tıŋılawnu basarğa
/tɯŋɯlawnu basarʁa/
Literal translation
to press down the silence
Intended meaning
To say nothing and stay quiet.
- Jırlarığız tawusulğanmı etdile, jaşla, ne tıŋılawnu basasız? I-ı, Soltan?Have your songs run out, lads, or why are you keeping so silent? Eh, Soltan?
- Men a senden igi tepseyme, – dedi tıŋılawnu iyib kelgen qızçıq."But I dance better than you," said the girl who had been keeping silent all along.
Variants
- tıŋılawnu ierge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 464