tünkesi tawusulurğa
/tynkesi tawusulurʁa/
Intended meaning
To lose one's strength and become feeble and emaciated, typically from hard labour or hardship.
- Quru alağa [Bekmırzalağa] teri iylegen bla tünkeŋi tawushansa da, – dep qızdı Ayşat anasına."You have worn yourself out tanning hides just for them [the Bekmyrzas]," Ayshat snapped at her mother.
- Alamat adamsa, ollahiy, jür toyğa, qoy bu qayanı kemirgenni, atalarıbız da tünkelerin boşağandıla, alanı kemire.You are a fine man, by God — go to the wedding, leave off gnawing at this rock; our fathers too wore themselves out gnawing at them.
Variants
- tünkesi üzülürge
- tünkesi boşarğa (къарачай)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 472