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Bashkir
Etymology
Compare to equivalent conjunctions/determiners with similar functions:
Tatar әллә (ällä),
Kazakh әлде (älde),
Kyrgyz алда (alda); also a component in indefinite pronouns:
Uzbek allakim (“somebody”),
Uyghur ئەللىكىم (ellikim, “somebody”).
Interjection
әллә • (əllə)
- (in dialog, as response) I don't know, it is not known
Conjunction
әллә • (əllə) (implies uncertainty)
- maybe…or maybe; either…or (repeated, normally twice; introduces two or more alternative words, phrases, clauses, etc. each of which could make a passage true)
Әллә ямғыр, әллә ҡар яуа.- Əllə yamğır, əllə qar yawa.
- It is maybe raining or snowing (I don't know, it is difficult to say, it is not immediately clear).
- or (connects two interrogative clauses)
Донъяны көнбайышлаштырыуға алмаш бармы, әллә беҙгә манҡорт булырға яҙғанмы?- Donʺyanı könbayışlaştırıwğa almaş barmı, əllə beźgə manqort bulırğa yaźğanmı?
- Is there an alternative to the westernization of the world, or are we destined to become mankurts (people deprived of their ethnic identities)?
Determiner
әллә • (əllə)
- a component used to form indefinite pronouns, equivalent to English some
- Әллә кем ― Əllə kem ― Somebody.
- Әллә ҡайҙа ― Əllə qayźa ― Somewhere.