tilini tübünde aylanırğa
/tilini tybynde ajlanɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to go round under one's tongue
Intended meaning
Of a word or name: to be on the verge of being recalled and spoken, almost retrieved but not quite out.
- Tohta, esimden ketib qalğanına qara, ma endi, atasını atı tilimi uçunda aylana turadı, – dedi biyağı Nawruz."Hold on, look how it has slipped my mind — there now, his father's name is right on the tip of my tongue," said Nauruz again.
Variants
- tilini uçunda aylanırğa (къарачай)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 453