ᡨᡝ᠋ᠮᠪᡳ

Manchu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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