qol ayaz kibik

/qol ajaz kibik/

Literal translation

like a palm of the hand

Intended meaning

Extremely small in size or amount; a measure used to stress how little of something there is.
  • Anı ızından Kuna peç üsünde tabağa jaw sürtdü da, açığan nartüh tılıdan qol ayaz çaqlı bir gırjınla etib, anı içine saldı.After that Kuna greased the pan on the stove and, making little palm-sized loaves from the risen maize dough, put them inside it.
  • Qol ayaz kibik birer jerçigibiz qaran qalıb keterge tebregeninde, kimge da teŋ suwdan köbge köb jetse da, bizni azıbızğa da bir juq jetsrik bolur...When our tiny palm-sized plots of land were about to be left barren, since water shared out equally gives plenty to plenty, surely some little will reach our small share too...

Variants

  • qol ayaz çaqlı bir
  • qol ayazıça
  • qol ayaz kibik bir

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