qanjilik bolurğa
/qandʒilik bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become stunted
Intended meaning
Of a person or an animal: to grow up thin and weak because of undernourishment from an early age; in the causative variant, to let someone or something grow up so stunted.
- Buzowla qanjilik bolluqdula, sütge qızğançlıq etsegiz, – dedi appa."The calves will grow up stunted if you begrudge them milk," said grandfather.
- İgi tişirıw, sabiyin qanjilik etmez üçün, keçesin da kününe qoşub qaraydı aŋa.A good woman, so as not to let her child grow up stunted, adds night to day in caring for it.
Variants
- qanjilik eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 292