söz tawusurğa
/søz tawusurʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to finish the word
Intended meaning
To settle a betrothal — for the two sides to agree that the marriage will take place and to fix its date.
- Aminat bla Tahir söz tawushan edile. Ne zamanda toy eterikleri endi alanı keslerine belgili edi.Aminat and Tahir had settled on marrying. When they would hold the wedding was by now known to them alone.
- Natalya A. S. Puşkinŋe barırğa söz tawusa turub da, barından da alğa anı [Afanasiy Nikolaeviçni] ırazılığın izlegendi.Even as Natalya was settling the agreement to marry A. S. Pushkin, she sought before anything else the consent of [Afanasy Nikolaevich].
Literal translation
to finish the word
Intended meaning
To come to terms with someone and bind the arrangement, setting the time by which it is to be carried out.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 403
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 155
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 205