oh-tuh eterge
/ox-tux eterɡe/
Literal translation
to go "okh-tukh"
Intended meaning
To moan and groan, making one's exhaustion or poor health plain to those around one.
- Urvandan örge aylanŋan bla, Kseniya Petrovna tögerekge qaray başladı. Jemtala köpürge jetgende, seyir etib, tardan örge aylanŋanlarında ua, oh-tuh etib tebiredi.As soon as they turned uphill from the Urvan, Ksenia Petrovna began looking around. At the Zhemtala bridge she was full of wonder, but when they turned up into the gorge she started groaning and puffing.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 382