ART AND CRAFT
Editorial Board : Ms. Parul , Ms. Neha , Mr. Nitish
PROVERB
English To Manipuri
1) ENGLISH - MIGHT IS RIGHT.
MEANING - The mighty is unanimously right.
MANIPURI - AKANBANA ACHUMBA SARI EE.
MEANING - Akanbana aasonbabau namdana
aranba tahanba
2) ENGLISH - CARRYING WATER TO
THE SEA.
MEANING - All efforts proving futile.
•MANIPURI - FUDITTA MAANGJONG
CHONGBA.
•MEANING - Touruba thabakki
kannada fangdaba.
3) ENGLISH - BE IN TWO MINDS.
MEANING - Inability to make a
decision.
•MANIPURI - CHASSI MARU HUNDOKSI
MATONG.
•MEANING - Ningjing maangjingba.
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4) ENGLISH - WHERE THERE IS A WHEEL,
THERE IS A WAY.
MEANING - The ibis becomes what it
dreams of.
•MANIPUR- UROKNALAINING
KALLAGA UCHUK OLLI.
• MEANING- Ningbabukallabadi
thok- uba ama laakhon - ee.
5) ENGLISH - AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU
REAP.
MEANING - The way you behave in life
•MANIPURI - AMANA SURAGA AMANA
will affect the treatment youyou will
MAHEI FANGBA.
receive from others.
•MEANING- Okana nallaga huina mana
thai.
• 6) ENGLISH - DISCRETION IS THE BETTER
PART OF VALOUR.
MEANING - It is better to be careful
than to do something that is
unnecessary.
7) ENGLISH - THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.
MEANING - People should not criticize
someone for a fault that they have themselves.
•MANIPURI - SABI-NA MAMA NOKNEI.
•MEANING - Masagi asoibadi udaba
migi asoibadamak yengba.
8) ENGLISH - THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FENCE.
MEANING - People are never satisfied
with their own situation.
•MANIPURI - LAMGI SAN NA MACHI
SAANGBA HELLI.
•MEANING - Athappada leiba patna
magun leiba lei henna fei haina khalli.
9) ENGLISH - Fools give full vent to their
rage and destroy themselves.
•MANIPURI - Uchi kallak mayum mei
thai, SAONINGBADAGI MASAGI POT
MAANGHANBA.
10) ENGLISH - LIKE FATHER ,LIKE SON.
MEANING - Someone resemble to their
parents in some way either appearance or
behavior.
•MANIPURI - Keina tokpa pokte,
MACHADI MAMA MAPAGI SAK- ONG
SADA, LAMCHAT SAAJAT LOUWEE.
THANK YOU
THAAGATCHARI