qolda aylanŋan
/qolda ajlanŋan/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
turned in the hand
Intended meaning
As much dough as is needed for a single small flatbread; a meagre portion.
- Har kelgeninden a: «Ne menme degen kişige da qolda aylanŋan bir tılı tamamdı», – dep... tırman etiwün tohtatmağandı [biy].And at every one of his visits [the bey] would not stop grumbling: «Even for a man who thinks himself somebody, one handful of dough is enough»...
Literal translation
turned in the hand
Intended meaning
A wool spindle wound full of spun thread.
- Qolda aylanŋan urçuqlanı boşatıb, tawlu tişirıw arbazında çepkenligin iygendi.Having emptied the full spindles, the highland woman twisted the yarn for her homespun cloth out in her yard.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 322