suw bla juwdururğa

/suw bla dʒuwdururʁa/

Literal translation

to have (something) washed with water

Intended meaning

To strip someone's household bare, carrying off every possession so that nothing whatever is left behind.
  • Bılanı [Toqallanı] beri tahdandırıb, üyümü suw bla juwdurduŋ, – dep, gemmeşça, eki janına awa, üyden çıqdı [Qıyamıtnı qatını]."You settled them [the Toqalas] here and had my house washed clean out," she said, and swaying from side to side like a buffalo, [Qiyamit's wife] went out of the house.

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