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
87 core words in Meitei
Sources
- Sharma, H. Surmangol (2006). Learners' Manipuri-English Dictionary. Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago
- English Wiktionary Manipuri lemmas (which cite R:mni:Sharma)
Words compared
Compared with languages in the same classification: Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman)
| Meaning | Meitei | Tangkhul Naga | Mizo | Hakha Chin | Mru | Sikkimese | Limbu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | ꯏꯁꯤꯡ /isiŋ/ | ze /ze/ | tui /tui/ | ti /ti/ | o /ɔ/ | ཆུ /tɕʰu/ | ᤆᤫᤠ᤺ᤳ /tʃwaːt/ |
| Fire | ꯃꯩ /mə́i/ | mei /mei/ | mei /mei/ | mei /mei/ | mai /mɑɪ/ | མེ /me/ | ᤔᤡ /mi/ |
| Sun | ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ /numit/ | nyithui /ɲitʰui/ | ni /ni/ | ni /ni/ | thum /tʰum/ | ཉི་མ /ɲima/ | ᤏᤠᤶ /nam/ |
| Moon | ꯊꯥ /tʰaː/ | lai /lai/ | thla /tʰla/ | thla /tʰla/ | la /lə/ | ཟླ་བ /dawa/ | ᤗᤠᤒᤠ /laːba/ |
| Star | ꯊꯋꯥꯟꯃꯤꯆꯥꯛ /tʰəwanmitʃak/ | sira /siraː/ | arsi /arsi/ | arfi /ʔarfi/ | kɯr /kɯr/ | སྐར་མ་ /kaːma/ | ᤂᤣ᤺ᤶᤛᤡᤰᤐᤠ /kʰeːmsikpa/ |
| Night | ꯑꯍꯤꯡ /əhiŋ/ | ngayashong /ŋajaʃoŋ/ | zan /zan/ | zan /zan/ | yak /jak/ | ཕྱི་རུ /pʰiru/ | ᤛᤧᤴᤍᤡᤰ /sɛndik/ |
| Rain | ꯅꯣꯡ /noŋ/ | zingrot /ziŋrot/ | ruah /ruaʔ/ | ruah /rua/ | — | ཆར་པོ /tɕʰaːp/ | ᤘᤠᤜᤡ᤺ᤳ /waːhiːt/ |
| Snow | ꯎꯟ /un/ | horam /horam/ | vur /vur/ | hawhra /hawhra/ | — | ཁ་བོ /kʰau/ | ᤏᤠ᤺ᤱ /naːŋ/ |
| Wind | ꯅꯨꯡꯁꯤꯠ /nuŋsit/ | masi /masi/ | thli /tʰli/ | thli /tʰli/ | — | རླུང /luŋ/ | ᤛᤢᤖᤡᤳ /surit/ |
| Earth | ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛ /ləibak/ | ngalei /ŋalei/ | lei /ˈlei̯/ | vawlei /vawlei/ | — | ས /sa/ | ᤂᤠᤶ /kʰam/ |
| Stone | ꯅꯨꯡ /nuŋ/ | ngalung /ŋaluŋ/ | lung /luŋ/ | lung /luŋ/ | — | རྡོ /do/ | ᤗᤢᤱ /luŋ/ |
| Mountain | ꯆꯤꯡ /tʃíŋ/ | kaphung /kapʰuŋ/ | tlâng /tlaŋ/ | tlang /tlaŋ/ | — | — | ᤁᤥ᤺ᤰᤔᤠ /koːkmaː/ |
| Sea | ꯏꯄꯥꯛ /ipak/ | ngayi /ŋaji/ | tuipui /tuipui/ | rili /rili/ | — | རྒྱ་མཚོ /ɡʲamtsʰo/ | ᤘᤖ᤺ᤱ /waraːŋ/ |
| Mother | ꯏꯃꯥ /ima/ | ina /ina/ | nu /nu/ | nu /nu/ | au /əʔu/ | ཨམ /am/ | ᤀᤠᤶᤔᤠ /amma/ |
| Father | ꯏꯄꯥ /ipa/ | apa /apa/ | pa /pa/ | pa /pa/ | pa /pə/ | ཨ་པོ /apo/ | ᤀᤠᤶᤒᤠ /amba/ |
| Daughter | ꯏꯆꯥꯅꯨꯄꯤ /itʃanupi/ | nawngalawu /nawŋalawu/ | fanu /fanu/ | fanu /fanu/ | — | བུམ /bum/ | — |
| I | ꯑꯩ /əi/ | i /i/ | kei /kei/ | kei /kei/ | nga /ŋa/ | ང་ /ŋa/ | ᤀᤡᤱᤃᤠ᤹ /iŋɡaʔ/ |
| You | ꯅꯡ /nə́ŋ/ | na /na/ | nang /naŋ/ | nang /naŋ/ | nang /naŋ/ | ཆོད /tɕʰøʔ/ | ᤂᤧᤏᤧ᤹ /kʰɛnɛʔ/ |
| We | ꯑꯩꯈꯣꯏ /əikʰoi/ | ithum /itʰum/ | keini /keini/ | kanmah /kanmaʔ/ | — /—/ | ང་ཅག་ /ŋatɕaʔ/ | ᤀᤠᤏᤡ᤹ / ᤀᤠᤏᤡᤃᤧ /aniʔ / aniɡɛ/ |
| Name | ꯃꯤꯡ /miŋ/ | amin /amin/ | hming /hmiŋ/ | min /min/ | ming /miŋ/ | མིང་ /miŋ/ | ᤔᤡᤱ /miŋ/ |
| Person | ꯃꯤ /mi/ | — | mi /mi/ | mi /mi/ | — | མི /mi/ | ᤔᤏᤠ /manaː/ |
| Head | ꯀꯣꯛ /kok/ | kui /kui/ | lu /lu/ | lu /lu/ | — | མགོ /ɡo/ | ᤌᤧᤃᤣ᤺ᤰ /tʰɛɡeːk/ |
| Eye | ꯃꯤꯠ /mit/ | mi /mi/ | mit /mit/ | mit /mit/ | mik /mɪk/ | མིག /mik/ | ᤔᤡᤰ /mik/ |
| Ear | ꯅꯥꯀꯣꯡ /nakoŋ/ | khana /kʰana/ | beng /beŋ/ | hna /hna/ | na /na/ | — | ᤏᤧᤰᤂᤥ᤹ /nɛkkʰoʔ/ |
| Nose | ꯅꯥꯇꯣꯟ /naton/ | natang /nataŋ/ | hnar /hnar/ | hnar /hnar/ | — | སྣ /n̥a/ | — |
| Mouth | ꯆꯤꯟ /tʃin/ | khamor /kʰamor/ | kâ /ka/ | kaa /kaː/ | — | ཁ /kʰa/ | ᤔᤢᤖᤠ /muraː/ |
| Tooth | ꯌꯥ /ja/ | ha /ha/ | ha /ha/ | ha /ha/ | ha /ha/ | སོ /so/ | ᤜᤠᤒᤥ᤹ /haboʔ/ |
| Tongue | ꯂꯩ /ləi/ | male /male/ | lei /lei/ | lei /lei/ | lei /lei/ | ལྕེ /tɕe/ | ᤗᤧᤛᤥ᤺ᤵᤐᤠ /lɛsoːppa/ |
| Hand | ꯈꯨꯠ /kʰut/ | pang /paŋ/ | kut /kut/ | kut /kut/ | bong /boŋ/ | ལག་ཀོ /lako/ | ᤜᤢᤰ /huk/ |
| Foot | ꯈꯣꯡ /kʰoŋ/ | phei /pʰei/ | ke /ke/ | ke /ke/ | klong /kləŋ/ | རྐངམ /kaːm/ | ᤗᤠᤱ /laŋ/ |
| Heart | ꯊꯝꯃꯣꯏ /tʰəmmoi/ | mokyaba /mokjaba/ | thinlung /tʰinluŋ/ | lung /luŋ/ | tsak /tsʰɑk/ | སྙིང /ɲiŋ/ | ᤛᤡᤰᤗᤢᤱ /sikluŋ/ |
| Bone | ꯁꯔꯨ /sə́ru/ | ara /ara/ | ruh /ruh/ | ruh /ruh/ | hut /hut/ | རུས་པ /rupa/ | ᤕᤧ᤺ᤵᤐᤠ /jɛːppa/ |
| Blood | ꯏ /i/ | ashi /aʃi/ | thisen /tʰiseːn/ | thi /tʰî/ | thi /tʰi/ | ཁྱག /kʰjaʔ/ | ᤔᤠᤰᤂᤡ᤹ /makkʰiʔ/ |
| Poop | ꯊꯤ /tʰi/ | paai /paːi/ | êk /ek/ | ek /ʔek/ | — | སྐྱག་ཀོ /kʲakko/ | — |
| Love | ꯅꯨꯡꯁꯤꯕ /nuŋsiba/ | cha /tʃa/ | hmangaih /hmaŋai/ | daw /daw/ | akiet /əkiɛt/ | དགའ /ɡa/ | ᤗᤢᤱᤔᤠ᤹ ᤋᤢᤰᤔᤠ /luŋmaʔ tukmaː/ |
| Tree | ꯎ /u/ | leiyik /leijik/ | thingkung /tʰiŋkuŋ/ | thingkung /tʰiŋkuŋ/ | tshing /tsʰɪŋ/ | ཤིང /ɕiŋ/ | ᤛᤡᤱᤒᤢᤱ /siŋbuŋ/ |
| Dog | ꯍꯨꯏ /hui/ | ui /ui/ | ui /ui/ | ui /ui/ | takui /təkuɪ/ | ཁྱི /kʰi/ | ᤁᤥ᤺ᤳᤆᤥ /koːttʃo/ |
| Cat | ꯍꯧꯗꯣꯡ /hə́udoŋ/ | mibu /mibu/ | zawhte /zɔʔte/ | minu /minu/ | tamin /təmɪn/ | ཞི་མི /ʑimi/ | ᤐᤡᤛᤡ /pisi/ |
| Fish | ꯉꯥ /ŋa/ | khai /kʰai/ | sangha /saŋha/ | nga /ŋà/ | nga /ŋa/ | ཉ /ɲa/ | ᤅᤠ /ŋaː/ |
| Bird | ꯎꯆꯦꯛ /utʃek/ | vanao /vanao/ | sava /sava/ | vate /vaʔteʔ/ | — | བྱ /bja/ | ᤐᤢᤛᤠ /pusaː/ |
| Butterfly | ꯀꯨꯔꯥꯛ /kurak/ | konghang /koŋhaŋ/ | phengphehlep /pʰeŋpʰehlep/ | pelep /pelep/ | — | — | — |
| Egg | ꯌꯦꯔꯨꯝ /jerum/ | harra /harra/ | artui /artui/ | arti /ʔarti/ | — | — | ᤘᤠᤎᤡ᤺ /waːdiː/ |
| Bear | ꯁꯑꯣꯝ /səom/ | singom /siŋom/ | savawm /savɔm/ | vom /vom/ | — | — | ᤔᤠ᤹᤺ᤕᤢᤒᤠ /maːʔjuba/ |
| Horse | ꯁꯒꯣꯜ /səɡol/ | sigui /siɡui/ | sakawr /sakɔr/ | rang /raŋ/ | — | རྟ /ta/ | ᤀᤴ /an/ |
| House | ꯌꯨꯝ /jum/ | shim /ʃim/ | in /in/ | inn /in/ | khim /kʲɪm/ | ཁྱིམ /kʰim/ | ᤜᤡᤶ /him/ |
| Milk | ꯁꯡꯒꯣꯝ /səŋɡom/ | seina /seinə/ | hnute tui /hnute tui/ | hnuk /hnuk/ | — | འོ་མ /oma/ | ᤏᤢ /nu/ |
| Honey | ꯈꯣꯏꯍꯤ /kʰoihi/ | khuira /kʰuira/ | khuaizu /kʰuaizu/ | khuaihliti /kʰuaihliti/ | — | — | ᤛᤰᤘᤠᤄᤢ /sakwaːɡu/ |
| Salt | ꯊꯨꯝ /tʰum/ | machi /matʃi/ | chi /tʃi/ | ci /tsi/ | — | ཚྭ /tsʰa/ | ᤕᤢᤶ /jum/ |
| Rice | ꯆꯦꯡ /tʃeŋ/ | mawon /mawon/ | buh /buh/ | facang /fatsaŋ/ | — | — | — |
| Chocolate | ꯆꯣꯀꯣꯂꯦꯠ /tʃokolet/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Iron | ꯌꯣꯠ /jot/ | mari /mari/ | thîr /tʰiːr/ | thir /tʰir/ | — | ལྕགས /tɕaʔ/ | ᤑᤧᤴᤈᤣ᤹ /pʰɛndʒɛʔ/ |
| Wheel | ꯀꯥꯡꯈꯣꯡ /kaŋkʰoŋ/ | kangphei /kaŋpʰei/ | tawlailîr ke /tɔlailiːr ke/ | kekual /kekual/ | — | འཁོར་ལོ /kʰorlo/ | ᤁᤠᤵᤗᤥ᤺ᤰ /kaploːk/ |
| Silk | ꯀꯕ꯭ꯔꯡ /kəbrəŋ/ | kaprangku /kapraŋku/ | maimaw /maimɔ/ | pu /pu/ | — | — | — |
| Book | ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯤꯛ /lairik/ | lairik /lairik/ | lehkhabu /leʔkʰabu/ | cauk /tsauk/ | — | དེབ /dep/ | ᤛᤠᤵᤐᤴ /sappan/ |
| Eat | ꯆꯥꯕ /tʃaːba/ | ngui /ŋui/ | ei /ei/ | ei /ei/ | tsa /tsɑ/ | ཟ /sa/ | ᤆᤠᤔᤠ /tʃaːmaː/ |
| Drink | ꯊꯛꯄ /tʰəkpə/ | rai /rai/ | in /in/ | din /din/ | kham /kʰɑm/ | འཐུང /tʰuŋ/ | ᤌᤢᤱᤔᤠ /tʰuŋmaː/ |
| Sleep | ꯇꯨꯝꯕ /túmbə/ | pi /pi/ | mut /mut/ | it /ʔit/ | — | ཉལ /ɲɛː/ | ᤀᤡᤵᤔᤠ /ipmaː/ |
| One | ꯑꯃ /əmə/ | kha /kʰa/ | pakhat /pakʰat/ | pakhat /pakʰat/ | lok /lɔk/ | གཅིག /tɕiʔ/ | ᤌᤡᤰ /tʰik/ |
| Two | ꯑꯅꯤ /əni/ | khani /kʰani/ | pahnih /pahniʔ/ | pahnih /pahniʔ/ | pəni /pəni/ | གཉིས་ /ɲiː/ | ᤏᤧᤳᤇᤡ /nɛtɕːi/ |
| Three | ꯑꯍꯨꯝ /əhum/ | kathum /katʰum/ | pathum /patʰum/ | pathum /patʰum/ | sum /sum/ | གསུམ /sum/ | ᤛᤢᤶᤛᤡ /sumsi/ |
| Four | ꯃꯔꯤ /məri/ | mati /məti/ | pali /pali/ | pali /pali/ | — | བཞི /ʒi/ | ᤗᤡᤛᤡ /lisi/ |
| Five | ꯃꯉꯥ /məŋaː/ | phanga /pʰəŋa/ | panga /paŋa/ | panga /paŋa/ | — | ལྔ /ŋa/ | ᤅᤠᤛᤡ /ŋaːsi/ |
| Hundred | ꯆꯥꯃ /tʃamə/ | shakha /ʃakʰə/ | za /za/ | za /za/ | — | བརྒྱ /ɡʲɛ/ | ᤁᤡᤵ /kip/ |
| Hello | ꯈꯨꯔꯨꯝꯖꯔꯤ /kʰurumdʒari/ | hayau /hajau/ | chibai /tʃibai/ | na dam maw /na dam maw/ | namaskaro /nɑməskɑro/ | ཁམས་བཟང /kʰamsaŋ/ | ᤐᤣᤜᤢᤙᤣ /peːhuːje/ |
| Thank you | ꯊꯥꯒꯠꯆꯔꯤ /tʰaːɡattʃari/ | ase /ase/ | ka lawm e /ka lɔːm e/ | ka lawm /ka lawm/ | dhanyabad /dʰənəbɑd/ | ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ /tʰuktɕetɕe/ | ᤐᤡᤍᤠᤱ /pidaːŋ/ |
| Good | ꯑꯐꯕ /əpʰəbə/ | kahei /kahei/ | ṭha /tɾʰa/ | ṭha /ʈʰa/ | — /—/ | ལེགམ /lɛm/ | ᤏᤢᤒᤠ /nuba/ |
| New | ꯑꯅꯧꯕ /ənəubə/ | kathar /katʰar/ | thar /tʰar/ | thar /tʰar/ | — | — | ᤁᤢᤛᤱ /kusaŋ/ |
| Red | ꯑꯉꯥꯡꯕ /əŋáŋbə/ | kahunga /kahuŋa/ | sen /sen/ | sen /sen/ | ni /ni/ | དམར་པོ /maːpu/ | ᤜᤧ᤺ᤳᤋᤠᤱᤒᤠ /hɛːttaŋba/ |
| White | ꯑꯉꯧꯕ /əŋəubə/ | kachar /katʃar/ | vâr /var/ | raang /raːŋ/ | — /—/ | དཀར་པོ /kaːpu/ | ᤑᤍᤠᤱᤒᤠ /pʰadaŋba/ |
| Black | ꯑꯃꯨꯕ /əmubə/ | kachik /katʃik/ | dum /dum/ | dum /dum/ | — | — | ᤔᤠᤰᤋᤠᤱᤒᤠ /maktaŋba/ |
| Green | ꯑꯁꯡꯕ /əsəŋbə/ | khamateka /kʰamateka/ | hring /hriŋ/ | hring /hriŋ/ | — | ལྗང་ཀུ /dʑaŋku/ | — |
| Blue | ꯍꯤꯒꯣꯛ /híɡok/ | khamaying /kʰamajiŋ/ | dumpâwl /dumpɔl/ | — | — | — | — |
| Cuckoo | ꯀꯣꯀꯤꯜ /kokil/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tea | ꯆꯥ /tʃa/ | — | thingpui /tʰiŋpui/ | lakphak /lakpʰak/ | — | ཇ /dʑa/ | — |
| Coffee | ꯀꯣꯐꯤ /kopʰi/ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sugar | ꯆꯤꯅꯤ /tʃini/ | chini /tʃini/ | chithlum /tʃitʰlum/ | cini /tsini/ | — | ཅི་ནི /tɕini/ | — |
| Orange | ꯀꯣꯝꯂꯥ /komla/ | komola /komola/ | serthlum /sertʰlum/ | theithu /tʰeitʰu/ | — | — | — |
| Ninety-nine | ꯃꯔꯤꯐꯨꯇꯔꯥꯃꯥꯄꯟ /məripʰutəraːmaːpən/ | hangchikoda chiko /haŋtʃikoda tʃiko/ | sawmkua leh pakua /sɔmkua leʔ pakua/ | sawmkua le pakua /sɔmkua le pakua/ | — | — | — |
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