ayağı üsüne bolurğa
/ajaʁɯ ysyne bolurʁa/
This expression has 4 meanings.
Literal translation
to be onto one's feet
Intended meaning
To get better after being ill and be up and about again.
- Allahda küç ulludu, ayaq üsüŋe bolursa, Allah aytsa.God's power is great; you will be back on your feet, God willing.
- Zuleyha da ayağı üsündedi.Zuleykha too is up on her feet.
Literal translation
to be onto one's feet
Intended meaning
Of a person or livestock: to gain strength and thrive.
- Qarap-qarağınçı, Apsatını malı ayağı üsüne boldu.In no time at all, Apsaty's livestock grew strong.
Literal translation
to be onto one's feet
Intended meaning
Of people: to be roused into commotion, rushing together in alarm or revolt.
- Partizanla bir türmedegileni boşlab, ekinçige çabhanlay, qawğa çığıb, nemetslile ayaq üslerine bolğandıla, bizden da ekewlenni tuthandıla.As soon as the partisans freed the prisoners of one jail and rushed the second, an uproar broke out, the Germans were up in arms, and they seized two of our men.
Literal translation
to be onto one's feet
Intended meaning
To rise from where one was lying, get dressed and make oneself ready.
- Muhammat, ayağı üsüne bolub, endi jolğa atlanırğa dep turğanlay, bir sabiyçik: «Seni adam izleydi», – dep, çabıb keldi.Just as Muhammat had got up and made ready and was about to set out on the road, a small child came running and said: "Someone is looking for you."
Variants
- ayağı üsüne tururğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 81