tıq-tığım bolurğa

/tɯq-tɯʁɯm bolurʁa/

Literal translation

to become tight-crammed

Intended meaning

Of a place or container: to be so crowded or filled that nothing and nobody more can fit in.
  • Ne bolğandı saŋa, ne sağış, qayğı bashandı seni aqıldan tıq-tığım bolub turuwçu toqmağıŋı? – dep sordu Hutay."What has happened to you, what thought or worry has weighed down that thick head of yours that is always crammed full of wits?" asked Hutay.
  • Barıbıznı da temir çaldişden çığardıla da, tögeregibizden birer it bla soldatlanı saldıla. Andan sürüb, stantsiyağa eltdile da, mal vagonlağa tıq-tığım etib jıydıla, eşiklerin artından qatı begitdile.They drove us all out from behind the barbed wire and posted dogs and soldiers all around us. From there they herded us to the station and packed us into cattle wagons until they were crammed full, then fastened the doors tight from outside.

Variants

  • tıq-tığıma bolurğa
  • tıq-tığım eterge

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