qol taş atarğa
/qol taʃ atarʁa/
Literal translation
to throw a hand stone
Intended meaning
To compete at hurling a smooth, round, heavy weight-stone as far as one can — a traditional test of strength.
- Qıshası, ol [Hajimurat] hunerden, tutuşuwdan bla qol taş atıwdan tirelgen jerinde bir teŋine da alçılıqnı bermegendi.In short, where it came to skill, wrestling and stone-throwing, he [Hajimurat] never yielded first place to a single one of his fellows.
- Anı [Zawurbekni] tutuşdurub, qol taş atdırıb, az öçge ie bolmağandı [Soltanbiy].By setting him [Zaurbek] to wrestle and to throw the stone, he [Soltanbiy] won more than a few prizes.
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 319