til qağarğa
/til qaʁarʁa/
Literal translation
to tap the tongue
Intended meaning
To let someone know something covertly, by a discreet sign rather than openly.
- Qatında söleşe turğan adamğa til qaqğança, başın da qımıldatadı jolowçu.The traveller nods his head too, as if giving a secret sign to the man talking beside him.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 448