ᡩᠠᠮᡠ
Manchu
Etymology
Compare Middle Korean 다〯ᄆᆞᆫ〮 (tǎmón, “only; just; however”) > modern Korean 다만 (daman).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [ta.mu]
Conjunction
ᡩᠠᠮᡠ • (damu)
- merely; just
- ᡩᠠᠮᡠ
ᡠᡨᡨᡠ
ᡩᠠᠪᠠᠯᠠ᠉ ― damu uttu dabala. ― It is just like this.
- ᡩᠠᠮᡠ
- 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.
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- as long as; provided; so long as
- 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.
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