ᠪᡝ

From Proto-Tungusic *buu, compare Evenki бу (bu), Nanai буэ (bue).

• IPA^(key): /pə/

ᠪᡝ • (be) (first-person plural exclusive nominative)

1. we

From Proto-Tungusic *-ba.^[1] Compare with Jurchen harmonic variations of [script needed] (*bə), [script needed] (*bɑ), and [script needed] (*bo). Cognate with Udihe [script needed] (-wə), Oroch [script needed] (-wa); Nanai [script needed] (-wa), Ulch [script needed] (-wa), Orok [script needed] (-wa); Solon [script needed] (-wə), Evenki -вэ (-wə) / -ва (-wa) / -во (-wo), Negidal [script needed] (-wa), Even [script needed] (-w); etc.

• IPA^(key): /pə/

 ᠪᡝ • (-be)

1. Forming the accusative case of the definite state, as the object in phrase ‘drinking the water’ (rather than ‘drinking water’)
2. Forming the prolative case

• ᡳ (-i), ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ (-de), ᠴᡳ (-ci), ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡳ (-deri)

• IPA^(key): /pə/

ᠪᡝ • (be)

1. (literary) Used at the end of a sentence indicating affirmation, equivalent of Chinese 也 (yě).

• IPA^(key): /pə/

ᠪᡝ • (be)

1. birdseed
2. bait

• IPA^(key): /pə/

ᠪᡝ • (be)

1. crossbar yoking shafts of a carriage (equivalent of Chinese 輗／𫐐 (ní))

Borrowed from Chinese 伯 (bó).

• IPA^(key): /pə/

ᠪᡝ • (be)

1. Count (noble rank)

• ᡤᡠᠩ (gung, “Duke”), ᡥᠣ (ho, “Marquis”), ᠵᡳᠩᡴᡳᠨᡳ
  ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ (jingkini hafan, “Viscount”), ᠠᠰᡥᠠᠨ ᡳ
  ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ (ashan-i hafan, “Baron”)

Borrowed from Chinese 白 (Bó).

ᠪᡝ • (be)

1. (collective) Bai (people)

   ᠪᡝ ᡳ
   ᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠯᠮᠠ ― be-i niyalma ― a Bai person (literally, “a person of the Bai”)

   ᠪᡝ ᡳ
   ᡥᡝᡥᡝ ― be-i hehe ― a Bai woman (literally, “a woman of the Bai”)