törege oltururğa

/tøreɡe oltururʁa/

Literal translation

to sit down at the tribunal

Intended meaning

To participate in making a communal decision as a member of the elders' court.
  • Tişirıwla, oraq ora, «Erirey» aytıwçu edile, biz a taşda jazıwlanı oqub, kimibiz Qrım han, kimibiz Qazanuqa Jabağı, kimibiz Jandarlanı Jandar bolub, törege olturuwçek.The women, while reaping, used to sing "Erirey", and we, reading the writings on the stone, would sit in council — one of us as the Crimean khan, one as Qazanuqa Jabaghy, one as Jandar of the Jandars.

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