Meitei proverbs

These are some of the Meitei proverbs, which once used to contribute to the building of the antique Meitei civilization. Please note that the modern day Meitei language is written in two writing systems primarily, Meitei script and Eastern Nagari script.

Quotes

• ꯀꯩꯅꯕꯨ ꯇꯣꯛꯄ ꯄꯣꯛꯄꯔꯥ?
• (Eastern Nagari transliteration) : কৈনবু তোকপা পোকপরা?
• (Romanization) : Kei na bu tokpa pokpara?
  • English translation: Will a tiger give birth to a cat?
  • "Tales of Meitei Proverbs Book Review By James Oinam"

• ꯏꯔꯨꯅꯤꯡꯕꯒ ꯊꯣꯡꯇꯦꯛꯄꯒ ꯃꯥꯟꯅꯕꯒꯨꯝ
• (Eastern Nagari transliteration) : ইরুনিঙবগা থোংতেকপগা মান্নবগুম
• (Romanization) : Iruningbaga thongtekpaga manabagum
  • English translation : A man who wants to wash, gains his end when the bridge breaks.
  • Primrose, Arthur John (1888). "Manipuri Proverbs". A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book: To which are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs and Specimens of Manipuri Correspondence (in English and Manipuri). Assam Secretariat Press. p. 91.