sanı qatarğa
/sanɯ qatarʁa/
Literal translation
for one's body to harden
Intended meaning
Of a person or animal: to finish growing, gaining full strength and reaching mature size.
- Alay bir kölümü basdırğan jerçik bardı. Ol da nedi deseŋ, bıllay jaş malçıqnı sanı qatıb boşağınçığa deri, anı hali arı bola, beri aylana turuwçudu.But there is one thing that weighs on my mind. And what is it? Until such a young animal has finished filling out, its temperament keeps shifting this way and that.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 389