hello (when answering at the beginning of a call) · used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening · hello (as an in-person greeting)
slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat (of a span of time, or an amount or degree) · used to preface and soften a negative expression · an indirect expression of refusal: well, umm
köken: From ちっと (chitto), itself a geminated emphatic form of ちと (chito), originally composed of ち (chi, “small”, not used in isolation; cognate with the chi in 小さい chīsai) + と (to, adverbial particle). First attested in 1477.
hello (greeting) · hey, hello (to get someone's attention) · hello, hey (call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected)
köken: From the imperative of Middle High German haln (“fetch”), from Old High German holōn, from Proto-West Germanic *holōn. Comparable to modern German hallo, Spanish hola.
aile: hallåa
Hallå, vem är det jag talar med?
Hallå där
Tjabba, tjena, hallå! Tjabba, tjena, hallå! Vi säger så.