sözge tıyarğa
/søzɡe tɯjarʁa/
Literal translation
to hold (someone) back to talk
Intended meaning
To take up someone's time with conversation; to detain a person by keeping them in talk.
- Bir bek aşığıb bara turğanımlay, Aslan egeçden tuwğan tübep, sözge tıydı.Just as I was going along in a great hurry, Aslan, my sister's son, met me and held me up talking.
- Sıylarğa izlesegiz, sözge tutubmu turluq edigiz?If you meant to treat us as guests, were you going to just keep us in conversation?
Variants
- sözge tutarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 404