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skipper - (n.) tilawng cawng bawi kepten<br />

skirmish - (n.) ralkap tlawmpal tlawmte an i kahnak<br />

skirmish - (v.) ralkap tlawmpal tlawmte an i kah khi.<br />

skirt - (v.) a kam in hrial.<br />

skirt - (n.) hni<br />

skulk - (v.) pel , sa pel , sa bawh , i thuh i bawh<br />

skull - (n.) luruh<br />

skull cap - (n.) lukhuh.<br />

skunk - (n.) sachia<br />

sky - (n.) van<br />

sky-blue - (adj.) vandum zawng<br />

skyey - (adj.) a sang ngaingaimi.<br />

skylight - (n.) inncung/siling i thlalang awng<br />

skyline - (n.) van le vawlei an i <strong>to</strong>nnak, vanhramdeng.<br />

skyscraper - (n.) 1. inn sangpi. 2. van a hun hnor khotu inn hna.<br />

skyward - (adj.) van lei ah khin.<br />

skywards - (adv.) van lei ah khin.<br />

slab - (n.) lungpher.<br />

slack - (adj.) 1. dormi. 2. a daithlang mi; slack water = tilet a um lo bik caan.<br />

slacken - (v.) 1. a khul nuarhter; e.g. Don't slacken your efforts till the work is done = Rian kha aa lim hlantiang na tuannak kha nuarhter hlah. 2.<br />

a nuar deuh; e.g. Work slackens on a hot day = Nilinh ni ah cun rian cu a nuar deuh. 3. dorh; e.g. Slacken the rope = hri kha dorh.<br />

slacker - (n.) mah rian ttha tein a ttuan duh lomi<br />

slackness - (n.) thathut, daithlan.<br />

slacks - (n.) tawhrolh tluan<br />

slag - (n.) thir ek<br />

slain - (v.) past participle of slay, thah. Zong slayed.<br />

slam - (v.) innka fak piin khar<br />

slander - (n.) a hmaan lomi puhnak<br />

slander - (v.) a hmaan lomi puh , thangchiat<br />

slanderous - (adj.) thangchiatnak a simi<br />

slang - (n.) phuahchommi holh<br />

slant - (n.) chennak; e.g. Has your roof a sharp slant? = Na inncung cu a chenning a fak maw?<br />

slant - (v.) ngawi, tlu; e.g. Most handwriting slants <strong>to</strong> the right = Kutttial tam bik cu orhlei ah a tlu/ngawi.<br />

slap - (v.) bengh<br />

slash - (v.) 1. themh, thinghawng themh. 2. thing cek. 3. ah, at.<br />

slash - (n.) ahnak awng.<br />

slate - (n.) calung<br />

slattern - (n.) aa filhhnawmmi nu.<br />

slatternly - (adj.) aa filhhnawmmi.<br />

slaughter - (v.) thah<br />

slaughter - (n.) tampi thahnak<br />

slaughter house - (n.) sa thahnak inn<br />

slaughterous - (adj.) thahnak he aa pehtlaimi.<br />

Slav. - (n.) nichuahlei Europe ram i a ummi miphun, cu miphun chung ummi cu Russia, Poles, Czechs, Bulgarians, Slovaks le Yugoslavs an<br />

si.<br />

slave - (n.) sal<br />

slave trade - (n.) sal cawknak le zuarnak<br />

slaveholder - (n.) sal ngeitu<br />

slaver - (n.) sal a caw i a zuartu.<br />

slaver - (n.) cilkiri.<br />

slaver - (v.) cilkiri chuahter.<br />

slavery - (n.) sal sinak<br />

slavish - (adj.) sal bantukin a ummi.<br />

slaw - (n.) kawpi hlum pan tein riammi.<br />

slay - (v.) thah.<br />

slayer - (n.) thattu<br />

sled - (n.) hawhra cung i hmanmi leng.<br />

sledge - (n.) hawhra cung i hmanmi leng<br />

sledge hammer - (n.) sobul nganpi<br />

sleek - (adj.) a tlor a nalmi<br />

sleep - (v.) 1. ih; e.g. Asleep = I hngilh. 2. aa hngilh bantukin um; e.g. The seeds sleep in the ground all winter = Khuasik chung vialte cu thlaici kha<br />

vawlei chungah an i hngilh ko. the last sleep = hngilh hmanung bik, cucu thih. sleep away = i hngilh thluahmah; sleep off = hngilh cih i holh<br />

lan; e.g. She was sleeping off a headache = A lufah kha lo lan seh tin a hngilhchih.<br />

sleep sickness - (n.) zawtnak phun khat<br />

sleeper - (n.) 1. a it mi. 2. ihnak khan a ngeimi tlanglawng dal. 3. a phei lei in khammi thingthluan; e.g. railway sleepers = Tlanglawng lam thir danh<br />

thing.<br />

sleepily - (adv.) ihhmu ku ngaiin<br />

sleepiness - (n.) ihhmu kutnak<br />

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