koe-

[John Dingley]

Koe- (koj- colloquially) is dealt with by Townsend on p.241 of
his "Continuing with Russian" and in detail by Issatschenko in
his section on indefinite pronouns in his "Die russische Sprache
der Gegenwart", p.497 ff.

I wonder if Bill Mahota is right in his hierarchy. Bill avers
that -nibud' is even less definite than -libo, but Wade  (p.410)
has them the other way round. Issatschenko (pp. 498-9) gives
-nibud' and -libo as synonymous, with -libo being more
"up-market".

John Dingley

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