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{particle} {noun} {adjective} [Generate paradigm] 1. no (negative answer to a question)
♢ тола•т мо? уке• {sentence} are you coming? no
♢ тола•т мо? уке•, ом тол {sentence} are you coming? no, I am not
♦ уке• манма•ште {adverb} {set phrase} nearly, almost
2. is not, there is not, are not, there are not (used in existential, locational and possessive constructions, in third person present singular on its own, in other persons in combination with positive form of улаш or лияш)
♢ жап уке• {sentence} there is no time
♢ ке•вытыште олма• уке• {sentence} there are no apples in the store
♢ книга• ве•рыштыже уке• {sentence} the book isn't in its place
♢ мӧ•ҥгыштыжӧ уке• {sentence} (s)he isn't at home
♢ пӧрте•м уке• {sentence} I don't have a house
♢ йолта•ш-влак уке• у•лыт {sentence} there are no friends
♢ жапе•м уке• ы•л'е {sentence} I didn't have time
♢ а мы•йын нергене•м мо•ндышт. нуныла•н мый уке• ула•м {sentence} but they forgot about me - for them I don't exist
♢ незе•рлык уке• лие•ш {sentence} there will be no poverty
♢ ача•м уке• ли•йын {sentence} I didn't have a father
♢ н'имо•м ышта•ш уке• {sentence} there's nothing to be done
♦ ойла•ш уке• {phrase} it goes without saying, needless to say, there is no doubt, for sure
♦ ойлаша•т уке• {phrase} it goes without saying, needless to say, there is no doubt, for sure
♦ кутыраша•т уке• {phrase} it goes without saying, needless to say, there is no doubt, for sure
♦ кутыра•ш уке• {phrase} it goes without saying, needless to say, there is no doubt, for sure
♦ вер уке• {phrase} there's no way around (in combination with negative gerund); there is no place for (him/her/it), there is no room for (him/her/it)
♢ кайыде• вер уке• {sentence} one has to go
♦ мы•йын уке• улме•м го•дым {adverb} in my absence
♦ тый у•ке лийме•т го•дым {adverb} in your absence
♦ уке• лийма•ш {noun} absence
♦ уке• лийма•ште го•дым пригово•рым лукта•ш (-ам) {verb I} to sentence in absentia
♦ уке• ли•йме го•дым пригово•рым лукта•ш (-ам) {verb I} to sentence in absentia
♦ уке• ли•йше {adjective} absent
♦ уке• лия•ш (-ям) {verb I} to be absent
♦ шко•лышто у•ке лия•ш (-ям) {verb I} to be absent from school, not to be in school
3. not, (or) not (used to contrast second half of sentence with first)
♢ тола•т а•л'е уке•? {sentence} are you coming or not?
♢ тола•т гын, ужа•т, уке• гын, ужде• кода•т {sentence} if you come, you will see, if you don't. you won't
♦ уке• гын {adverb} {set phrase} otherwise
4. (with participle in -шаш) should not, it's no good, there's no need, there's no point
♢ ку•ржмо нерге•н шонышаша•т уке• {sentence} there's no point in even think about escape
5. (with nominalization in -маш) (I/you/(s)he/...) am/are/is not
♢ Серге• ватыжла•н сырыма•ш уке• {sentence} Serge is not angry at his wife
6. that which does not exist
♦ уке• гыч у•лым ышта•ш ок лий {phrase} nothing comes from nothing, ex nihilo nihil
7. absence, lack, want, nothing, naught
♢ и•мн'е укела•н кӧра• мла•ндым кура•л ышна• керт {sentence} we couldn't plough the land for want of a horse
♦ укела•н суда•т уке• {phrase} there's nothing to be done about it, so be it
♦ уке• го•дым {adverb} {set phrase} in absence (of someone/something)
♦ уке• гыч {adverb} {set phrase} out of nowhere, for no reason, ex nihilo
♦ уке• гы•чын {adverb} {set phrase} out of nowhere, for no reason, ex nihilo
♦ уке• шеҥге•ч {adverb} {set phrase} in absence (of someone/something)
♦ укела•н кӧра• {adverb} {set phrase} for lack of, for want of
♦ уке•ш лукта•ш (-ам) {verb I} {set phrase} to bring something to naught
8. poverty, shortage
♢ йоча• уке•м ок па•ле {sentence} the child doesn't know poverty
♦ уке•ш кода•ш (-ам) {verb I} {set phrase} to become poor
♦ уке•шке кода•ш (-ам) {verb I} {set phrase} to become poor
9. nonsense
♦ уке•м ойла•ш (-ем) {verb II} to talk nonsense
10. nonexistent (A.E.) non-existent (B.E.), absent
♦ уке• мла•нде {adverb} nonexistent land, land that does not exist
♦ уке• ак де•не {adverb} {set phrase} for a giveaway price
♦ уке• аке•ш {adverb} {set phrase} for free, free of charge, gratis
♦ уке• паша• {noun} {set phrase} waste of time
