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{частице} {лӱм мут} {пале мут} [Generate paradigm] 1. no (negative answer to a question)
♢ тола•т мо? уке• {ойлончо} are you coming? no
♢ тола•т мо? уке•, ом тол {ойлончо} are you coming? no, I am not
♦ уке• манма•ште {наречий} {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• {ойлончо} there is no time
♢ ке•вытыште олма• уке• {ойлончо} there are no apples in the store
♢ книга• ве•рыштыже уке• {ойлончо} the book isn't in its place
♢ мӧ•ҥгыштыжӧ уке• {ойлончо} (s)he isn't at home
♢ пӧрте•м уке• {ойлончо} I don't have a house
♢ йолта•ш-влак уке• у•лыт {ойлончо} there are no friends
♢ жапе•м уке• ы•л'е {ойлончо} I didn't have time
♢ а мы•йын нергене•м мо•ндышт. нуныла•н мый уке• ула•м {ойлончо} but they forgot about me - for them I don't exist
♢ незе•рлык уке• лие•ш {ойлончо} there will be no poverty
♢ ача•м уке• ли•йын {ойлончо} I didn't have a father
♢ н'имо•м ышта•ш уке• {ойлончо} there's nothing to be done
♦ ойла•ш уке• {муткылдыш} it goes without saying, needless to say, there is no doubt, for sure
♦ ойлаша•т уке• {муткылдыш} it goes without saying, needless to say, there is no doubt, for sure
♦ кутыраша•т уке• {муткылдыш} it goes without saying, needless to say, there is no doubt, for sure
♦ кутыра•ш уке• {муткылдыш} it goes without saying, needless to say, there is no doubt, for sure
♦ вер уке• {муткылдыш} 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• {ойлончо} one has to go
♦ мы•йын уке• улме•м го•дым {наречий} in my absence
♦ тый у•ке лийме•т го•дым {наречий} in your absence
♦ уке• лийма•ш {лӱм мут} absence
♦ уке• лийма•ште го•дым пригово•рым лукта•ш (-ам) {икымше спряжениян глагол} to sentence in absentia
♦ уке• ли•йме го•дым пригово•рым лукта•ш (-ам) {икымше спряжениян глагол} to sentence in absentia
♦ уке• ли•йше {пале мут} absent
♦ уке• лия•ш (-ям) {икымше спряжениян глагол} to be absent
♦ шко•лышто у•ке лия•ш (-ям) {икымше спряжениян глагол} 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•? {ойлончо} are you coming or not?
♢ тола•т гын, ужа•т, уке• гын, ужде• кода•т {ойлончо} if you come, you will see, if you don't. you won't
♦ уке• гын {наречий} {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• {ойлончо} 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• {ойлончо} Serge is not angry at his wife
6. that which does not exist
♦ уке• гыч у•лым ышта•ш ок лий {муткылдыш} 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 {ойлончо} we couldn't plough the land for want of a horse
♦ укела•н суда•т уке• {муткылдыш} there's nothing to be done about it, so be it
♦ уке• го•дым {наречий} {set phrase} in absence (of someone/something)
♦ уке• гыч {наречий} {set phrase} out of nowhere, for no reason, ex nihilo
♦ уке• гы•чын {наречий} {set phrase} out of nowhere, for no reason, ex nihilo
♦ уке• шеҥге•ч {наречий} {set phrase} in absence (of someone/something)
♦ укела•н кӧра• {наречий} {set phrase} for lack of, for want of
♦ уке•ш лукта•ш (-ам) {икымше спряжениян глагол} {set phrase} to bring something to naught
8. poverty, shortage
♢ йоча• уке•м ок па•ле {ойлончо} the child doesn't know poverty
♦ уке•ш кода•ш (-ам) {икымше спряжениян глагол} {set phrase} to become poor
♦ уке•шке кода•ш (-ам) {икымше спряжениян глагол} {set phrase} to become poor
9. nonsense
♦ уке•м ойла•ш (-ем) {кокымшо спряжениян глагол} to talk nonsense
10. nonexistent (A.E.) non-existent (B.E.), absent
♦ уке• мла•нде {наречий} nonexistent land, land that does not exist
♦ уке• ак де•не {наречий} {set phrase} for a giveaway price
♦ уке• аке•ш {наречий} {set phrase} for free, free of charge, gratis
♦ уке• паша• {лӱм мут} {set phrase} waste of time
