tuzlu güttü oynarğa
/tuzlu ɡytty ojnarʁa/
Literal translation
to play salty flatcake
Intended meaning
To take part in the young people's fortune-telling game in which one hopes to see one's beloved in a dream.
- Qızla tuzlu güttü oynarıq keçelerin jaşla bilsele, qırıq tüplerinde buğub, qızlanı qorquthan etiwçüdüle dep ertte oquna eşitgen edim da, kesim da qorqub öle edim.I had heard long before that when the boys found out on which nights the girls would play the salt-cake game, they would hide under the eaves and frighten them — and I myself was dying of fright.
Variants
- tuzlu güttü aşarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 461