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{ушем мут} {частице} {руш кӱсынлымӧ шомак} 1. (ни... ни) neither... nor
♢ ни шокшо огыл, ни йӱштӧ огыл {ойлончо} it's neither hot nor cold
♢ ни ыш уж, ни ыш кол {ойлончо} (s)he neither saw nor heard
♢ ни толшым, ни кайышым ышна уж {ойлончо} we saw neither people coming nor people going
♦ ни йӱштӧ, ни шокшо огыл {муткылдыш} (s)he doesn't care one way or the other, it's all the same to him/her
♦ ни кол, ни шыл {муткылдыш} neither fish nor fowl, neither one thing nor the other
♦ ни мучашыже, ни тӱржӧ ок кой {муткылдыш} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ни мучашыже, ни тӱржӧ уке {муткылдыш} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ни ончык, ни шеҥгек {муткылдыш} (s)he can't move backward or forward, (s)he doesn't know what to do
♦ ни пелешта, ни уке {муткылдыш} (s)he doesn't want to say anything, (s)he doesn't know what to say
♦ ни суртшо, ни печыже {муткылдыш} (s)he hasn't got a thing to his/her name, (s)he hasn't got a penny to his/her name
♦ ни тӱҥалтышыже, ни мучашыже ок кой {муткылдыш} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ни тӱҥалтышыже, ни мучашыже уке {муткылдыш} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ни тыш, ни туш {муткылдыш} (s)he is stuck, (s)he's making no headway, (s)he's going nowhere fast
♦ ни шеҥгек, ни ончык {муткылдыш} (s)he can't move backward or forward, (s)he doesn't know what to do
♦ ни шогалаш, ни шинчаш огеш лий {муткылдыш} you can neither sit nor stand (due to cold, fear, shame, etc.)
♦ ни шогалаш, ни шинчаш ок лий {муткылдыш} you can neither sit nor stand (due to cold, fear, shame, etc.)
♦ ни шогаш, ни шинчаш {муткылдыш} there's no room to breathe
♦ ни шӧржӧ, ни межше {муткылдыш} it's of no use, it's completely useless
♦ ни илыше, ни колышо {пале мут} {set phrase} more dead than alive, more dead than alive
♦ ни кеҥежым, ни телым {лӱм мут} neither in summer, nor in winter
♦ ни лум, ни йӱр {лӱм мут} neither snow nor rain
2. (ни... ни уке) barely, just barely, with difficulty
♢ кече ни ончалеш, ни уке {ойлончо} the sun is barely shining
