totur ayla
/totur ajla/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
Totur months
Intended meaning
The month of March, the first of the two months named after Totur in the old folk calendar.
- Üçünçüge totur ayı keledi.Third comes the month of Totur.
- Janqoz çıqdı Totur ayda. Jer jaşnadı Totur ayda, Suwuq ayda.The snowdrop came up in the month of Totur. The earth bloomed in the month of Totur, in the cold month.
Literal translation
Totur months
Intended meaning
The month of April, the second and last of the two months named after Totur in the old folk calendar.
- Totur aynı art ayı bolğanda, Jıyırma bla eki künü tolğanda, Jaz kired, jaŋı jazı başlanad, Kırdık, terek, qurt-qumursha aşlanad.When it is the last of the Totur months, when its twenty-second day is complete, spring enters, a new spring begins, grass, tree, worm and ant take their food.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 460