ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ

Manchu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [pai.tʰa]

Noun

ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ • (baita)

1. thing; matter

   ᠰᠠᡳᠨ
   ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ ― sain baita ― good thing

   ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
   ᡠᡶᠠᡵᠠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ ― baita ufarabumbi ― to bungle matters

   ᡝᡵᡝ
   ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
   ᠶᠠᡵᡤᡳᠶᡡᠨ᠉ ― ere baita yargiyūn. ― Is this thing real?

2. official business; public duty
3. means; solution; way (of doing something)

   ᡩᡠᠪᡝᠨᡨᡝᠯᡝ
   ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
   ᠸᠠᡴᠠ᠉ ― dubentele baita waka. ― It is not gonna work out after all.

4. extramarital relations

Derived terms

• ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
  ᠶᠠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (baita yabumbi)
• ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
  ᠸᡝᠰᡳᠮᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (baita wesimbumbi)
• ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (baitalambi)
• ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠᡴᡡ (baitakū)