boyun salırğa
/bojun salɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to lay down one's neck
Intended meaning
To do whatever another person orders, becoming their servant or slave.
- Ortançı jaşım: «Atam, men bolşeviklege qoşulurğa kerekme», – dep ketgen edi. Artda ua aqla öltürgendile dep eşitdik. Endi bu jaşçıq bla men qalğanbız. Mından köp men biyge boyun salallıq tüyülme.My middle son left saying, "Father, I must join the Bolsheviks." Later we heard the Whites had killed him. Now only this boy and I are left. I will not submit to the bey any longer.
Variants
- boyun saldırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 142