saabi olmaa
Gagauz
Etymology
Literally, “to be the owner”
Verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see saabi, olmaa.
- (transitive, idiomatic) to possess, to own
Further reading
- Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “saabi olmaa”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 546