tartma tüerge
/tartma tyerɡe/
Literal translation
to pound the cord
Intended meaning
To treat a stomach ache by the folk method of tying a cord into many knots and rubbing the sufferer's belly with it, in the belief that this heals them.
- Qarın awruwlağa tartma tüedi, Tuzlu suwnu içirirge süedi. Erttegili «hakim».For belly ailments he pounds the cord, and wants to make you drink salt water. The old-time "healer".
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 431