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shipmaster - (n.) tilawng uktu bawi<br />

shipmate - (n.) tilawng cung i nan tuantu hna.<br />

shipment - (n.) tilawng in kuatmi thil.<br />

shipowner - (n.) tilawng ngeitu<br />

shipper - (n.) tilawng in thil a kuatu<br />

shipping - (n.) tilawng in siseh tlanglawng in siseh thil kuat<br />

shipshape - (adj.) i dawh vitvette i a ummi<br />

shipwreck - (n.) tilawng rawhnak<br />

shipyard - (n.) tilawng sernak hmun<br />

shire - (n.) England ram i myone pakhat an cheuning.<br />

shirk - (v.) hrial<br />

shirt - (n.) angki chungnawh<br />

shirting - (n.) anki chungnawh ca puanthan.<br />

shiver - (v.) khuasik therh<br />

shivery - (adj.) khuasik nih a therhmi<br />

shoal - (adj.) a puanmi ti.<br />

shoal - (n.) 1. tipuan. 2. ngabu.<br />

shock - (n.) 1. hninhnak; e.g. Earthquake shocks are often felt in Japan = Japan ram ah cun lihnin hninhnak hi theih lengmang a si. 2. launak; e.g.<br />

His death was a shock <strong>to</strong> his friends = A thih cu a hawikom hna caah launak a si. 3. elektrik tha nih a kan duah khi.<br />

shock - (v.) lau i lungmih i mah i hngal set lo i um; e.g. He was shocked when he heard that his mother died = A nu thih a theih tikah a lau i mah<br />

hnagal loin a um.<br />

shod - (v.) kedan i danh.<br />

shoddy - (adj.) a chia deuh phun.<br />

shoddy - (n.) thil thing phoihmi la in tahmi thil.<br />

shoe - (n.) kedan , rang tin kedan zong<br />

shoelace - (n.) kedan hri<br />

shoemaker - (n.) kedan sertu<br />

shoestring - (n.) kedan hri.<br />

shone - (v.) past tense and past participle of shine, ceu, tlang, tlan; zong shined.<br />

shoo - (interj.) a au in au hnawh, va thawlnak i au khi.<br />

shook - (v.) past tense of shake, hninh.<br />

shoot - (v.) 1. meithal in kah. 2. kalter; e.g. A bow shoots an arrow = Li nih thal a kah (kalter).<br />

shoot - (n.) thinghnah ram hnah a hung ber tharmi khi.<br />

shooting star - (n.) arfi zuang<br />

shop - (n.) 1. chawdawrnak hmun. workshop = thil remhnak hmun. barbershop = sam mehnak hmun. set up shop = chawleh hram i thawk.<br />

shopkeeper - (n.) chawdawrtu.<br />

shoplifter - (n.) chawdawr i thil a caw bantukin i umter i thil a firmi.<br />

shoplifting - (n.) chawdawr thil fir<br />

shopman - (n.) chawdawr i thil zuartu<br />

shopper - (n.) chaw cawtu, chaw zohtu.<br />

shore - (n.) rilikam, tilikam; off shore = tili/rili chungkei tikam in a hlat lonak hmun.<br />

shore - (v.) doh, tung doh in doh.<br />

shore - (v.) British. past tense of shear, hmul meh, ziah; U.S. sheared.<br />

shoreless - (adj.) tikam ngei lomi.<br />

shoreline - (n.) ti le tikam vawlei an i <strong>to</strong>nnak.<br />

shoreward - (adj.) tikam lei a simi.<br />

shorn - (v.) participle of shear; hmul meh, ziah; zong sheared, U.S. past tense and past participle.<br />

short - (n., adj.) 1. a tawimi, a niammi. 2. a tling lo; e.g. The cashier is short in his accounts = Tangka kengtu kha a tangka a tling lo. cut short =<br />

khulrang twin ngol tthan fall short = tlin lo. in short = a tawinak in. run short = a za in ngeih lo, bau .<br />

short circuit - (n.) a vel cah; e.g. Fire can be caused by short circuit of electricity = Elektrik a sawtnak nih mei kanghnak a chuahter khawh.<br />

short cut - (n.) lamphawk<br />

short of - (n.) ngeih lo, bau; e.g. I am short of money = Phaisa ke ngei lo.<br />

short wave - (n.) radio chuahnak tahning.<br />

shortage - (n.) ngeih lo, bau, tlin lo; e.g. There is a shortage of fish = Nga a um lo.<br />

shortcoming - (n.) tlin lonak<br />

shorten - (v.) tawiter<br />

shortening - (n.) sathau, thawhpat changreu sernak i humanmi.<br />

shorthand - (n.) a tawinak in ttialmi , sawthen<br />

shorthanded - (adj.) rianttuantu a za in ngeih lo<br />

shorthorn - (n.) cae ki tawi pawl.<br />

shortlived - (adj.) tawite lawng a nungmi.<br />

shortly - (adv.) tunaite ah , tawi tein , bia tlawm tein , khulrang in<br />

shorts - (n.) tawhrolhtawi<br />

shortsighted - (adj.) hmailei saupi a hmu kho lomi mit tthat lo ruang si loin (mit a tthat lo ruang i lamhla a hmu kho lomi khi cu near sighted ti a<br />

si).<br />

shot - (n.) 1. meithal in kahnak, sichunh. 2. meithal kuan. 3. meithal puah; e.g. I heard two shots = Meithal puah voi hnih ka theih. 4. meithal kah<br />

phak. put the shot = lungcheh i zuamnak.<br />

shot - (v.) past tense and past participle of shoot, kah.<br />

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