toba de

/toba de/

Literal translation

say 'repentance'

Intended meaning

Said to check someone for what they have just uttered, urging them to retract it and repent of having said it.
  • Tileyik da, Halim ketsin. Toba degiz. El anı küçden tilep keltirgendi."Let us ask Halim to leave, then." Take that back. The village brought him here only by hard pleading.

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