolub barğanıbız esime tüşse ua, kindigim qatı buradı. Irıshıŋı, mülküŋü jürütürge kesiŋden tuwub ulanıŋ qalmasa, jerni başın basıb jürügenden ne hayır? – degendi Tazret."When I remember, before my own eyes, how we are going to ruin, it wrings me inside. If no son born of you is left to keep your goods and property, what use is it to have walked the face of the earth?" said Tazret.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 272