taŋkördü eterge
/taŋkørdy eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make (someone) a dawn-sight
Intended meaning
To make much of someone, prizing them and greeting them with delight and wonder.
- Anası jaşın asırı taŋkördü etgenden, qalayğa olturturğa, ne eterge bilmey qaldı.His mother made so much of her son that she no longer knew where to seat him or what to do for him.
- Bir az söz eşitgenley, qızı taŋkördü bolub qalğanın jaratmaydı anası.Her mother does not like it that her daughter is overcome with delight at the least word she hears.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 430