particle; conj.

a. tóˀo ḳeˁö́we ḷe-ṣandúḳ íḳdɛm ṭad men ˁeyyúg be-ḳáneʰ ˁímɛr ya ˁan ḳáṣṣaʰ ‘And when the chest was opened, the people saw one of the men inside. Everybody said: “What a trick!”’ (CSOL I 26:91)

b. ya ya mɔn ḥaʰ di-ktob ˁaf šénfaˁ ľáraḥk áḷḷaʰ díyyeʰ ber áˁḷayk hin díˀḥan mέtaḷ ‘Oh! Who has written that? That is perfect! Thank you so much, for you have so enhanced (the prestige of) our language.’ (CSOL II 1:127)

c. ya aḷḷáʰ ya aḷḷáʰ ľázem ṭaʰ ˁan náˁaʰ ho ekténaḥ fóḳri dέhɛr bíŝi še mɛľ éken fóḳri ‘Oh my God! Oh my God! Must it be like this? Shall I become a poor man again, with no money at all?’ (CSOL I 25:47)

d. kánoʰ šin ṭad be-ḥaḷf ẓ̂ayέfɛʰ wa-ˁímɛr hin tɛbéḷnɛn nhɔ́fken di-máḥḷɛ ṭaháren etéˀen ṭeʸh ḷe-ˁážeʰ kor tóˁod šin tóˀo ŝíno ˁin ˁemέroʰ ya aḷḷáʰ ˁak aḷ-tέbiľk nɔ́fin ‘There was a wedding-feast at a place in our land, and it was said to us: “Prepare to set off quickly!” And we set off, and we stopped by a certain woman so that she would go along with us. When she saw us, she said: “Oh my God!I haven’t prepared myself yet”’ (CSOL II 25:3)

e. šέhɛm díˀseʰ be-wagh deʰ di-meḷέkoʰ ˁeʸh sábaˁ ayyám ya záyed be-kúľľeʰ be-ẓ̂aḷˁ yešráḳaḥ meʸh néŝyes ṭéṭho tóˀo žed gémed ḷébhon ‘And it was hot on my face where she had touched me—the part directly before her—for seven days or more. Then things like splinters appeared from each side, like this, similar to tendons, solid and white’ (CSOL I 18:43)

f. zóhor ḫaṭár saľám ya mot ya ḥayá ‘He rushed to the sea willy-nilly, be it life or death’ (CSOL I 29:24)

As an exclamation of admiration: a, b.

In ya aḷḷaʰ ‘O Lord!’: c, d.

‘Whether (...or)’: e, f.