keŋtin
/keŋtin/
1. by a roundabout route, the long way round
- keŋtin barırğa — to go by a roundabout route
- ala keŋtin ozdula — they went past by the long way round
- biz keŋtin keldik — we came the long way round
- keŋtin barğan jol — a road that goes round
- keŋtin ozarğa — to pass by the longer way
2. indirectly, obliquely, by hint — Most often used of speech, of putting something across by hint instead of saying it outright, as in keŋtin keltirib aytırğa.
- keŋtin keltirib aytırğa — to say a thing by hint
- keŋtin keltirib söleşedi — he speaks by hint
- ol menŋe keŋtin aytdı — he told me indirectly
- keŋtin söleşirge — to speak indirectly