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{ушем мут} {частице} {руш кӱсынлымӧ шомак} 1. (ни... ни) neither... nor
♢ ni ʃo•kʃo o•gəl, ni jy•ʃtø o•gəl {ойлончо} it's neither hot nor cold
♢ ni əʃ uʒ, ni əʃ kol {ойлончо} (s)he neither saw nor heard
♢ ni to•lʃəm, ni ka•jəʃəm əʃna• uʒ {ойлончо} we saw neither people coming nor people going
♦ ni jy•ʃtø, ni ʃo•kʃo o•gəl {муткылдыш} (s)he doesn't care one way or the other, it's all the same to him/her
♦ ni kol, ni ʃəl {муткылдыш} neither fish nor fowl, neither one thing nor the other
♦ ni mut͡ɕa•ʃəʒe, ni ty•rʒø ok koj {муткылдыш} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ni mut͡ɕa•ʃəʒe, ni ty•rʒø u•ke {муткылдыш} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ni o•nt͡ɕək, ni ʃeŋge•k {муткылдыш} (s)he can't move backward or forward, (s)he doesn't know what to do
♦ ni peleʃta•, ni u•ke {муткылдыш} (s)he doesn't want to say anything, (s)he doesn't know what to say
♦ ni su•rtʃo, ni pe•t͡ɕəʒe {муткылдыш} (s)he hasn't got a thing to his/her name, (s)he hasn't got a penny to his/her name
♦ ni tyŋa•ltəʃəʒe, ni mut͡ɕa•ʃəʒe ok koj {муткылдыш} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ni tyŋa•ltəʃəʒe, ni mut͡ɕa•ʃəʒe u•ke {муткылдыш} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ni təʃ, ni tuʃ {муткылдыш} (s)he is stuck, (s)he's making no headway, (s)he's going nowhere fast
♦ ni ʃeŋge•k, ni o•nt͡ɕək {муткылдыш} (s)he can't move backward or forward, (s)he doesn't know what to do
♦ ni ʃogala•ʃ, ni ʃint͡ɕa•ʃ oge•ʃ lij {муткылдыш} you can neither sit nor stand (due to cold, fear, shame, etc.)
♦ ni ʃogala•ʃ, ni ʃint͡ɕa•ʃ ok lij {муткылдыш} you can neither sit nor stand (due to cold, fear, shame, etc.)
♦ ni ʃoga•ʃ, ni ʃint͡ɕa•ʃ {муткылдыш} there's no room to breathe
♦ ni ʃø•rʒø, ni me•ʒʃe {муткылдыш} it's of no use, it's completely useless
♦ ni i•ləʃe, ni ko•ləʃo {пале мут} {set phrase} more dead than alive, more dead than alive
♦ ni keŋe•ʒəm, ni te•ləm {лӱм мут} neither in summer, nor in winter
♦ ni lum, ni jyr {лӱм мут} neither snow nor rain
2. (ни... ни у•ке) barely, just barely, with difficulty
♢ ke•t͡ɕe ni ont͡ɕale•ʃ, ni u•ke {ойлончо} the sun is barely shining
