ꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ ꯐꯖꯕꯤ
nupimacha phajabi
The Manipuri phrase for "beautiful girl" is ꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ ꯐꯖꯕꯤ (nupimacha phajabi).
This phrase is used to describe a young woman or girl who is physically attractive.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of ꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ, which means girl or young woman and ꯐꯖꯕꯤ, which means beautiful or pretty.
How does it change in a sentence?
In this construction, the adjective ꯐꯖꯕꯤ follows the noun ꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ, which is the standard word order for noun-adjective phrases in Manipuri.
How do you pronounce it?
nupimacha phajabi
Did you know?
- The script used to write ꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ ꯐꯖꯕꯤ is Meitei Mayek. This unique script was suppressed for centuries in favor of Bengali and was only officially reintroduced in recent decades.
- The phrase ꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ combines ꯅꯨꯄꯤ meaning 'woman' and ꯃꯆꯥ meaning 'child'. Literally, it describes a girl as a 'woman-child'.
- The term ꯃꯆꯥ meaning 'child' is often added to words in Manipuri to convey a sense of preciousness or affection rather than just age.
Example conversation
Two people are talking about a new student at school.
- ꯏꯅꯥꯂꯣꯏ Inaloeeꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ ꯐꯖꯕꯤ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯤ꯫nupimachaa phajabi ama lairi.A beautiful girl has arrived.
- ꯂꯣꯏꯕꯥ Loibaꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ ꯐꯖꯕꯤ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯀꯩꯗꯧꯒꯤ ꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ ꯅꯔꯥ꯫nupimachaa phajabi adu keidougi nupimachaa nara.Who is that beautiful girl?
- ꯏꯅꯥꯂꯣꯏ Inaloeeꯃꯩꯗꯩ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ ꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ ꯑꯃꯥꯅꯤ꯫meidai oiba nupimachaa amani.She is a young girl.
- ꯂꯣꯏꯕꯥ Loibaꯑꯩꯀꯥꯏ ꯐꯖꯕꯤ ꯅꯨꯄꯤꯃꯆꯥ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯤꯕꯥ ꯅꯥꯈꯥꯏ꯫aikai phajabi nupimachaa oina lairiba nakhai.I see a beautiful girl has come.
