qıŋır qaç eterge

/qɯŋɯr qatʃ eterɡe/

Literal translation

to make a crooked cross

To register amazement at something someone has done, by the old custom of scratching marks on the wall with a charred stick.

«Bizni elde da alay ete başlağan esele, qıŋır qaç eterge kerek edi», – degen awazla eşitildile."If they have started doing that in our village too, one ought to make a crooked cross" — such voices were heard.
Sen [Zalimhan] qala eseŋ, qıŋır qaç tartırğa kerekdi. Qar jawdurub, işibizni bir oymağa ediŋ, – dep, Erkehan kölündegin laqırda hal bla aytdı."If you are staying, Zalimhan, we ought to make a crooked cross. You brought the snow down and buried our work in a drift," said Erkehan, putting what was on his mind as a joke.

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