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'''Uchek Langmeidong''' ({{lang-omp|Oochek Langmeitong}}) or '''Chekla Langmeidong''' ({{lang-omp|Cheklaa Langmeitong}}) is a [[Meitei folktale]] of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]]).<ref name="books.google.co.in">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=BDkSAQAAIAAJ&q=uchek+langmeidong&dq=uchek+langmeidong&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX6_DdwfPuAhU-qksFHfRODCYQ6AEwAnoECAUQAw|title=Folklore and Discourse|last=Handoo|first=Jawaharlal|last2=Siikala|first2=Anna-Leena|date=1999|publisher=Zooni Publications|isbn=978-81-7342-054-2|language=en}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=uxIIAQAAMAAJ&q=uchek+langmeidong&dq=uchek+langmeidong&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwib5Z7ZwvPuAhVHfisKHTiXBbY4ChDoATAEegQIBBAD|title=Enact|date=1978|publisher=Pauls Press|language=en}}</ref> It is the story of a girl named "Hayainu" (alias ''Nongdam Atombi'') who turned herself into a ''Langmeidong'' ({{lang-omp|Langmeitong}}, [[hornbill]] bird) as she was unable to suffer with the ill treatments of her stepmother.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=q5eBAAAAMAAJ&q=Heiyaniu+Nongdam+Atombi&dq=Heiyaniu+Nongdam+Atombi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig0sGGsrfyAhXMzTgGHdO2BZcQ6AF6BAgDEAM|title=Folk Culture of Manipur|last=Singh|first=Moirangthem Kirti|date=1993|publisher=Manas Publications|isbn=978-81-7049-063-0|language=en}}</ref><ref name="books.google.co.in"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Human turning into Uchek Langmei Meena Uchek Langmei Onba|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Folks.Folk_Tales.Human_turning_into_Uchek_Langmei_Meena_Uchek_Langmei_Onba|access-date=|website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=QxXVnoMYWVAC&dq=uchek+langmeidong&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=uchek+langmeidong+story+birds|title=Contemporary Theatre of India: An Overview|last=Ahuja|first=Chaman|date=2012|publisher=National Book Trust, India|isbn=978-81-237-6492-4|language=en}}</ref>

In [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]), "Uchek" (ꯎꯆꯦꯛ, /u.cek/) means "bird".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=H. Surmangol|date=2006|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Uchek|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%8E%EA%AF%86%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%9B&searchhws=yes#|website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref> ''Langmeiton'' (ꯂꯥꯡꯃꯩꯇꯣꯟ, /laŋ.məi.ton/)(or ''Langmeidong'' or ''Langmeitong'') is the [[Meitei language]] word for any species of [[:en:Buceros|Buceros]] ([[Hornbill]]).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=H. Surmangol|date=2006|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Langmeiton|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A1%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A9%EA%AF%87%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%9F&searchhws=yes#|website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref> Chekla (ꯆꯦꯛꯂꯥ, /cek.la/) is another [[Meitei language]] word for "bird". The term "Chekla" is not commonly used in everyday speech.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=H. Surmangol|date=2006|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Chekla|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%86%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%9B%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5&searchhws=yes#|website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref>