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
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 292