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{{Short description|Meitei language sayings}}
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[[Proverbs]] ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Latn|Paorou}}||information‑to take}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary (Proverb) |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A7&matchtype=default |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu |publisher=[[University of Chicago]] |page=113 |quote=pāorou ꯄꯥꯑꯣꯔꯧ /pao.rəu/ n. proverb. Morph: pāo‑rou [information‑to take].}}</ref>) in [[Meitei language]] (officially called [[Manipuri language]]) are usually short, well-known terse and vigorously expressive sayings, stating general truths as well as advices. These are the [[intangible cultural heritages of Meitei civilization]], playing crucial roles in the [[classicism in Meitei culture]].

== List ==
{{Expand list|date=April 2023}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" | Meitei language proverbs
! rowspan="2" | English language translations
! rowspan="2" | Applications (if any)
! rowspan="2" | English equivalents (if any)
! rowspan="2" | Note(s)
|-
! In [[Meitei script]]
! In [[Eastern Nagari script]]
! In [[Romanization]]
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯀꯩꯅꯕꯨ ꯇꯣꯛꯄ ꯄꯣꯛꯄꯔꯥ?}}
| {{Script|Beng|কৈনবু তোকপা পোকপরা?}}
| {{Script|Latn|Kei na bu tokpa pokpara?}}
| Will a tiger give birth to a cat?
|
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tales of Meitei Proverbs Book Review By James Oinam |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Folks.Tales_of_Meitei_Proverbs_Book_Review_By_James_Oinam |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯏꯔꯨꯅꯤꯡꯕꯒ ꯊꯣꯡꯇꯦꯛꯄꯒ ꯃꯥꯟꯅꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|ইরুনিঙবগা থোংতেকপগা মান্নবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Iruningbaga thongtekpaga manabagum}}
| A man who wants to wash, gains his end when the bridge breaks.
| A man may sometimes get what he wants by an accident.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_91">{{Cite book |last=Primrose |first=Arthur John |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L3M1OmJhesC&pg=RA1-PA91 |title=A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book: To which are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs and Specimens of Manipuri Correspondence |publisher=Assam Secretariat Press |year=1888 |pages=91 |language=en, mni |chapter=Manipuri Proverbs |author-link=Arthur John Primrose}}</ref>
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯊꯧ ꯃꯄꯥꯌꯦꯡꯅ ꯈꯨꯗꯣꯞ ꯁꯤꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|থৌ মপায়েংনা খুদোপ সিবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Thau mapayengna khudop sibagum}}
| Wear the ring which suits your business.
|
| Cut your coat according to your cloth.
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_91" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯂꯦꯞꯅꯦꯝꯕꯅ ꯊꯥ ꯂꯥꯝꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|লেপনেম্বনা থা লাম্বগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Lepnembana tha lambagum}}
| A short man tries to reach the Moon.
| It applies to an over ambitious man.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_91" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯃꯦꯔꯨꯛꯇ ꯃꯅꯥ ꯄꯥꯟꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|মেরুক্তা মনা পানবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Merukta mana panbagum}}
| It is like putting a handle to a light measure.
| It applies to anyone doing a useless action.
|
| The meruk is a measure weighing about 10 chittacks, for which no handle is necessary.<ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_91" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯑꯃꯝꯕꯗ ꯈꯨꯗꯨꯝ ꯎꯠꯄꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|অমন্বদা খুছম উৎপগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Amambada khudum utpagum.}}
| It is like showing your fist in the dark.
| It replies to a coward.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_91" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯏꯔꯣꯏ ꯃꯆꯤꯗ ꯊꯣꯏꯗꯤꯡ ꯊꯝꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|ইরোই মচিদা থোইদিং থম্বগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Iroi machida thoiding thambagum}}
| You might as well put a small oilseed on the horns of a buffalo.
| It applies to any impossible action.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_91" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯑꯃꯝꯕꯗ ꯄꯣꯠ ꯃꯥꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|অমম্বদা পোৎ মাবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Amambada pot mabagum}}
| You are like the man who gropes for a thing in the dark.
| It applies to any one undertaking what he cannot perform.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_92">{{Cite book |last=Primrose |first=Arthur John |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L3M1OmJhesC&pg=RA1-PA92 |title=A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book: To which are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs and Specimens of Manipuri Correspondence |publisher=Assam Secretariat Press |year=1888 |pages=92 |language=en, mni |chapter=Manipuri Proverbs |author-link=Arthur John Primrose}}</ref>
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯑꯉꯥꯡ ꯃꯆꯥꯅ ꯂꯥꯏꯁꯥꯟꯅꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|অঙাং মচ্চানা লাঈসান্নবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Angang machana laisannabagum}}
| You act like children playing with dolls.
| It applies to persons who trifle with important business.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_92" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯃꯤꯠꯇꯥꯡꯕꯅ ꯃꯤꯡꯁꯦꯟ ꯌꯦꯡꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|মিৎতাঙবনা মিঙসেন য়েঙবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Mittangbana mingsen yengbagum}}
| Show a looking-glass to a blind man.
| It applies to a person who pretends to understand something which he is ignorant of.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_92" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯂꯝꯕꯣꯏꯕꯗ ꯁꯝꯖꯦꯠ ꯄꯤꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|লমবোইবদা সমজেৎ পিবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Lamboibada samjet pibagum}}
| Give a comb to a saint (who is bald).
| It applies to a person giving an inappropriate present.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_92" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯀꯨꯝꯃꯩ ꯂꯣꯏꯔꯒ ꯊꯥꯎꯃꯩ ꯊꯥꯟꯒꯠꯄꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|কুমৈ লোইরগা থাওমৈ থানগৎপগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Kumei loiraga thaomei thangatpagum}}
| You light the lamps when the meeting is over.
| It applies to any one who does not act in time.
| Lock the stable door when the horse is out.
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_92" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯍꯨꯔꯥꯟꯕ ꯃꯇꯨꯡꯗ ꯃꯩꯔꯤꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|হুরানবা মত্তুংদা মৈরিংবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Huranba mattungda meiringbagum.}}
| You keep watch after the thief has carried off your property.
|
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_92" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯌꯩꯅꯕ ꯃꯇꯨꯡꯗ ꯄꯥꯝꯕꯣꯝ ꯇꯤꯡꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|য়ৈনবা মত্তংদা পামবোম তিংবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Yeinaba mattungda pambom tingbagum}}
| You show fight after receiving a caning.
|
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_93">{{Cite book |last=Primrose |first=Arthur John |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L3M1OmJhesC&pg=RA1-PA93 |title=A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book: To which are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs and Specimens of Manipuri Correspondence |publisher=Assam Secretariat Press |year=1888 |pages=93 |language=en, mni |chapter=Manipuri Proverbs |author-link=Arthur John Primrose}}</ref>
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯁꯥꯃꯨ ꯃꯆꯥꯅ ꯊꯧꯔꯤ ꯈꯪꯗꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|সামু মচ্চানা থৌরি খঙদবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Samu machana thauri khangdabagum}}
| A young elephant does not understand the rope.
| It applies to giving any one a task which he cannot perform.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_93" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯕꯅ ꯌꯦꯜꯂꯣꯏꯕ ꯋꯥꯕ ꯑꯣꯟꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|লাইরবনা য়েল্লোইবা ৱাবা ওনবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Lairabana yelloiba waba onbagum}}
| Like the poor man's last fowl which has taken to the forests.
| It applies to the loss of anything greatly valued by owner.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_93" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯆꯤꯟꯊꯤꯕꯅ ꯂꯧꯁꯤꯡ ꯁꯥꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|চিনথিবনা লৌসিং সাবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Chinthibana lausing sabagum}}
| Does a prater merely by talking create wisdom? (Talking does not make a wise man)
|
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_93" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯂꯤꯟꯅ ꯃꯈꯨꯟ ꯆꯪꯂꯝꯗꯥꯏꯗ ꯆꯨꯝꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|লিন্না মখুন চঙলমদাঈদা চুম্বগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Linna makhun changlamdaida chumbagum}}
| A snake goes straight into its hole.
|
| Don't beat about the bush.
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_93" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯉꯥꯄ꯭ꯔꯨꯝ ꯃꯈꯨꯟꯗ ꯉꯥꯄ꯭ꯔꯨꯝ ꯊꯥꯖꯤꯟꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|ঙাপ্রুম মখুন্দা ঙাপ্রুম থাজিনবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Ngaprum makhunda ngaprum thajinbagum}}
| Send an eel into another eel's hole.
|
| Set a thief to catch a thief.
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_93" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯍꯧꯗꯣꯡ ꯃꯃꯩꯗ ꯈꯨꯔꯦꯟ ꯈꯨꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|হৌদোঙ মমৈদা খুরেন খূবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Haudong mameida khuren khubagum}}
| You might as well put a ring on a cat's tail.
| It applies to a person who attempts an impossible action.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_93" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯀꯩ ꯃꯌꯥꯗ ꯁꯥꯗꯨꯝ ꯍꯨꯟꯖꯤꯟꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|কৈ ময়াদা সাদুম হুনজিনবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Kei mayada sadum hunjinbagum}}
| You are throwing flesh into the tiger's mouth.
| It applies to a person who trusts a dishonest person with his property.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_93" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯂꯩꯈꯣꯝ ꯃꯔꯛꯇ ꯊꯝꯕꯥꯟ ꯁꯥꯠꯄꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|লৈখোম মরক্তা থম্বান সাৎপগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Leikhom marakta thamban satpagum}}
| The lotus flowers in the middle of the mud.
| It applies to anyone who from a low origin rises to eminence.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_94">{{Cite book |last=Primrose |first=Arthur John |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L3M1OmJhesC&pg=RA1-PA94 |title=A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book: To which are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs and Specimens of Manipuri Correspondence |publisher=Assam Secretariat Press |year=1888 |pages=94 |language=en, mni |chapter=Manipuri Proverbs |author-link=Arthur John Primrose}}</ref>
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯑꯀꯣꯛꯄꯗ ꯂꯝꯃꯥꯡꯅꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|অকোকপদা লম্মাঙনবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Akokpada lammangnabagum}}
| You are like the man who loses his way in an open place.
| It applies to a person who throws away a good chance.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_94" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯂꯩꯅꯥꯡꯅ ꯄꯜ ꯊꯤꯡꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|লৈনাঙনা পল থিঙবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Leinangna pal thingbagum}}
| You try to build a wall with soft mud.
| It applies to any useless undertaking.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_94" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯀꯛꯆꯦꯡ ꯃꯍꯨꯝ ꯊꯨꯒꯥꯏꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|ককচেং মহুম থুগাইবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Kakcheng mahum thugaibagum}}
| You are like the man who breaks into an ant-hole.
| It applies to anyone who acts incautiously.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_94" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯈꯣꯏ ꯃꯍꯨꯝꯗ ꯆꯩꯅ ꯊꯤꯟꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|খোই মহুমদা চৈনা থিনবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Khoi mahumda cheina thinbagum}}
| You are like a man who attacks a bee-hive.
| It applies to any one who acts incautiously.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_94" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯃꯃꯤꯠꯇ ꯄꯛꯄ ꯃꯤꯠꯁꯥꯡꯗꯤ ꯎꯗꯔꯗꯨꯅ ꯃꯤꯒꯤ ꯃꯃꯤꯠꯇ ꯄꯛꯄ ꯃꯤꯠꯁꯥꯡ ꯎꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|মমিৎতা পকপা মিৎসাঙদী উদরদুনা মিগী মমিৎতা পকপা মিৎসাঙ উবগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Mamitta pakpa mitsangdi udaraduna migi mamitta pakpa mitsang ubagum}}
| You see the dirt in another man's eye, but do not see the dirt in your own eye.
|
| Like the Bible parable of the man who sees the mote in his brother's eye, but fails to see the beam in his own eye.
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_94" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯀꯩꯅ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ ꯃꯥꯡꯕ꯭ꯔꯥ}}
| {{Script|Beng|কৈনা ময়েক মাঙব্রা}}
| {{Script|Latn|Keina mayek mangbra}}
| You cannot deprive a tiger of its spots.
|
| Can a leopard change its spots ?
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_94" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯍꯧꯗꯣꯡ ꯇꯨꯃꯤꯜꯂꯩꯕꯅ ꯆꯐꯨ ꯉꯝꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|হৌদোঙ তুমিল্লৈবনা চফু ঙম্বগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Haudong tumilleibana chafu ngambagum}}
| A cat cannot keep quiet while the cooking pot is near.
| Never trust a doubtful character.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_95">{{Cite book |last=Primrose |first=Arthur John |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L3M1OmJhesC&pg=RA1-PA95 |title=A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book: To which are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs and Specimens of Manipuri Correspondence |publisher=Assam Secretariat Press |year=1888 |pages=95 |language=en, mni |chapter=Manipuri Proverbs |author-link=Arthur John Primrose}}</ref>
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯁꯅꯥꯕꯨ ꯐꯗꯤꯅ ꯌꯣꯝꯕꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|সনাবু ফদীনা য়োম্বগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Sanabu phadina yombagum}}
| You cannot hide gold in a rag.
| An able man is sure of promotion.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_95" />
|-
| {{Script|Mtei|ꯈꯣꯡꯗꯅ ꯆꯤꯛꯄ ꯍꯨꯏꯒꯨꯝ}}
| {{Script|Beng|খোংদনা চিকপা হুইগুম}}
| {{Script|Latn|Khongdana chikpa huigum}}
| He is like the dog which bites without barking.
| It applies to a man who speaks ill of you behind your back.
|
| <ref name=":Arthur_John_Primrose_95" />
|}

== See also ==
* [[Tha Tha Thabungton]]
* [[Meitei language day]]
* [[Meitei language festival]]
* [[Meitei language movement]]
* [[Meitei poetry day]]
* [[List of Meitei folktales]]
* [[List of Meitei-language films]]
* [[List of Meitei-language newspapers]]
* [[List of Meitei-language television channels]]

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |date=2015 |title=Morphosemantic Attributes of Meetei Proverbs |url=https://www.academia.edu/14041553 |journal=Advances in Language and Literary Studies |volume=6 |issue=3 |issn=2203-4714}}
* {{Cite book |last=Birjita Devi |first=Loitongbam |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465667 |title=Manipuri Paorou Neinaba |publisher=Dr. Ningthoujam Bino Singh, Palace Compound, Imphal; [[Digital Library of India]] |year=2007 |location=India |language=mni}}
* {{Cite book |last=Amuba Singh |first=Sanoujam |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.310120 |title=Ahal Lamangee Paorou Praman Panthei Part. 1 |publisher=[[Digital Library of India]] |year=1985 |location=India |language=mni}}
* {{Cite book |last=Amuba Singh |first=Sanoujam |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466892 |title=Ahal Laman Paorou Part. 2 |publisher=Binodini Devi; [[Digital Library of India]] |year=1986 |location=India |language=mni}}
* {{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Sanoujam Amuba |url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465293 |title=Ahal Laman Paorou Praman Panthei Ahumsuba Saruk |publisher=Binodini Devi; [[Digital Library of India]] |year=1987 |location=India |language=mni}}

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