kiritli kübür bolurğa

/kiritli kybyr bolurʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to be a locked chest

To keep what one has been told to oneself, telling it to no one, and so be someone who can be trusted with confidences.

Maŋa Gıjı kesine ışanŋança ışanadı. Kerekli jerde men kiritli kübürme.Gydzhy trusts me the way he trusts himself. Where it matters, I am a locked chest.

to be a locked chest

To be firmly secured against attack, making good use of one's defensive advantages.

Qayalanı oyub, tar jollanı saqlap, bu tawlanı kiritli kübür etib turğanlay da, quru anı bla zorluqnu allın tıyalmağandıla.Even while they cut through the cliffs, guarded the narrow roads and kept these mountains a locked chest, they still could not hold back the violence by that alone.

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