ᠠᠬᠤ

Cognate with Khitan .

ᠠᠬᠤ (aqu)

1. to be (imperfective copula-existential)
2. to live
3. to reside

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Classical Mongolian: ᠠᠬᠤ (aqu)
  • Buryat: аха (axa, “to be”) (defective)
  • Khamnigan Mongol: аху (axu, “to be”)
  • Mongolian: аху (axu) / ᠠᠬᠤ (aqu)

• ᠪᠦᠬᠦ (bükü, “to be”, perfective copula-existential)

• Gardi (December 2006), 中古蒙古语研究 [Middle Mongol Studies] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shenyang: Liaoning Nationality Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 230–232, 398
• Ulan, collator (July 2012), Yuanchao Mishi: Jiaokanben (in Chinese, Middle Mongol, and Early Mandarin), 1st edition, Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, →ISBN