well!, so!; used to introduce a statement · oh, hm, huh, och, nu; expressing a (usually mild) degree of surprise, doubt, or frustration · huh?; used as a question marker, often implying that the speaker knows the answer
köken: Perhaps from an unstressed form of nu. Compare also Swedish nå, Russian ну (nu), Finnish no, and their cognates.
Como (a city and comune, the capital of the province of Como, Lombardy) · Como (a province of Lombardy, Italy) · a number of places in the United States:
eş: tanto
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quī Latin quō Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin modō Latin quōmodo Latin cōmō̆ Old Galician-Portuguese como Portuguese como From Old Galician-Portuguese como (“how; in what way”), from Latin cōmō̆, a non-literary form of quōmodo.
aile: como assim?, como não?, como por exemplo, como quê
Porque acontece isto? — Bu, niçin olur?
Como (é que) se frita um ovo?
Como (é que) fizeram isto?
Já visitei vários países, como a Holanda, a Ucrânia e a Nova Zelândia.
ερωτηματικό μόριο που αναφέρεται στον λόγο, την αιτία ή τον σκοπό μιας πράξης
köken: From για (gia, “for”) + τί (tí, “what”). Compare similar constructions in the Romance languages: Italian perché, Spanish por qué, French pourquoi.
in what manner, how · what about... (used to make a suggestion)
eş: いかに, いかが, いかん
köken: First cited to 1604 in the Portuguese work Arte da Lingoa de Iapam. The initial ど (do) may be cognate with the interrogative ど (do) seen in どれ (dore), どこ (doko), どち (dochi). Alternatively, possibly from older form だう (dau), much like the shift from かう (kau) → こう (kō, “like this, this way”), or さう (sau) → そう (sō, “like that, that way”). This shift is apparently suggested in the Arte da Lingoa de…
but (contrastive conjunction) · not only … but also
eş: lecz, pomimo, mimo to, jednak, lecz, tylko
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō Proto-Slavic *a Proto-Slavic *le univ. Proto-Slavic *ale Old Polish ale Polish ale Inherited from Old Polish ale. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + le. For the particle use, compare Hungarian de.
why; for what reason; wherefore; to what purpose; from what motive
köken: From Old Latin quūr, quōr, from Proto-Italic *kʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷór (“where”) (with pre-resonant and monosyllabic lengthening), from *kʷos (“interrogative determiner”) + *-r (“adverbial suffix”). For other Indo-European cognates, compare: * Sanskrit कर्हि॑ (kárhi, “when”), Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”) < *kʷór * Old English hwǣr (“where”), Old High German hwār (“where”) < *kʷēr *…
köken: From Old Danish thær for, ther fore, þær for. Compare Swedish därför, German dafür.
Hvorfor er sne hvidt? — Kar niçin beyazdır?
Hvis jeg virkelig har voldt en saadan Forsmædelse, som Etatsraad Hoff skriver, maa han i første Række takke sig selv derfor.
Etimoloji
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نیچون (niçin), from Old Anatolian Turkish نیچون (näyçün, niçün), a contraction of نه ایچون (nä içün). By surface analysis, ne (“what”) + için (“for”). Cognate with Azerbaijani neyçün.