чурий
{noun} [Generate paradigm] 1. {anatomy} {also figurative} face
♦ ме чурийлан чурий толынна {phrase} we came face to face
♦ могай чурий дене {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
♦ тудо чурийже гыч возын {phrase} his/her face became drawn, his/her face looked pinched
♦ чурий гыч вӱдым огыт йӱ {phrase} beauty is only skin-deep, looks are not everything
♦ айдеме чурий {noun} human face
♦ йыргешке чурий {noun} round face
♦ кумыж чурий {noun} {set phrase} {ethnography} birch bark mask
♦ чурий воктеч пуаш (-эм) {verb II} {set phrase} to give a slap
♦ чурийым петыраш (-ем) {verb II} to cover one's face
♦ чурийышке шӱвалаш (-ам) {verb I} {set phrase} to spit somebody in the face, to spit somebody in the eye
2. face, facial expression
♦ весела чурий {noun} happy face
♦ керышотан чурий дене {adverb} with an serious face
3. {figuratively} individuality, sign, token, mark, characteristics, character, temperament
♦ жапын чурийже {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)
♢ кинде чурий толын {sentence} the bread baked brown
~ USAGE AS A MODIFIER ~
♦ чурий вашталтмаш {noun} change in someone's facial expression
♦ чурий коваште {noun} facial skin
♦ чурий куптыр {noun} facial wrinkle
♦ чурий ложаш {noun} face powder
♦ чурий моторлык {noun} facial beauty
