ᠪᡳᠮᠪᡳ

Manchu

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *bi-.

Verb

ᠪᡳᠮᠪᡳ • (bimbi)

1. to be; to exist

   ᠮᡠᠰᡝᡳ
   ᡥᠣᡵᡤᠣᠨ
   ᡩᡝ
   ᡝᠮᡠ
   ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ
   ᠪᡳ᠉ ― musei horgon de emu morin bi. ― There is a horse in our stable.

2. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect and the progressive tense.