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swerve - (v.) pial , mer , a ping i kal<br />

swift - (adj.) a khul a rangmi<br />

swiftly - (adv.) khulrang ngaiin.<br />

swiftness - (n.) khulrannak<br />

swim - (v.) 1. tilioh. 2. ti liohter; e.g. He swam his horse across the river = A rang kha tiva a lioter.<br />

swimmer - (n.) ti liohtu<br />

swindle - (v.) hlen , deh<br />

swindle - (n.) hlennak , dehnak<br />

swindler - (n.) mi a hlengmi , mi a dehtu<br />

swine - (adj.) vok bantuk mi hna hnawmtam.<br />

swine - (n.) vok<br />

swineherd - (n.) vok cawngtu<br />

swing - (n.) piphen<br />

swing - (v.) 1. i thui. 2. mer; e.g. He swings the car round the corner = Lam kuai ah mawttawka kha a mer.<br />

swinish - (adj.) vok bantuk<br />

swirl - (v.) i ngerh cukmak in phuchim herh in i herh<br />

Swiss - (n.) Switzerland rammi<br />

switch - (n.) 1. tuknak fungfek a hmemi; e.g. He switched the dog with a switch = Uico kha fungfek in a tuk. 2. elektrik vannak le hmihnak<br />

hmehnak khi; Put on the switch = Elektrik kha hun vang; 3. tlanglawng lam i tlanglawng pialternak.<br />

switch - (v.) hmih, van; e.g. Switch on the light = elektrik kha hun vang. Switch off the light = Elektrik kha hyn hmit.<br />

switchboard - (n.) elektrik vannak le hmihnak tampi an chiahnak cabuai.<br />

switchman - (n.) tlanglawng kalnak lam a thlengtu.<br />

swivel - (n.) tthutdan duhduh in hnulei he hmailei he aa mer khomi aa mernak zawnte khi.<br />

swollen - (adj.) a phingmi, ti a lianmi; swollen leg = a phingmi ke. swollen river = ti a lianmi tiva.<br />

swoon - (v.) lau tuk i mah hngal lo i um , a thi bantuk i um<br />

swoop - (v.) zuanhnawh, mupi nih ar a vun zuanhnawh khi.<br />

sword - (n.) vainam<br />

swordfish - (n.) rili chung nga nganpi phun khat<br />

swordsman - (n.) vainam hman a thiammi.<br />

swore - (v.) past tense of swear, chiatser.<br />

sworn - (adj.) chiatser in bia kammi<br />

sworn - (v.) past participle of swear, chiatser.<br />

swum - (v.) past participle of swim, tilioh.<br />

swung - (v.) past tense and past participle of swing; e.g. The door swings open = Innka cu phut tiah aa hung.<br />

sycamore - (n.) theipi phun khat<br />

sycophant - (n.) thil ttha zeital ka hmu hnga maw tiin mi a fak lengmangmi<br />

syllabicate - (v.) awfang ah cheu/tthen hna.<br />

syllabication - (n.) awfang i cheu/tthennak.<br />

syllabify - (v.) awfang i cheu/tthen.<br />

syllable - (n.) biafang pakhat chung i a bu tein awfang a ummi khi; e.g. Khamhnak hi biafang pakhat a si, asinain awfang pahnih a si; khamh le nak;<br />

Salvation hi biafang pakhat a si, asinain awfang pathum a si: sal-va-tion.<br />

syllablic - (adj.) awfang he aa pehtlaimi.<br />

syllabus - (n.) hi hna hi cawn awk an si lai ti in tuahmi<br />

syllogism - (n.) bia, alning phun khat a si i thil pahnih chimmi chung khan aphichuak lak a si; e.g. All trees have roots, an oak is a tree, therefore an<br />

oak has roots = Thingkung vialte nih hram an ngei dih; kuhthing cu thingkung a si, cucaah kuhthing zong hram a ngei ve hrimhrim lai.<br />

symbol - (n.) hmelchunhnak; e.g. The mark + is the symbol of plus = Hmelchunhnak + cu fonh tinak a si.<br />

symbolic - (adj.) hmelchunhnak i hmanmi<br />

symbolize - (v.) hun langhter , hmelchunhnak nih a hun langhter<br />

symmetrical - (adj.) a ningcang aa dawhmi<br />

symmetry - (n.) ningcang i dawhnak<br />

sympathetic - (adj.) zaangfahnak a ngeimi.<br />

sympathizer - (n.) zaangfahnak ngeitu<br />

sympathy - (n.) zaangfahnak<br />

symphony - (n.) awdawh tumnak thil a tling he tummi hla<br />

symposium - (n.) 1. ruahnak tampi fonhnak. 2. cu bantuk ruahnak fonhnak ca i pumhnak tuahmi.<br />

symp<strong>to</strong>m - (n.) langhnak, hmelchunhnak; e.g. Fever is a symp<strong>to</strong>m of illness = Tak linh hi zawtnak langhnak/hmelchunhnak pakhat a si.<br />

symp<strong>to</strong>matic - (adj.) langhnak a simi<br />

synagogue - (n.) Judah mi hna an i pumhnak inn<br />

synchronize - (v.) a caan aa khat tein ser; e.g. Synchronize all the clocks in the building = Inn chung i a ummi suimilam vialte kha an caan aa khat<br />

dih in ser hna u.<br />

synchronous - (adj.) a caan aa khatmi<br />

syncopate - (v.) 1. biafang pakhat chung i a aw tawiternak ca i a cheu hloh, Gloucester cu Gloster ah a cang. 2. hlasak tik i a tlo khawhnak ding<br />

paoh i sak.<br />

syncopation - (n.) hlasak tik i a tlo khawhnak ding i sak.<br />

syndicate - (n.) thil pakhatkhat tuahnak ca i minung siseh kampani si hna sch aa fon aa bumi.<br />

synod - (n.) civui, Baptist nih cun Association kan ti.<br />

synonym - (n.) bia a sullam aa khatmi hna; e.g. Slay and kill are synonyms = Slay (thah) le kill (thah) cu sullam aa khatmi biafang an si. Laiholh ah<br />

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