тельо

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak teľo. By surface analysis, телї (telji) +‎ -о (-o).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛʎɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɛʎɔ
• Hyphenation: те‧льо

Adverb

тельо (telʹo) (diminutive тeлькo or тeнцкo)

1. this much/many, that much/many, so much/many

   анї тельо ― anji telʹo ― not even that much

   два раз тельо ― dva raz telʹo ― twice as much

   тельо кельо и ― telʹo kelʹo i ― as much as (literally, “much how much and”)

2. so, such

   тельо вельо ― telʹo velʹo ― so much

3. (obsolete) likewise, identically, same

   обща мобилизация значи тельо як война ― obšča mobilizacija znači telʹo jak vojna ― general mobilization means the same thing as war

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “тельо”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “so”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 289