tört guppuş bolurğa

/tørt ɡuppuʃ bolurʁa/

Literal translation

to become four humps

To draw oneself up shrunken and bent — from cold or misfortune — and so become cowed and dejected.

Maşinanı da jolda qoyub, kimi başın ton jağasına, kimi palto jağasına suğub, suwuqdan tört guppuş bolğanlay, tögerekge jayıldıla.Leaving the car behind on the road, some tucking their head into a sheepskin collar, some into a coat collar, huddled up against the cold, they scattered in every direction.
Çöpe, eki közün barğan suwdan ayırmay, tört guppur bolub, saq-saq atlay keledi.Chöpe, not taking their two eyes off the running water, all hunched up, comes along stepping warily.

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