Modern Meitei/Days and Months

Some of the important Meitei words for days, weeks and months are:

  1. day : ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ (Noo-meet)
  2. today : ꯉꯁꯤ (Nga-see)
  3. yesterday : ꯉꯔꯥꯡ (Nga-raang)
  4. previous day : ꯃꯃꯥꯡꯒꯤ ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ (Ma-maang-gee Noo-meet)
  5. tomorrow : ꯍꯌꯦꯡ (Ha-yeng)
  6. next day : ꯃꯊꯪꯒꯤ ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ (Ma-thang-gee Noo-meet)
  7. week : ꯆꯌꯣꯜ (Cha-yol) or ꯆꯌꯣꯟ (Cha-yon)
  8. this week : ꯍꯟꯗꯛꯀꯤ ꯆꯌꯣꯜ (Han-dak-kee Cha-yol)
  9. last week : ꯃꯃꯥꯡꯒꯤ ꯆꯌꯣꯜ (Ma-maang-gee Cha-yol)
  10. next week : ꯃꯊꯪꯒꯤ ꯆꯌꯣꯜ (Ma-thang-gee Cha-yol)

Days edit

  1. Sunday : ꯅꯣꯡꯃꯥꯢꯖꯤꯡ (Nong-mai-jing)
  2. Monday : ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧꯀꯥꯕ (Ning-thou-kaa-ba)
  3. Tuesday : ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛꯄꯣꯛꯄ (Lei-baak-pok-pa)
  4. Wednesday : ꯌꯨꯝꯁꯀꯩꯁ (Yoom-sa-kei-sa)
  5. Thursday : ꯁꯒꯣꯜꯁꯦꯟ (Sa-gol-sen)
  6. Friday : ꯏꯔꯥꯢ (Ee-rai)
  7. Saturday : ꯊꯥꯡꯖ (Thaang-ja)

Months edit

12 Months of the year according to Meitei calendar (Manipuri calendar) :

  1. Sajibu : April-May interface month
  2. Kaalen : May-June interface month
  3. Ee-ngaa : June-July interface month
  4. Ee-ngen : July-August interface month
  5. Thouwaan (Thawaan) : August-September interface month
  6. Laang-ban : September-October interface month
  7. Meraa : October-November interface month
  8. Hee-yaang-gei : November-December interface month
  9. Poinu (Poi-noo) : December-January interface month
  10. Waak-ching : January-February interface month
  11. Phai-rel : February-March interface month
  12. Lam-taa : March-April interface month
  • Note: Date 1 of Sajibu month is the Meitei New Year (Manipuri New Year). Meitei New Year Festival is called Cheiraoba. So, there's no exact Manipuri translations of the twelve months of the Gregorian calendar. People use the same English names of the months to refer to the English months.