ni
{conjunction} {particle} {Russian loan} 1. (ни... ни) neither... nor
♢ ni ʃokʃo ogəl, ni jyʃtø ogəl {sentence} it's neither hot nor cold
♢ ni əʃ uʒ, ni əʃ kol {sentence} (s)he neither saw nor heard
♢ ni tolʃəm, ni kajəʃəm əʃna uʒ {sentence} we saw neither people coming nor people going
♦ ni jyʃtø, ni ʃokʃo ogəl {phrase} (s)he doesn't care one way or the other, it's all the same to him/her
♦ ni kol, ni ʃəl {phrase} neither fish nor fowl, neither one thing nor the other
♦ ni mut͡ɕaʃəʒe, ni tyrʒø ok koj {phrase} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ni mut͡ɕaʃəʒe, ni tyrʒø uke {phrase} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ni ont͡ɕək, ni ʃeŋgek {phrase} (s)he can't move backward or forward, (s)he doesn't know what to do
♦ ni peleʃta, ni uke {phrase} (s)he doesn't want to say anything, (s)he doesn't know what to say
♦ ni surtʃo, ni pet͡ɕəʒe {phrase} (s)he hasn't got a thing to his/her name, (s)he hasn't got a penny to his/her name
♦ ni tyŋaltəʃəʒe, ni mut͡ɕaʃəʒe ok koj {phrase} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ni tyŋaltəʃəʒe, ni mut͡ɕaʃəʒe uke {phrase} it has no bounds, there's no end to it, it goes on endlessly
♦ ni təʃ, ni tuʃ {phrase} (s)he is stuck, (s)he's making no headway, (s)he's going nowhere fast
♦ ni ʃeŋgek, ni ont͡ɕək {phrase} (s)he can't move backward or forward, (s)he doesn't know what to do
♦ ni ʃogalaʃ, ni ʃint͡ɕaʃ ogeʃ lij {phrase} you can neither sit nor stand (due to cold, fear, shame, etc.)
♦ ni ʃogalaʃ, ni ʃint͡ɕaʃ ok lij {phrase} you can neither sit nor stand (due to cold, fear, shame, etc.)
♦ ni ʃogaʃ, ni ʃint͡ɕaʃ {phrase} there's no room to breathe
♦ ni ʃørʒø, ni meʒʃe {phrase} it's of no use, it's completely useless
♦ ni iləʃe, ni koləʃo {adjective} {set phrase} more dead than alive, more dead than alive
♦ ni keŋeʒəm, ni teləm {noun} neither in summer, nor in winter
♦ ni lum, ni jyr {noun} neither snow nor rain
2. (ни... ни уке) barely, just barely, with difficulty
♢ ket͡ɕe ni ont͡ɕaleʃ, ni uke {sentence} the sun is barely shining
