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waggle - (v.) uico mei hngerh in hngerh.<br />

wagon - (n.) thil phorhnak leng.<br />

wagoner - (n.) teng mawngtu<br />

waif - (n.) inn ngei loin a vak sawhsawhmi<br />

wail - (v.) fak piin tah<br />

waist - (n.) tai<br />

waistband - (n.) taisawm.<br />

waistcoat - (n.) angkileng tang i i nawhmi angki<br />

wait - (n.) hngahnak, e.g. John had a long wait at the doc<strong>to</strong>r's = Sibawipa inn ah John nih saupi a hngah. be in wait = bawh<br />

wait - (v.) hngah<br />

wait on/wait upon - (v.) rawlpetu le bawmchantu si<br />

waiter - (n.) cabuai i rawlpetu<br />

waiting - (n.) hngahnak.<br />

waiting room - (n.) hngahnak khan<br />

waitress - (n.) rawlpetu nu.<br />

waive - (v.) ngol , tuah loin um , a herh lo ti i ruahpiak<br />

waiver - (n.) ngoltu.<br />

wake - (v.) 1. i tthangh, i hlauh. 2. hung nun; e.g. Flowers wake in the spring = Pangpar eu thal a hung chuah ttikah a hung nung; in the wake<br />

of = a hnu in a hun zulmi a hnuah.<br />

wake - (n.) in the wake of = a hnu in a hun zulmi, a hnuah.<br />

wakeful - (adj.) aa tthangmi, i tthangh pengmi mitkuh hriau.<br />

wakefulness - (n.) i tthangh pengnak.<br />

waken - (v.) va tthangh, va hlauh.<br />

wale - (n.) zeilo nih kan cuar a kan hriah i a kan hriahnak aa hngalmi khi.<br />

walk - (v.) ke in kal<br />

walk - (n.) 1. i chawh. 2. i chawhnak hmun a simi. 3. nunning, e.g. A doc<strong>to</strong>r and a farmer are in different walks of life = Sibawi le lothlo cu nunning<br />

aa dangmi an si.<br />

walking stick - (n.) thiangthunh.<br />

wall - (n.) 1. vampang. 2. vampang bantukin aa chongmi<br />

wall - (v.) vampang in kulh, kulh.<br />

wallaby - (n.) kangaroo hme deuh phun.<br />

wallet - (n.) phaisa bawm.<br />

wallow - (v.) i bualh, nawncek chung i i bualh.<br />

wallpaper - (n.) vampang benh caku<br />

walnut - (n.) hru<br />

walrus - (n.) rili chung saram nganpi phun khat<br />

waltz - (n.) laam phun khat<br />

wampum - (n.) cengkeuh in sermi thi.<br />

wan - (adj.) a dangmi (daang), a dermi, thazang a ngei lomi.<br />

wand - (n.) thiangthunh thiate.<br />

wander - (v.) kal , vaih<br />

wanderer - (n.) a vaimi<br />

wanderlust - (n.) vaihvah duhnak.<br />

wane - (v.) ttumchuk; on the wane = ttumchuk lei.<br />

want - (v.) duh<br />

want - (n.) herhnak, herh baunak; e.g. The plant died from lack of water = Thingkung cu ti a herhbau caah a thi.<br />

wanting - (adj.) a baumi.<br />

wan<strong>to</strong>n - (adj.) zeihmanh ruat setsai loin a ummi, thil a sawksammi, aa sum lomi.<br />

wan<strong>to</strong>nness - (n.) duhduh in umnak.<br />

war - (n.) ral , raltuknak<br />

war - (v.) raltuk.<br />

war horse - (n.) ral tuknak rang.<br />

ward - (n.) 1. zohkhenhnak; 2. zoh knenhmi pakhatkhat; 3. khua chung i sang pakhat, 4. sizung chung i a khan an tthenmi; Female Ward = Nu<br />

Khan. Male Ward = Pa Khan; 5. thonginn chung zongah cu bantukin a khan an tthenmi.<br />

ward - (v.) phen, phenhai; e.g. He warded off the blow with his arm = A kut in a thonghnak kha a rak i phen.<br />

warden - (n.) 1. thonginn zohkhenhtu. 2. bawda i a ummi siangngakchia zohkhenhtu.<br />

warder - (n.) thonginn cawngtu, cawngtu.<br />

wardrobe - (n.) hnipuan chiahnak bizu<br />

ware - (n.) seh in sermi thil , thir te hna<br />

warehouse - (n.) thilri chiahnak inn.<br />

warfare - (n.) raldohnak, ral i tuknak.<br />

warily - (adv.) ralring tein.<br />

wariness - (n.) ralrinnak.<br />

warlike - (adj.) raltuk a duhmi.<br />

warm - (v., adj.) 1. a lum. 2. lungtho ngai a simi. 3. a nuammi.<br />

warm-blooded - (adj.) thi a lummi saram<br />

warm up - (v.) = lumter<br />

warmth - (n.) lumnak<br />

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