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Modern Meitei/Time
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Some of the important Meitei words that express time are:
now : ꯍꯧꯖꯤꯛ (Hou-jeek)
later : ꯀꯣꯟꯅ (Kon-na)
before : ꯃꯃꯥꯡ (Ma-maang)
morning : ꯑꯌꯨꯛ (A-yook)
afternoon : ꯅꯨꯡꯊꯤꯜ (Noong-theel)
evening : ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯗꯥꯡꯋꯥꯢꯔꯝ (Noo-mee-daang-waai-ram)
night : ꯑꯍꯤꯡ (A-heeng) or ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯗꯥꯡ (Noo-mee-daang)
Clock time
one o'clock AM : ꯑꯌꯨꯛꯀꯤ ꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯃ (A-yook-kee Poong A-ma)
two o'clock AM : ꯑꯌꯨꯛꯀꯤ ꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯅꯤ (A-yook-kee Poong A-nee)
noon : ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠꯌꯨꯡꯕ (Noo-meet-yoong-ba)
one o'clock PM : ꯅꯨꯡꯊꯤꯜꯒꯤ ꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯃ (Noong-theel-gee Poong A-ma)
two o'clock PM : ꯅꯨꯡꯊꯤꯜꯒꯤ ꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯅꯤ (Noong-theel-gee Poong A-nee)
midnight : ꯑꯍꯤꯡ ꯅꯣꯡꯌꯥꯢ (A-heeng Nong-yai)
Duration
_____ second(s) : _____ ꯃꯤꯠꯀꯨꯞ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (meet-koop(sing))
_____ minute(s) : _____ ꯃꯤꯠꯀꯨꯞ ꯍꯨꯝꯐꯨ (meet-koop hoom-phoo) or ꯃꯤꯅꯠ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (mee-nat(sing))
_____ hour(s) : _____ ꯄꯨꯡ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (poong(sing)) or _____ ꯄꯨꯡꯁꯤꯡ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (poongshing(sing)
_____ day(s) : _____ ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (noo-meet(sing))
_____ week(s) : _____ ꯆꯌꯣꯜ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (cha-yol(sing))
_____ month(s) : _____ ꯊꯥ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (thaa(sing))
_____ year(s) : _____ ꯆꯍꯤ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (cha-hee(sing))
Note: "sing" or "shing" is a suffix to show plurality. Instead of it, "ma-yaam" can also be sufficed to make a singular word into a plural word.