qoluna tayaq alırça bolurğa
/qoluna tajaq alɯrtʃa bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become able to take a stick in one's hand
Intended meaning
Of a child: to grow up to the point of being fit to start working.
- Qoluma tayaq alırça bolğanlay, Dudarqalağa beşjıllıq jalğa kirib, başıma jaşaw eteyim dep tebiredim.As soon as I was old enough to take a stick in my hand, I set about hiring myself out to the Dudarqalas for a five-year term, meaning to make my own living.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 326