кельо
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak keľo. By surface analysis, келї (kelji) + -о (-o).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛʎɔ]
- Rhymes: -ɛʎɔ
- Hyphenation: ке‧льо
Pronoun
кельо (kelʹo)
- (interrogative) how many, how much
- кельо лєм ― kelʹo ljem ― however much
- кельо маш роки? ― kelʹo maš roki? ― how old are you? (literally, “how many years do you have?”)
- кельо годзин? ― kelʹo hodzin? ― what time is it? (literally, “how many hours?”)
- кельо то кошта? ― kelʹo to košta? ― how much does it cost?
Related terms
adjectives
- келї (kelji)
nouns
- кельосц (kelʹosc)
Descendants
- →? Carpathian Rusyn: ке́льо (kélʹo)
Determiner
кельо (kelʹo)
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “кельо”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy