qım-tım eterge
/qɯm-tɯm eterɡe/
Literal translation
to do "къым-тым" (a mumbling noise)
Intended meaning
To be at a loss for words and fail to speak clearly or intelligibly.
- Malçılağa jetgende, kim andan, kim mından sorub başlağanlay oquna, içim jandı. Amalsız boldum, qım-tım etdim.When I reached the herders, the moment they started asking me questions from every side, my insides burned. I was helpless, and I could not get a clear word out.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 347