topuraq ülüşü bolurğa
/topuraq ylyʃy bolurʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to become the earth's share
Intended meaning
To die and be laid in the ground.
- Sınalğan zat, unutulmay, adam ölgenden sora anı birgesine topuraq ülüşü boladı, – dedi Barisbiy.What a person has lived through is not forgotten; after they die it goes into the earth along with them, said Barisbiy.
Literal translation
to make someone the earth's share
Intended meaning
To put someone to death or commit them to the ground.
- Şaharnı altın jorlu kilisasını töben janında sermeşde joyulğan jaşlanı asıradıla. Ala bla birge suwuq qabırğa uzaq tawladan kelgen, jırıça üzülgen jırçı jaşnı da topuraq ülüşlü etdile.They buried the young men who had fallen in the battle on the lower side of the city's gold-domed church. Together with them they gave to the earth the singer lad who had come from the distant mountains and was cut short like a song.
Variants
- topuraq ülüşü eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 459