hello · an initial response when picking up a phone call · a call for response to try and catch someone's attention
çekim: tamlayan Hallos
eş: Gejohle
köken: Originally used as a call to the ferryman on the other side of the bank; related to Old High German holā, emphatic imperative of holōn (“to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman”), from Proto-West Germanic *holōn (“to fetch”). Also see French holà (“hey! stop!”).
aile: aber hallo
Hallo, Sie haben Ihr Gepäck vergessen!
Ich meine, hallo? Was glaubt der eigentlich, wer er ist?
or, or whether (A conjunction that introduces the second part of a disjunctive interrogation, or a phrase implying doubt.) · in disjunctive interrogations · direct
köken: From Proto-Italic *an, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en. Cognate with Lithuanian angu (“or”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽 (an, “so? now?”). May also be related to Ancient Greek ἄν (án, particle), Sanskrit अना (anā́), Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬁 (anā), Lithuanian anàs, Albanian a, Proto-Slavic *onъ.
aile: albus an āter sit, annōn, dubitō an, haud sciō an, nesciō an