seni awruwuŋu alsın
/seni awruwuŋu alsɯn/
Literal translation
may it take your illness
Intended meaning
Said when handing something over to someone freely and without grudging it, as an expression of wholehearted generosity or hospitality.
- Jaşım, munu [çulğamnı] bizni üy biyçe jibergendi. Elge kelseŋ a, bir tört ayaqlı seni awruwuŋu alsın, – dedi Abdurahman.My son, our lady of the house sent this [wrap]. And if you come out to the village, a four-legged beast is yours with all my heart, said Abdurahman.
- Adamnı san ete biliwdendi, atın taba biliwdendi, jawluq seni awruwuŋu alsın.Honouring a person lies in knowing how to esteem them, in knowing how to name them — take the kerchief, gladly given.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 398
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 176
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 202