sabiyni çuwunundan tutub tururğa
/sabijni tʃuwunundan tutub tururʁa/
Literal translation
to keep holding on to the child's swaddling
Intended meaning
Said to a widowed or single mother who refuses to remarry, giving her one child as the reason.
- Uruş tohtağandan sora, ahlu-juwuqları Aliymağa: «Bu jaŋız sabiyni çuwununa jabışıb turma da, başıŋa bir madar et, jaş başıŋı qart etme», – deydile.After the war ended, her kin said to Aliyma: "Don't go on clinging to this one child — see to yourself, don't let your young head grow old."
Variants
- sabiyni çuwunundan jabışıb tururğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 384