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savageness - (n.) hruhnak, saram bantuk si rihnak.<br />

savagery - (n.) saram bantuk si rihnak<br />

savanna - (n.) thing um lonak rawn , phawng<br />

save - (v.) khamh, khon; e.g. He saved one hundred kyats last year = Ni kum ah tangka zakhat a khon.<br />

save - (prep.) dah lo cu, dah lo ahcun; e.g. He works everyday save Sundays = Zarhpi ni hna ti dah lo ahcun nifate rian a ttuan.<br />

saver - (n.) khongtu.<br />

saving - (adj.) phaisa khonnak a simi; e.g. Saving certificates = Phaisa khonnak lehhmah.<br />

savings - (n.) phaisa khonmi<br />

savior - (n.) U.S. khamhtu. saviour (British)<br />

Savior - (n.) U.S. Jesuh Khrih. Saviour (British)<br />

saviour - (n.) British. khamhtu. savior (U.S.)<br />

Saviour - (n.) British. Jesuh Khrih. Savior (U.S.)<br />

savor - (n.) U.S. thawtnak, rim. savour (British)<br />

savory - (adj.) U.S. a thawmi. savoury (British)<br />

savour - (n.) British. thawtnak. savor (U.S.)<br />

savoury - (adj.) British. a thawmi. savory (U.S.)<br />

savoy - (n.) kawpihlum hnah kir phun.<br />

saw - (n.) hluah<br />

saw - (v.) past tense of see, hmuh.<br />

saw dust - (n.) thingah dip<br />

sawing horse - (n.) thingah ding khannak kalhkeh. buck saw = chai hluah.<br />

sawmill - (n.) thingahnak seh<br />

sawn - (adj.) ahmi thing.<br />

sawyer - (n.) thing attu<br />

Saxon - (n.) Germany ram miphun pakhat<br />

saxophone - (n.) awdawh tumnak phun khat , thanglawi bantuk<br />

say - (v.) chim<br />

saying - (n.) chimmi bia<br />

says - (v.) chim, pakhat nih a chim tikah hmanmi.<br />

scab - (n.) hmakhir<br />

scabbard - (n.) namkawng<br />

scabies - (n.) thakpherh<br />

scaffold - (n.) 1. thahnak ttheng. 2. inn sak tik i kai chungnak rua in a sermi.<br />

scaffolding - (n.) inn satu pawl kainak le chawhnak ding ca i hlei bantuk rua in siseh thing in siseh an donhmi.<br />

scald - (v.) tisa <strong>to</strong>ih, duah, kangh.<br />

scale - (n.) 1. cuaithlainak khing. 2. kainak hlei. 3. ngaphaw. 4. ngaphaw bantukin a tlap tete in aa thuanhmi. 5. a dotdot in a ummi; e.g. pay scale<br />

= Lahkah a dotdot in a simi. 6. tahnak fung, nambar khenh thliahmahmi.<br />

scale - (v.) kai; e.g. They scaled the mountain = Tlang ah an kai.<br />

scallop - (v.) korter, bil.<br />

scalp - (n.) lukheng<br />

scalpel - (n.) sibawi nih mi hlainak i an hmanmi namte har<br />

scaly - (adj.) phukphuhir a ngeimi<br />

scamper - (v.) khulrang tein tlik.<br />

scan - (v.) ttha tein zoh, a dihlak in khattelei kam in khattelei kam tiang zoh; e.g. The shipwrecked sailor scanned anxiously the horizon if any ship<br />

would be coming <strong>to</strong> rescue them = Lawng aa rawkmi lawngcawngtu nih kanmah khamh awkah lawng a rami a um hnga maw tiin vanhramdeng<br />

kha ttha tein a cuanh, cun tuchan hmanning ve ahcun, ca vun zoh thluahmah i ttha tein i chingchiah lem lo; e.g. He scanned the newspaper while<br />

eating breakfast = Thaithawh ei pah in tadinca kha a vun zoh thluahmah.<br />

scandal - (n.) minchiatnak , thangchiatnak<br />

scandalize - (v.) min chiatter , thang chiat<br />

scandalous - (adj.) min chiatter , a simi<br />

Scandinavia - (prop.) Norway, Sweden le Denmark ram<br />

Scandinavian - (adj.) Scandinavian a simi.<br />

scant - (adj.) tling lomi , a tlawmmi<br />

scantily - (adv.) tlawm tein.<br />

scantiness - (n.) tlawmnak.<br />

scanty - (adj.) a thawmmi.<br />

scape grace - (n.) zeihmanh san a tlai lomi, harnak atu le atu a <strong>to</strong>ng lengmangmi.<br />

scapegoat - (n.) mi dang sualnak ruang i dantatnak i ingmi. "Zawng lakah ngau kang" ti bantuk khi.<br />

scar - (n.) hmape<br />

scarce - (adj.) a tlawm ngaingaimi; e.g. Sugar is very scarce = Thanthling a tlawm ngainai.<br />

scarcely - (adv.) a si kho fangfang; e.g. He can scarcely write his name = A min a ttial khawh fangfang a si.<br />

scarcity - (n.) tlawm tuknak<br />

scare - (v.) tthihphaih<br />

scarecrow - (n.) ritttih<br />

scarf - (n.) hngawngngerh<br />

scarlet - (adj.) a sen<br />

scarlet fever - (n.) zawtnak phun khat chawnh a fawi ngaimi<br />

scary - (adj.) ttih a nungmi<br />

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