qonaqbay bolurğa
/qonaqbaj bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to be a host
Intended meaning
To invite someone into one's home and put them up as a guest.
- Ol men körgen laqırdaçı Nazir, ala bla bezirey turur da: «Keç bolğanma, qonaqbay boluğuz», – dep qoyarğa da bolur.That joker Nazir I saw will be chatting away with them, and he may well say, "It has got late — put me up for the night."
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 328