oba eterge
/oba eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make a burial mound (of someone)
Intended meaning
To kill someone; to take a person's life.
- «Endi Majirni saqlama. Duşman oğu anı ertte oba etgendi», – derge ua Safarda qarıw-küç joq.«There is no waiting for Majir now. The enemy's bullet killed him long ago» – but Safar had not the strength to say it.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 368