чури•й
{noun} [Generate paradigm] 1. {anatomy} {also figurative} face
♦ ме чурийла•н чури•й толынна• {phrase} we came face to face
♦ мога•й чури•й де•не {phrase} how will (I) look people in the eye?, I'm ashamed to show one's face, (I) can't look (them) in the eye
♦ ту•до чури•йже гыч во•зын {phrase} his/her face became drawn, his/her face looked pinched
♦ чури•й гыч вӱ•дым о•гыт йӱ {phrase} beauty is only skin-deep, looks are not everything
♦ айде•ме чури•й {noun} human face
♦ йырге•шке чури•й {noun} round face
♦ ку•мыж чури•й {noun} {set phrase} {ethnography} birch bark mask
♦ чури•й вокте•ч пуа•ш (-эм) {verb II} {set phrase} to give a slap
♦ чури•йым петыра•ш (-ем) {verb II} to cover one's face
♦ чури•йышке шӱвала•ш (-ам) {verb I} {set phrase} to spit somebody in the face, to spit somebody in the eye
2. face, facial expression
♦ весела• чури•й {noun} happy face
♦ керышота•н чури•й де•не {adverb} with an serious face
3. {figuratively} individuality, sign, token, mark, characteristics, character, temperament
♦ жа•пын чури•йже {noun} sign of the times
4. {figuratively} reddish color (A.E.), reddish colour (B.E.), brownish color (A.E.), brownish colour (B.E.), golden color (A.E.), golden colour (B.E.), reddish tinge (e.g., of something baked)
♢ ки•нде чури•й то•лын {sentence} the bread baked brown
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♦ чури•й вашталтма•ш {noun} change in someone's facial expression
♦ чури•й кова•ште {noun} facial skin
♦ чури•й ку•птыр {noun} facial wrinkle
♦ чури•й ложа•ш {noun} face powder
♦ чури•й мото•рлык {noun} facial beauty
