tohtasın bir
/toxtasɯn bir/
Literal translation
let him just stop
Intended meaning
Said in anger as a threat: a warning that the speaker will settle accounts with the other person and make them regret it.
- Köremisiz sizni teŋigiz neçik alamat atha minedi der üçün, kesin körgüzte barğan bolur. Tohtasın bir ol! Men anı...He must be parading about so that people will say, "Do you see what a splendid horse your friend is riding!" Just you wait, him! I'll give him...
- Tohta bir! Beri bir çıq da, qan juhlu eterme seni, – dep, Talib, jaşnı janıb, artha buruldu."Just you wait! Come out here and I'll leave you smeared in blood," said Talip, and, seething at the young man, he turned back.
Variants
- tohta bir
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 460