ıt-bıt
/ɯt-bɯt/
with great difficulty, barely, scarcely — Used with deb, as in ıt-bıt deb or ıt da bıt da deb: atnı üsünde ıt da bıt da deb qaldı "he barely managed to stay on the horse". Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it Karachay.
- ıt-bıt deb atha mindi — barely got onto the horse
- ıt-bıt deb üyge jetdim — I barely made it home
- ıt-bıt deb suwdan ozdu — barely got across the river