нисә
Bashkir
Etymology
From *nečä "how many", from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”) + quantitative affix *-ča/-čä.
Cognate withTatar ничә (niçä),Kazakh неше (neşe),Kyrgyz нече (neçe),Uzbek necha,Uyghur نەچچە (nechche),Turkmen näçe,Azerbaijani neçə,Khakas нинӌе (nince),Tuvan чеже (čäžä, “how many”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnʲi.sæ]
- Hyphenation: ни‧сә
Determiner
нисә • (nisä)
- (interrogative) how many
- Нисә баш һыйыр аҫрайһығыҙ?
- Nisä baš hïyïr aθrayhïğïð?
- How many cows do you keep?
Derived terms
- бер нисә (ber nisä, “several, a few”)
- сәғәт нисә (säğät nisä, “what time is it?”)