suwuq adam
/suwuq adam/
Literal translation
cold person
Intended meaning
Someone who shows no warmth or affection to anyone; an unfeeling, aloof person.
- Sıltaw da bar edi: sabiyleni anaları Natalya İvanovna bek suwuq adam bolğandı.There was a reason for it too: the children's mother, Natalya Ivanovna, was a very cold person.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 417