ᡨᡝ᠋ᠮᠪᡳ

Manchu

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *tege-, compare Evenki тэгэмӣ (təgəmī).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tʰəm.pi]

Verb

ᡨᡝ᠋ᠮᠪᡳ • (tembi)

1. (intransitive) to sit; to take a seat
2. (intransitive) to live; to dwell; to reside
   • 1848, Pu Songling, translated by Jakdan, 擇飜聊齋志異/Sonjofi ubaliyambuha liyoo zhai zhi i bithe [Selected Short Stories by Liao Zhai in translation]:

     ᠮᡳᠨᡳ
     ᡝᠮᡠ
     ᡶᡝ
     ᡤᡠᠴᡠ
     ᠪᡳᡶᡳ᠈
     ᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨ ᡳ
     ᡝᠮᡤᡳ
     ᡝᠮᡠ
     ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ
     ᡩᡝ
     ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ᠉

     mini emu fe gucu bifi, amban-i emgi emu gašan de tembi.

     An old friend of mine lives in a village together with the adults.

3. to store up; to lay up; to stockpile
4. to leave sediment; to precipitate
5. to serve as; to act as; to play the role of

Conjugation

Selected forms of ᡨᡝ᠋ᠮᠪᡳ (tembi) (type he-re)

Sentence-final forms
Indicative		Simple		Progressive		Perfect
	Present-future	ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ (tembi)		ᡨᡝᠮᡝ ᠪᡳ (teme bi)		ᡨᡝᡥᡝᠪᡳ (tehebi)
	Past	ᡨᡝᡥᡝ (tehe)		ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳᡥᡝ (tembihe)		ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳᡥᡝᠪᡳ (tembihebi)
	Future	ᡨᡝᡵᡝ (tere)		—		—
Interrogative		Affirmative			Negative
	Non-past	ᡨᡝᠣ (teo)			ᡨᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (terakūn)
	Past	ᡨᡝᡥᡝᠣ (teheo)			ᡨᡝᡥᠠᡴᡡᠨ (tehakūn)
		Affirmative			Negative
Imperative		ᡨᡝ (te)			ᡠᠮᡝ ᡨᡝᡵᡝ (ume tere)
		Normal			Strong
Desiderative		ᡨᡝᡴᡳ (teki)			ᡨᡝᡴᡳ ᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳ (teki sembi)
		Normal			Polite
Optative		ᡨᡝᡴᡳᠨᡳ (tekini), ᡨᡝᡴᡳ (teki)			ᡨᡝᡵᡝᠣ (tereo), ᡨᡝᠴᡳᠨᠠ (tecina)
Converbs
Coordinative (Infinitive)		ᡨᡝᠮᡝ (teme)
Subordinative (Past gerund)		ᡨᡝᡶᡳ (tefi)
Conditional		ᡨᡝᠴᡳ (teci)
Durative		ᡨᡝᡥᡝᡳ (tehei)
Terminative		ᡨᡝᡨᡝᠯᡝ (tetele)
Instrumental		ᡨᡝᡨᡝᡳ (tetei)
Preparative		ᡨᡝᠩᡤᡝᠯᡝ (tenggele)
Concessive		ᡨᡝᠴᡳᠪᡝ (tecibe)
Adverbial		ᡨᡝᡵᡝᠯᠠᠮᡝ (terelame)
Participles
		Non-past			Past
Positive		ᡨᡝᡵᡝ (tere)			ᡨᡝᡥᡝ (tehe)
Negative		ᡨᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡ (terakū)			ᡨᡝᡥᠠᡴᡡ (tehakū)
Verbal noun		ᡨᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ (terengge)			ᡨᡝᡥᡝᠩᡤᡝ (tehengge)

Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible conjugated form of every verb actually occurs.

Derived terms

• ᡨᡝᡥᡝ
  ᠮᡠᡴᡝ (tehe muke)
• ᡨᡝᡴᡠ (teku)