ᡨᡝ

Manchu

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tʰə]

Adverb

ᡨᡝ • (te)

1. now
   • 1781, 平定兩金川方畧 [Military Annals of the Pacification of the Two Jinchuans]:

     ᡨᡝ
     ᠵᠠᠪᡧᠠᠨ
     ᡩᡝ
     ᡥᡡᠯᡥᠠᡳ
     ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ
     ᠪᡝᡩᡝᡵᡝᡥᡝ᠉

     te jabšan de hūlhai cooha bederehe.

     Fortunately the enemy troops have now retreated.

2. recently

   ᡨᡝ
   ᡝᡵᡳᠨ
   ᡥᠠᠯᡥᡡᠨ
   ᠣᡥᠣ᠉ ― te erin halhūn oho. ― It has become extremely hot recently.

Derived terms

• ᡨᡝ
  ᡠᡨᡥᠠᡳ (te uthai)
• ᡨᡝ ᡳ (te-i)

Verb

ᡨᡝ • (te)

1. imperative of ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ (tembi)

References

• Jerry Norman (2013) A Comprehensive Manchu-English Dictionary, Harvard University Press