muwal bolurğa

/muwal bolurʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to become limp

Intended meaning

Of grass, leaves or other plants: to lose freshness and go limp.
  • Muwal bola başlağan çügündür çapıraqlanı üslerinde tohtağan çıq tamıçıla jim-jim jıltıraydıla.The drops of dew that had settled on the beet leaves, which were beginning to wilt, glitter and glisten.

Literal translation

to become limp

Intended meaning

Of a person: to lose one's spirit and grow subdued and crestfallen out of embarrassment or intimidation.
  • Tawlan, orunundan qobub, jütü qarağanında, Barazbiy: «Oğay, men busağatda kelgen edim», – dep, muwal bolub, aqırın juwap etdi.When Taulan rose from his place and looked at him sharply, Barazbiy, shrinking back, answered quietly: "No, I had only just come."

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