ᡩᠠᠮᡠ

Manchu

Etymology

Compare Middle Korean 다〯ᄆᆞᆫ〮 (tǎmón, “only; just; however”) > modern Korean 다만 (daman).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ta.mu]

Conjunction

ᡩᠠᠮᡠ • (damu)

1. merely; just

   ᡩᠠᠮᡠ
   ᡠᡨᡨᡠ
   ᡩᠠᠪᠠᠯᠠ᠉ ― damu uttu dabala. ― It is just like this.

2. but; however
   • 1781, 平定兩金川方畧/Gin cuwan i babe necihiyeme toktobuha hodogon i bithe [Military Annals of the Pacification of the Two Jinchuans]:

     ᡩᠠᠮᡠ
     ᠰᡟᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ
     ᡤᠣᠯᠣ
     ᠪᠠ
     ᠨᠠ
     ᠣᠨᠴᠣ
     ᠯᡝᠯᡳ
     ᡨᡝᡳᠰᡠ
     ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡴᡳᠶᠠᡵᠠ
     ᠪᠠ
     ᠯᠠᠪᡩᡠ
     ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ
     ᡴᠣᠮᠰᠣ᠉

     damu sycuwan golo ba na onco leli teisu tuwakiyara ba labdu cooha komso.

     But the area of the Sichuan province is large, (there are) a lot of places to be watched over and (we only have) a few troops.

3. as long as; provided; so long as
4. only
   • 1731, Yinzhen, 上諭八旗/Dergi hese jakūn gūsa de wasimbuhangge:

     ᡩᠠᠮᡠ
     ᡥᡡᡳᡯᠶ
     ᠰᡝ
     ᡳᡥᠠᠨ
     ᠸᠠᡵᠠ
     ᠪᡝ
     ᡥᡝᡨᡥᡝ
     ᠣᠪᡠᡥᠠᠪᡳ᠉

     damu hūidzy se ihan wara be hethe obuhabi.

     Only Muslims make a living slaughtering cattle.