Yenakha Paotapi
The Meitei name "Yenakha Paotaapi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Yenakha Paotaabi" (ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) is made up of two words "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) and "Paotaapi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ) or "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ). In Meitei, "Yenakha" (ye.nə.kʰa, ꯌꯦꯅꯈꯥ) means either side of the house. The word "Paotaabi" (ꯄꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ) can be fragmented into "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ"), "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") (or Da, "ꯗꯥ") and "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ"). "Pao" ("ꯄꯥꯎ") means information, message or news. In Meitei, "Ta" ("ꯇꯥ") has many meanings. Its meanings may be either (1) to inhabit or to dwell, (2) to arrive at a stage, (3) to fall or to reduce, (4) to turn over, (5) to listen or to hear. Here, in case of "Paotaabi", "Pao" means to listen or to hear. "Pi" ("ꯄꯤ") or "Bi" ("ꯕꯤ") is a suffix to denote feminine gender.