[1][2][3] It is one of the Meitei folk songs traditionally sung by parents, usually mothers.

[4] In Meitei society, mothers usually carry their children on their backs or shoulders and sing the "Tha Tha Thabungton" cradle song, giving reference to the Thaa (Meitei for 'moon')[5]) and the Heibong (Meitei for 'ficus/fig fruit')[6]).

[7][8] According to the opinion of some writers, "thabungton" (Meitei: ꯊꯥꯕꯨꯡꯇꯣꯟ) is the shortened form of "tha mapung maton" (Meitei: ꯊꯥ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯃꯇꯣꯟ) (morphologically, "moon-full-top", literally meaning "full moon").

[9] The Meitei language term "Morambi" (Meitei: ꯃꯣꯔꯥꯝꯕꯤ) is translated as "darling child" in the publication of the "Oriental Institute of Cultural and Social Research".

[11] On the other hand, the same term "Morambi" (Meitei: ꯃꯣꯔꯥꯝꯕꯤ) is defined as "a figure of baby, usu made of cloth" in a publication of the University of Chicago.