Nongthang Leima: Difference between revisions

The female given name "Nongthang Leima" (ꯅꯣꯡꯊꯥꯡ ꯂꯩꯃ) is made up of two [[Meitei language]] words, "Nongthang" (ꯅꯣꯡꯊꯥꯡ, /noŋ.tʰáŋ/) and "Leima" (ꯂꯩꯃ, /lə́i.ma/). In [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]), "Nongthang" (ꯅꯣꯡꯊꯥꯡ, /noŋ.tʰáŋ/) means [[lightning]]. The word "Nongthang" (ꯅꯣꯡꯊꯥꯡ, /noŋ.tʰáŋ/)  

itself is also made up of two words, "Nong" (ꯅꯣꯡ, /noŋ/) and "Thāng" (ꯊꯥꯡ, /tʰáŋ/). "Nong" (ꯅꯣꯡ, /noŋ/) means [[rain]] and "Thāng" (ꯊꯥꯡ, /tʰáŋ/) means [[sword]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=H. Surmangol|date=2006|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Nongthang|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=nongthang&matchtype=default|access-date=2022-03-28|website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref>

In [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]), "Leima" (ꯂꯩꯃ, /lə́i.ma/) means [[queen]]. The word "Leima" (ꯂꯩꯃ, /lə́i.ma/) itself is made up of two words "Lei" (ꯂꯩ, /lə́i/) and "Ma" (ꯃ, /ma/). "Lei" (ꯂꯩ, /lə́i/) means [[land]] and "Ma" (ꯃ, /ma/) means [[mother]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=H. Surmangol|date=2006|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Leima|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A9%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A5&searchhws=yes|access-date=2022-03-28|website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref>