atasını topurağın saqlarğa
/atasɯnɯ topuraʁɯn saqlarʁa/
Literal translation
to guard one's father's earth
Intended meaning
To go on living on the land where one's father died instead of leaving it.
- Bir da ayama da, ataŋı topurağın saqla da tur!Spare nothing at all — just keep guarding your father's land!
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 59