ullu başı bla
/ullu baʃɯ bla/
Literal translation
with one's big head
Intended meaning
Acting in the standing of a senior, experienced person to whom deference is due.
- Toba, jaşı anı [Dawtoq ulun] boş jawlaydı. Jawladı ese da, endi üyüne, jarlı üyüne, ullu başı bla kirib keldi, ariw ayta, Nuhnu japsara bilsin.Truly, his son wrongs him [Dautoq's son] for nothing. Even if he did wrong him, now he has come into his house, into his poor house, as a respected elder — may he speak kindly and know how to console Nukh.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 476