uwaq ayaqlı
/uwaq ajaqlɯ/
Literal translation
small-footed
Intended meaning
Sheep and goats, as distinct from cattle and horses.
- Mal aşı jetgen bolmaz edi [Ahiyanı]. Onbeş-onaltı iynegi bolsa, aŋa köre – uwaq ayaqlısı, ögüzü, atı... – dedi Nanıw."[Ahiya] surely had no shortage of fodder. If he had fifteen or sixteen cows, then to match them – his small stock, his oxen, his horses..." said Nanıw.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 479