boyununa alırğa
/bojununa alɯrʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to take onto one's neck
Intended meaning
To commit oneself voluntarily to carrying out a task or duty.
- Vlastnı onowların tolturmazğa, alanı jaşawda bardırmazğa bizge kim erkinlik bergendi? Sen, Amin Gitçeeviç, anı kesiŋi boyunuŋa alırğa bazına eseŋ, ol seni işiŋdi.Who gave us the right not to carry out the authorities' decisions, not to put them into practice in real life? If you dare take that upon yourself, Amin Gitcheevich, that is your own affair.
- Siz a, hariple, alıqa börü et aşağan bolmazsız. Andan tatlı et biz körmegenbiz. Bişirigiz, bişirigiz, bügeçe sizni börü et bla toydururğa biz boynubuzğa alabız!You poor things, you have probably never eaten wolf meat yet. We have seen no meat sweeter than that. Cook it, cook it — we take it upon ourselves to feed you your fill of wolf meat tonight!
Literal translation
to take onto one's neck
Intended meaning
To acknowledge one's fault and accept the blame for it, especially in court or before the community.
- Ol adam, artallı bla da bitew adamlığın tas etib qoymağan ese, bılayda alğa çığıb, tersligin boyununa alır.If that person has not utterly lost every bit of their humanity, they will step forward here and take their guilt upon themselves.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 143