bawuru bla barırğa
/bawuru bla barɯrʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to go on one's belly
Intended meaning
To take a task on boldly and refuse to back away from it however hard it is.
- Busağatda aqılım bolsa edi, anı (anamı) jumuşuna bawurum bla da jürür edim.If I had the sense now, I would go on my belly to do her (my mother's) errand.
- Saw bol, atam. Tuwğan jerime, sizge bek termileme. Erkin etsele, bawurum bla sürkelib oquna barır edim.[Aslan:] Thank you, father. I long deeply for my native land, for you. If they let me, I would go there even crawling on my belly.
Literal translation
to go on one's belly
Intended meaning
To move along by crawling.
- Bizni adamlarıbızğa hata bolmay, bawurları bla sürkelib artha çıqdıla.Our men came back out crawling on their bellies, without coming to harm.
Variants
- bawuru bla sürkelirge
- bawuru bla jürürge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 92