ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ
Meitei
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman)
Meitei (Manipuri) is the official language of Manipur and a constitutionally recognized Indian language. The indigenous Meitei Mayek script was revived in 2005 after centuries of using Bengali-Assamese script.
Where it is spoken
20 core words in Meitei
Water
ꯏꯁꯤꯡ
/isiŋ/
Fire
ꯃꯩ
/mei/
Sun
ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ
/numit/
Moon
ꯊꯥ
/tʰaː/
Mother
ꯏꯃꯥ
/ima/
Father
ꯏꯄꯥ
/ipa/
Eat
ꯆꯥꯕ
/tʃaːba/
Drink
ꯊꯛꯄ
/tʰakpa/
Love
ꯅꯨꯡꯁꯤꯕ
/nuŋsiba/
Heart
ꯊꯃꯣꯏ
/tʰamoi/
Tree
ꯐꯨꯂꯥꯡ
/pʰulaŋ/
House
ꯌꯨꯝ
/jum/
Dog
ꯍꯨꯏ
/hui/
Cat
ꯍꯧꯗꯣꯡ
/houdoŋ/
Hand
ꯈꯨꯠ
/kʰut/
Eye
ꯃꯤꯠ
/mit/
Hello
ꯈꯨꯔꯨꯝꯖꯔꯤ
/kʰuɾumdʒaɾi/
Thank you
ꯊꯥꯒꯠꯆꯔꯤ
/tʰaːɡattʃaɾi/
One
ꯑꯃ
/ama/
Good
ꯐꯕ
/pʰaba/
Words compared
Compared with related Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) languages
| Meaning | Meitei | Mizo | Hakha Chin | Tangkhul Naga | Thulung | Sikkimese | North Moluccan Malay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | ꯏꯁꯤꯡ /isiŋ/ | tui /tui/ | ti /ti/ | ze /ze/ | भु /bʱu/ | ཆུ /tɕʰu/ | aer /aer/ |
| Fire | ꯃꯩ /mei/ | mei /mei/ | mei /mei/ | mei /mei/ | मे /me/ | མེ /me/ | api /api/ |
| Sun | ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ /numit/ | ni /ni/ | ni /ni/ | nyithui /ɲitʰui/ | नाम /nam/ | ཉི་མ /ɲima/ | matahari /matahari/ |
| Moon | ꯊꯥ /tʰaː/ | thla /tʰla/ | thla /tʰla/ | lai /lai/ | लामी /lami/ | ཟླ་བ /dawa/ | bulan /bulan/ |
| Mother | ꯏꯃꯥ /ima/ | nu /nu/ | nu /nu/ | ina /ina/ | मामा /mama/ | ཨ་མ /ama/ | mama /mama/ |
| Father | ꯏꯄꯥ /ipa/ | pa /pa/ | pa /pa/ | apa /apa/ | पापा /papa/ | ཨ་པ /apa/ | papa /papa/ |
| Eat | ꯆꯥꯕ /tʃaːba/ | ei /ei/ | ei /ei/ | ngui /ŋui/ | च- /tʃa/ | ཟ /za/ | makang /makaŋ/ |
| Drink | ꯊꯛꯄ /tʰakpa/ | in /in/ | din /din/ | rai /rai/ | तुङ- /tʰuŋ/ | འཐུང /tʰuŋ/ | minong /minoŋ/ |
| Love | ꯅꯨꯡꯁꯤꯕ /nuŋsiba/ | hmangaih /hmaŋai/ | daw /daw/ | cha /tʃa/ | सेय्यु /sejːu/ | དགའ /ɡa/ | cinta /tʃinta/ |
| Heart | ꯊꯃꯣꯏ /tʰamoi/ | thinlung /tʰinluŋ/ | lung /luŋ/ | mokyaba /mokjaba/ | सीक /siːk/ | སྙིང /ɲiŋ/ | hati /hati/ |
| Tree | ꯐꯨꯂꯥꯡ /pʰulaŋ/ | thingkung /tʰiŋkuŋ/ | thingkung /tʰiŋkuŋ/ | leiyik /leijik/ | सीङ /siːŋ/ | ཤིང /ɕiŋ/ | pohong /pohoŋ/ |
| House | ꯌꯨꯝ /jum/ | in /in/ | inn /in/ | shim /ʃim/ | खिम /kʰim/ | ཁྱིམ /tɕim/ | ruma /ruma/ |
| Dog | ꯍꯨꯏ /hui/ | ui /ui/ | ui /ui/ | ui /ui/ | ख्ली /kʰliː/ | ཁྱི /tɕʰi/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ |
| Cat | ꯍꯧꯗꯣꯡ /houdoŋ/ | zawhte /zɔʔte/ | minu /minu/ | mibu /mibu/ | पुसी /pusi/ | ཞི་མི /ʑimi/ | ikung /ikuŋ/ |
| Hand | ꯈꯨꯠ /kʰut/ | kut /kut/ | kut /kut/ | phei /pʰei/ | गुर /ɡur/ | ལག /lak/ | tangang /taŋaŋ/ |
| Eye | ꯃꯤꯠ /mit/ | mit /mit/ | mit /mit/ | mi /mi/ | मिक /mik/ | མིག /mik/ | mata /mata/ |
| Hello | ꯈꯨꯔꯨꯝꯖꯔꯤ /kʰuɾumdʒaɾi/ | chibai /tʃibai/ | na dam maw /na dam maw/ | hayau /hajau/ | नमस्ते /nəməste/ | ཁམས་བཟང /kʰamsaŋ/ | cerang /tʃeraŋ/ |
| Thank you | ꯊꯥꯒꯠꯆꯔꯤ /tʰaːɡattʃaɾi/ | ka lawm e /ka lɔːm e/ | ka lawm /ka lawm/ | ase /ase/ | धन्यवाद /dʱənjəbaːd/ | ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ /tʰuktɕetɕe/ | tarima kase /tarima kase/ |
| One | ꯑꯃ /ama/ | pakhat /pakʰat/ | pakhat /pakʰat/ | kha /kʰa/ | कोङ /koŋ/ | གཅིག /tɕik/ | satu /satu/ |
| Good | ꯐꯕ /pʰaba/ | tha /tʰa/ | tha /tʰa/ | kahei /kahei/ | नुम्स /nums/ | ལེགས་པོ /lekpo/ | bae /bae/ |
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