qandan qanŋa

/qandan qanŋa/

Literal translation

from blood to blood

Intended meaning

Of the customs and traditions of parents, elders and the clan: to be handed down from the older generation to the younger and on to their descendants.
  • Elni ol saqlawunda tamırdan tamırğa, qandan qanŋa Qaybergenlanı tuqumda Abu – jazıw hatnı zakiyi öse edi... – seyir fahmula çığıb başladıla.In that keeping of the village, from root to root, from blood to blood, in the Kaybergen family Abu — a genius of the written hand — was growing up... remarkable talents began to appear.

Variants

  • qandan qanŋa barırğa
  • qandan qanŋa öterge

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