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'''Tha Tha Thabungton''' ({{lang-mni|Thaa Thaa Thaabungton}}; {{lang-omp|Thaa Thaa Thaapungton}}{{efn|In this particular case, the only difference between the [[Meitei language|Modern Meitei]] ([[Manipuri language|Modern Manipuri]]) and the [[Ancient Meitei language|Ancient Meitei]] ([[Old Manipuri language|Old Manipuri]]) is the changing of "b" with "p".}}) is a traditional [[Meitei language]] [[lullaby]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Moirangthem Kirti |url= |title=Folk Culture of Manipur |date=1993 |publisher=Manas Publications |isbn=978-81-7049-063-0 |page=242 |language=en |author-link=Moirangthem Kirti Singh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhogeśwara |first=Oināma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElENAAAAIAAJ |title=Manipurī loka sāhitya: Maitai khunnāirola phuṅgā wārī |date=1985 |publisher=Maṇipura Shṭeṭa Kalā Ekādemī |volume=1 |location=India |page=245 |language=mni |script-chapter=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Sanamacha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W61JEAAAQBAJ&dq=tha+tha+thabungton&pg=PT79 |title=The Romantic Lie |date=2021-10-21 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-68563-008-9 |page=79 |language=en}}</ref>
It is one of the [[Meitei folklore|Meitei folk songs]] traditionally sung by parents, usually mothers. It has reference to the aspects of bringing up their child, besides their [[Maternal bond|biological relationship with their child]]. It also has reference to the musical harmony with the care of the child, which may also influence on the child's life and health.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Devi |first=Nunglekpam Premi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xBdDwAAQBAJ&dq=tha+tha+thabungton&pg=PT21 |title=Short Essays on Women and Society: Manipuri Women through the Century |date=2018-05-25 |publisher= |page=21 |language=en, mni}}</ref>

In Meitei society, mothers usually [[:en:wikt:piggyback|carry their children on their backs or shoulders]] and sing the "Tha Tha Thabungton" cradle song, giving reference to the {{langnf|mni|Thaa|[[moon]]}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary (definition of "thā") |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%8A%EA%AF%A5&searchhws=yes |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu |publisher=[[University of Chicago]] |page=86 |language=mni, en |quote=thā ꯊꯥ /tʰa/ n. 1) moon.}}</ref>) and the {{langnf|mni|Heibong|[[ficus]]/[[fig]] fruit}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary (definition of "heibong") |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%8D%EA%AF%A9%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%A1&searchhws=yes |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu |publisher=[[University of Chicago]] |page=210 |language=mni, en |quote=heibong ꯍꯩꯕꯣꯡ /həi.boŋ/ n. a tree of a genus (Ficus) of the moraceae family, with edible fruits. Morph: hei‑bong [fruit‑id.].}}</ref>).<ref>{{Cite web |title=হীদাক কান্নরবা পাম্বীশিং ঃ হৈবো - ডা. হুইদ্রোম বীরকুমার - |script-title= |url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20.04.2019-B7.pdf |website=hueiyenlanpao.com |language=mni |quote={{lang|mni|থা-থা থাবুংতোন, নচা মোরাম্বী পোবীগে পোবী শনম নম্বীগে হৈবোং চরোং অমত্তা থাদবিরকউ" ৱাহৈ পরেং অসি মমা ওইবীশিংনা পীক্লিবা মচাশিংদু থাবল থোকপা নুমিদাংগী মতমদা কপ্লিবা নত্রগা তূম্মু য়াদবা মচাশিংদু মনমগন্দা পোরগা শকপা নাওশুম ঈশৈ অমনি। নুমিদাংগী মতমদা তরং-তরং থোক্লিবা থা অদুদা হেক য়েংবদা ময়ায়দা মুরং তৌবা মসা ফনবা মানবা মওং অদু মমাশিংনা হৈবোং পাম্বী অমনি হায়না লৌরগা মহাক্কী কপ্লিবা নত্রগা তূম্মু য়াদ্রিবা মচা অদুগীদমক্তা মদুদা পাল্লি হায়না লৌরিবা হৈবোং চরোং অমতং থাদবিরকউ হায়না শৈথাবনি।}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=My memories of Imphal from 1941 Part 2 By Mohendra Irengbam |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.EI.My_memories_of_Imphal_from_1941_Part_2_By_Mohendra_Irengbam |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=e-pao.net |language=en, mni |quote={{lang|mni-Latn|Tha tha thabungton, nacha morambi pobige, pobi sanam nambige, heibong charong amatang thadabiraku thabungton.}} Moon, moon, young moon, let me carry piggyback your morambi child. Please throw down a bunch of figs, youngmoon.}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
According to the opinion of some writers, "thabungton" ({{Lang-mni|{{script|mtei|ꯊꯥꯕꯨꯡꯇꯣꯟ}}}}) is the shortened form of "tha mapung maton" ({{Lang-mni|{{script|mtei|ꯊꯥ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯃꯇꯣꯟ}}}}) ([[Morphology (linguistics)|morphologically]], "moon-full-top", literally meaning "[[full moon]]").<ref name=":James_Oinam">{{Cite web |title=Tha Tha Thabungton Reviewing a Lullaby By James Oinam |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=reviews.arts.Tha_Tha_Thabungton_Reviewing_a_Lullaby_By_James_Oinam |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

== Lyrics ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Lyrics in [[Meitei script]]
! Lyrics in [[Eastern Nagari script]]{{efn|[[Meitei language]] (officially called [[Manipuri language]]) is also written in [[Eastern Nagari script]] ([[Bengali-Assamese script]]), besides the [[Meitei script]].}}
! Lyrics in [[Romanization]]
! Lyrics in [[English translations]] {{small|(Translation by Mohendra Irengbam)}}
! Lyrics in [[English translations]] {{small|(Translation by Oriental Institute of Cultural and Social Research)}}
|-
|{{script|mtei|{{lang|mni|ꯊꯥ ꯊꯥ ꯊꯥꯕꯨꯡꯇꯣꯟ ꯅꯆꯥ ꯃꯣꯔꯥꯝꯕꯤ ꯄꯣꯕꯤꯒꯦ ꯄꯣꯕꯤ ꯁꯅꯝ ꯅꯝꯕꯤꯒꯦ ꯍꯩꯕꯣꯡ ꯆꯔꯣꯡ ꯑꯃꯇꯪ ꯊꯥꯗꯕꯤꯔꯛꯎ ꯊꯥꯕꯨꯡꯇꯣꯟ ꯫}}}}
|{{lang|mni|{{script|beng|থা-থা থাবুংতোন, নচা মোরাম্বী পোবীগে পোবী শনম নম্বীগে হৈবোং চরোং অমত্তা থাদবিরকউ থাবুংতোন । }}}}
|{{lang|mni-latn|Tha tha thabungton, nacha morambi pobige, pobi sanam nambige, heibong charong amatang thadabiraku thabungton.}}
|Moon, moon, young moon, let me carry [[Piggyback (transportation)|piggyback]] your morambi child. Please throw down a bunch of [[figs]], youngmoon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=My memories of Imphal from 1941 Part 2 By Mohendra Irengbam |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.EI.My_memories_of_Imphal_from_1941_Part_2_By_Mohendra_Irengbam |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=e-pao.net |language=en, mni |quote={{lang|mni-Latn|Tha tha thabungton, nacha morambi pobige, pobi sanam nambige, heibong charong amatang thadabiraku thabungton.}} Moon, moon, young moon, let me carry piggyback your morambi child. Please throw down a bunch of figs, youngmoon.}}</ref>
|Oh Moon! Let me carry your darling child on my back. ...<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUNNAQAAIAAJ&q=tha+tha+thabungton |title=The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man |date=2005 |publisher=Oriental Institute of Cultural and Social Research |page=6 |language=en, mni |quote={{lang|mni-Latn|Tha Tha Thabungton}} (Oh Moon) {{lang|mni-Latn|Nacha morambi pobige Pobi sanam nambige}} (Let me carry your darling child on ...)}}</ref>
|}

The [[Meitei language]] term "Morambi" ({{lang-mni|{{script|mtei|ꯃꯣꯔꯥꯝꯕꯤ}}}}) is translated as "darling child" in the publication of the "Oriental Institute of Cultural and Social Research".<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUNNAQAAIAAJ&q=tha+tha+thabungton |title=The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man |date=2005 |publisher=Oriental Institute of Cultural and Social Research |page=6 |language=en, mni |quote={{lang|mni-Latn|Tha Tha Thabungton}} (Oh Moon) {{lang|mni-Latn|Nacha morambi pobige Pobi sanam nambige}} (Let me carry your darling child on ...)}}</ref> On the other hand, the same term "Morambi" ({{lang-mni|{{script|mtei|ꯃꯣꯔꯥꯝꯕꯤ}}}}) is defined as ''"a figure of baby, usu made of cloth"'' in a publication of the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary (definition of "morāmbi") |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9D%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A4&matchtype=default |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=dsal.uchicago.edu |publisher=[[University of Chicago]] |page=154 |language=mni, en |quote=morāmbi ꯃꯣꯔꯥꯝꯕꯤ /mo.ram.bi/ n. a figure of baby, usu made of cloth.}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
* The lullaby "Tha, Tha Thabungton" ({{Lang-mni|{{script|mtei|ꯊꯥ ꯊꯥ ꯊꯥꯕꯨꯡꯇꯣꯟ}}}}) was featured in the 1972 [[Meitei language]] feature film [[Matamgi Manipur]] ({{Lang-mni|{{script|mtei|[[ꯃꯇꯝꯒꯤ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔ]]}}}}).<ref name=":James_Oinam" />
* The lullaby "Tha Tha Thabungton..." ({{Lang-mni|{{script|mtei|ꯊꯥ ꯊꯥ ꯊꯥꯕꯨꯡꯇꯣꯟ}}}}) was featured in a theatrical production named "Heyang Athouba" as a part of the "Rhythm of Manipur's 3rd Opera Production" organized at the JN Manipur Dance Akademi, [[Imphal]] on 28 July 2013.<ref name=":James_Oinam" />

== Similar lullabies ==
* [[Der Mond ist aufgegangen]] - a German language lullaby<ref name=":James_Oinam" />
* [[Northeastern Cradle Song]] - a Chinese language lullaby<ref name=":James_Oinam" />

== See also ==
* [[Lairembigee Eshei]]
* [[Shakuhachi meets Pena]]
* [[Nura Pakhang (Eu e Tu)]]

== Notes ==
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