Etymology

Meitei Hui

Today it means: An indigenous domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) traditionally domesticated and reared by the Meitei people of Kangleipak (Manipur). Full definition →

mni ꯍꯨꯏ
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The story

  1. mni · borrowed fromꯍꯨꯏ“a dog”
  2. English todayMeitei Hui

From Meitei, referring to the rearers, and Manipuri ꯍꯨꯏ (huʼi, “a dog”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.