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leave - (n.) a khonh; e.g. He is on leave = A khonh in a um
leave in the lurch - (v.) harnak ton lio i bawmh duh lo i cuka hmun i kal tak
leaven - (n.) thilnu
leaven - (v.) thilnu phulh
leaves - (n.) plural of leaf: thinghnah
lecture - (n.) biachim; e.g. He gives a lecture on water = Ti kong a chim
lecture - (v.) biachim; e.g. He lectured on water = Ti kong a chim
lecturer - (n.) biachimtu, college sianginn i saya.
led - (v.) past tense and past participle of lead, hruai kalpi.
ledge - (n.) 1. tlang; e.g. Windows ledge = Thlalangawng tlang 2. lungpi par, lungpi tlang
ledger - (n.) tangka cazin
lee - (n.) thli phenhnak lei; e.g. The wind was so strong that we ran to the lee of the house = Thli a fah tuk caah inn thil phenhnak lei ah kan tli
leech - (n.) cangvat
leek - (n.) khachuan phun khat
leeward - (n.) thliphen lei kap
leeway - (n.) 1. i mersan khawhnak 2. herhmi nakin a hlei deuh hngaih
left - (adj.) kehlei
left - (v.) past tense and past participle of leave; kaltak, chiahtak.
left hand - (n.) kehlei kut
leftist - (adj.) politik ah kommunist phung lei a hoih deuhmi
leg - (n.) ke
legacy - (n.) ro
legal - (adj.) upadi ning a simi , a phung ning a simi
legality - (n.) phungning in tuahnak
legalize - (v.) phungning in tuah
legally - (adv.) phungning tein
legation - (n.) ram ai awhtubu , thlahmi , cu hna an umnak inn
legend - (n.) 1. minung tuanbia a hmaan set lomi 2. thir tangka cungah siseh, medal cungah siseh, aa ttialmi ca; hmanthlak tang i aa ttialmi ca
zong.
legendary - (adj.) tuanbia sawhsawh a simi
leghorn - (n.) ar phun khat, a sen duk pawl
legibility - (n.) fiannak , fiang tein ttialmi ca
legible - (adj.) a fiangmi , a rel fawimi
legibly - (adv.) fiang tein
legislation - (n.) upadi sernak
legislative - (adj.) upadi sertu; e.g. Legislative assembly = Upadi sertu bu
legislator - (n.) upadi sertu (mi)
legislature - (n.) upadi a tuahmi bu.
legitimacy - (n.) phung ningin sinak
legitimate - (adj.) phung ningin a simi
legume - (n.) kawng chung i mu a ngeimi pawl , be , ra , pe
leisure - (n.) caan lawng
leisurely - (adj.) duhsah tein , caan tampi hmang in
lemon - (n.) raite , ser
lemonade - (n.) raite hang le thanthling cawhmi
lend - (v.) 1. hlanh; e.g. Lend me your book = Na cauk ka hlan. 2. cawih; e.g. He lends me ten kyats = Tangka phar hra a ka cawih. lend a hand
= bawmh hal. lend itself to = san a tlai; e.g. The chair lends itself to use in many rooms = Khi tthutdan khi khan tampi hman awkah san a tlai.
lender - (n.) cawihtu , tangka cawihtu
length - (n.) 1. a saunak 2. caan saunak at length: a donghnak ah keep a person at arm's length: ka naih sual hlah seh tiin ser, hawikom i ser
duh lo
lengthen - (v.) sauter
lengthwise - (adv.) a tunglei in
lengthy - (adj.) a saumi
leniency - (n.) nemnak , fak loin tuahnak
lenient - (adj.) zaangfahnak a ngeimi , nemnak a ngeimi
lens - (n.) 1. khua hmuhnak ca i sermi thlalang 2. mit chung i khua a hmutu
Lent - (n.) Easter hlan ni 40 chung
lent - (v.) past tense and past participle of lend; cawih, hlanh.
Leo - (prop.) chiandeih kawhnak min
leopard - (n.) pawlai
leper - (n.) thinghmuimi
leprosy - (n.) thinghmui zawtnak.
leprous - (adj.) thinghmui zawtnak ngemi
lesbian - (adj.) nu le nu aa duhmi
less - (adj.) tlawm deuh , hme deuh
less - (adv.) tlawm deuh; e.g. Tom is less clever than his brother = Tom cu a nau nakin a fim lo deuh
lessen - (v.) tlawmter
lesser - (adj.) a hme deuh pahnih lak i a hme deuh chinmi
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