qolu bla
/qolu bla/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
by his hand
Intended meaning
Of a task or an enterprise: to be carried out under someone's management, passing through their charge.
- Bitew rudnik çığarğan produktsiya Anuarbiyni qolu bla ötedi.All the output the mine produces passes through Anuarbiy's hands.
Literal translation
by one's own hand
Intended meaning
Of parents: to send a daughter out of the house into marriage with their own consent and blessing.
- Da ne eteyim sarnamay, ata! Kesi qolum bla çığarsam edi üyden, bıllay bir jüregim küerik tüyül edi. Qoruwlar adamıbız bolmağanŋa, har kim da bizni basınçaqlaydı.What can I do but wail, father! Had I sent her out of the house by my own hand, my heart would not be burning like this. Since we have no one to defend us, everyone tramples on us.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 323