оттон
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Yakut[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Conjunction[edit]
оттон • (otton)
- but (adversative conjunction), however
Usage notes[edit]
In English the word but is generally proscribed at the beginning of a sentence, but in Yakut it is not, and may be used at the beginning or middle of a sentence.
Synonyms[edit]
- туолка (tuolka, “but, however”)
Particle[edit]
оттон • (otton)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Usage notes[edit]
It is used to strengthen an objection or reproach, and in this sense loosely corresponds with English well.