Modern Meitei/Time

Some of the important Meitei words that express time are:

1. now : ꯍꯧꯖꯤꯛ (Hou-jeek)
2. later : ꯀꯣꯟꯅ (Kon-na)
3. before : ꯃꯃꯥꯡ (Ma-maang)
4. morning : ꯑꯌꯨꯛ (A-yook)
5. afternoon : ꯅꯨꯡꯊꯤꯜ (Noong-theel)
6. evening : ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯗꯥꯡꯋꯥꯢꯔꯝ (Noo-mee-daang-waai-ram)
7. night : ꯑꯍꯤꯡ (A-heeng) or ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯗꯥꯡ (Noo-mee-daang)

Clock time

1. one o'clock AM : ꯑꯌꯨꯛꯀꯤ ꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯃ (A-yook-kee Poong A-ma)
2. two o'clock AM : ꯑꯌꯨꯛꯀꯤ ꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯅꯤ (A-yook-kee Poong A-nee)
3. noon : ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠꯌꯨꯡꯕ (Noo-meet-yoong-ba)
4. one o'clock PM : ꯅꯨꯡꯊꯤꯜꯒꯤ ꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯃ (Noong-theel-gee Poong A-ma)
5. two o'clock PM : ꯅꯨꯡꯊꯤꯜꯒꯤ ꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯅꯤ (Noong-theel-gee Poong A-nee)
6. midnight : ꯑꯍꯤꯡ ꯅꯣꯡꯌꯥꯢ (A-heeng Nong-yai)

Duration

1. _____ second(s) : _____ ꯃꯤꯠꯀꯨꯞ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (meet-koop(sing))
2. _____ minute(s) : _____ ꯃꯤꯠꯀꯨꯞ ꯍꯨꯝꯐꯨ (meet-koop hoom-phoo) or ꯃꯤꯅꯠ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (mee-nat(sing))
3. _____ hour(s) : _____ ꯄꯨꯡ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (poong(sing)) or _____ ꯄꯨꯡꯁꯤꯡ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (poongshing(sing)
4. _____ day(s) : _____ ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (noo-meet(sing))
5. _____ week(s) : _____ ꯆꯌꯣꯜ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (cha-yol(sing))
6. _____ month(s) : _____ ꯊꯥ(ꯁꯤꯡ) (thaa(sing))
7. _____ 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.