qıyama adam
/qɯjama adam/
Intended meaning
A short, small, feeble person; a runt.
- Alay a, Başir Gulliver dep oquğanlıqğa, Jarnes ol Şırdan bolğanın biledi, liliputla dep da bilmey aytadıla ansı, ala qıyama adamlarıdıla.But although Bashir read it as Gulliver, Jarnes knows that he is Shyrdan; they say "lilliputians" only out of ignorance — they are puny little people.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 350