әллә
Bashkir
Etymology
Compare to equivalent conjunctions/determiners with similar functions:Tatar әллә (ällä),Kazakh әлде (älde),Kyrgyz алда (alda); also a component in indefinite pronouns:Uzbek allakim (“somebody”),Uyghur ئەللىكىم ('ellikim, “somebody”).
Interjection
әллә • (ällä)
- (in dialog, as response) I don't know, it is not known
Conjunction
әллә • (ällä) (implies uncertainty)
- maybe…or maybe; either…or (repeated, normally twice; introduces two or more alternative words, phrases, clauses, etc. each of which could make a passage true)
- Әллә ямғыр, әллә ҡар яуа.
- Ällä yamğïr, ällä qar yawa.
- It is maybe raining or snowing (I don't know, it is difficult to say, it is not immediately clear).
- or (connects two interrogative clauses)
- Донъяны көнбайышлаштырыуға алмаш бармы, әллә беҙгә манҡорт булырға яҙғанмы?
- Donʺyanï könbayïšlaštïrïwğa almaš barmï, ällä beðgä manqort bulïrğa yaðğanmï?
- Is there an alternative to the westernization of the world, or are we destined to become mankurts (people deprived of their ethnic identities)?
Determiner
әллә • (ällä)
- a component used to form indefinite pronouns, equivalent to English some
- Әллә кем
- Ällä kem
- Somebody.
- Әллә ҡайҙа
- Ällä qayða
- Somewhere.