больше

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Russian

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Adverb

бо́льше • (bólʹše)

  1. comparative degree of большо́й (bolʹšój), comparative degree of мно́го (mnógo): bigger, larger, more, greater
    бо́льше всего́ ― bólʹše vsevó ― most of all, above all
    бо́льше не ― bólʹše ne ― no more, no longer
    как мо́жно бо́льше ― kak móžno bólʹše ― as much as possible
    намно́го бо́льше ― namnógo bólʹše ― much more, many more
    немно́го бо́льше ― nemnógo bólʹše ― a little more
    чем бо́льше, тем ... ― čem bólʹše, tem ... ― the more ... the
    что́бы не сказа́ть бо́льше ― štóby ne skazátʹ bólʹše ― to say the least
    да́льше — бо́льше ― dálʹše — bólʹše ― from bad to worse, it gets worse and worse as it goes on
    Э́тот дом большо́й, а тот ещё бо́льше. ― Étot dom bolʹšój, a tot ješčó bólʹše. ― This house is big but that (one) is even bigger.
  2. comparative degree of бо́льший (bólʹšij)

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Adverb

бо́льше • (bólʹše)

  1. any more
    Я бо́льше не бу́ду! ― Ja bólʹše ne búdu! ― I won't do it any more!

Solombala English

Etymology

Inherited from Russian бо́льше (bólʹše, “more”), comparative degree of большо́й (bolʹšój, “big”).

Adverb

больше (bolʹše)

  1. very
    Synonym: вери (veri)
    Больше добра. ― Bolʹše dobra. ― Very good.
    • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
      О! Уезъ! Больше добра мачка.
      O! Ujez! Bolʹše dobra mačka.
      Oh! Yes! Very good much.
    • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
      Асей, асей, смотромъ: больше добра сундукъ верввель скрипимъ, гутъ верстомъ.
      Asej, asej, smotrom: bolʹše dobra sunduk vervvelʹ skripim, gut verstom.
      Sailor, sailor, look: it’s a very good chest, a very good lock, a good key.

References

  • Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎, reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98
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