köl alırğa

/køl alɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to take spirit

To summon the determination to begin something; to become bold enough to go ahead with it.

Öresan Çerekni boynu bla örge tebiregendile. ...Alayda qaya tübünde keçikgendile da, taŋ ata andan arı jol köl alğandıla.Yöresan and the others set off upstream along the Cherek. ...There they were held up at the foot of the cliff, and at daybreak they took heart for the road on from there.

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