ol birew

/ol birew/

Literal translation

that someone

Intended meaning

Used to refer to a person while withholding their name, most often one's own husband or wife.
  • Suw ağaçnı eşikge çığarayım, üyde oğay eseŋ, koridorda körse da, ol biri aqılından çığadı, – dep, Sapiyat erlay anı gözenni qabırğasına süep, ızına kirgenley: – Ol biri degeniŋi Bazarbiygemi aytasa? – dep, Jandet, şintikni Sapiyatnı tübüne türte, sordu."Let me put the water-pole outside; if you won't have it in the house, then even if he catches sight of it in the hallway, that one of mine goes out of his mind," said Sapiyat, and, propping it at once against the wall of the porch, as soon as she stepped back in: "Is it Bazarbiy you mean by 'that one'?" asked Zhandet, pushing a stool under Sapiyat.

Variants

  • ol biri

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