قراءة لمدة 1 دقيقة Tha Tha Thabungton

Tha Tha Thabungton (; ) is an old Meitei-language bedtime song.

It is one of the Meitei folk songs sung by parents, usually mothers.
It is about taking care of children.
It is more than the biological mother child relationship.
It is about the pleasing music of caring the child.
It also influences on the child's life and health.

In Meitei culture, mothers usually .
They sing the "Tha Tha Thabungton" cradle song.
In the song, mothers talk about the "Thaa" () and the "Heibong" ().

Word origin.

The word "thabungton" () is a short word for "tha mapung maton" () (morphologically, "moon-full-top", which is "full moon").

Text.

The Meitei language word "Morambi" () is translated as "darling child" in the publication of the "Oriental Institute of Cultural and Social Research".
But the same word "Morambi" () is defined as "a figure of baby, usu made of cloth" in a publication of the University of Chicago.