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Tapta

Tapta noun: an imaginary creature, in Meitei folklore, described by a mother to frighten her child to stop crying, which was misunderstood by a tiger for a man, who mistakenly mount on the very tiger, mistaking it as a horse, thereby resulting in a panicking situation for both the thief and the tiger.

tapta: an imaginary creature, in Meitei folklore, described by a mother to frighten her child to stop...
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Noun

Tapta (plural Taptas)

  1. An imaginary creature, in Meitei folklore, described by a mother to frighten her child to stop crying, which was misunderstood by a tiger for a man, who mistakenly mount on the very tiger, mistaking it as a horse, thereby resulting in a panicking situation for both the thief and the tiger.

Forms of Tapta

pluralTaptas

Origin of Tapta

From the Meitei language words, "tap" (the sound of rain water drops falling on the ground) and "ta" (literally meaning "to fall").

Questions about Tapta

What does Tapta mean?
Tapta means an imaginary creature, in Meitei folklore, described by a mother to frighten her child to stop crying, which was misunderstood by a tiger for a man, who mistakenly mount on the very tiger, mistaking it as a horse, thereby resulting in a panicking situation for both the thief and the tiger.
What part of speech is Tapta?
Tapta is a noun.
What is the plural of Tapta?
The plural of Tapta is Taptas.

Words near Tapta in the dictionary

  1. tapstress
  2. tapstresses
  3. tapstries
  4. tapstry
  5. tapt
  6. Tapta
  7. Taptap
  8. taptastic
  9. Taptee
  10. Tapti
  11. Tapton

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