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wedding - (n.) i tthitumnak<br />

wedge - (n.) khenhfial , fahenh<br />

wedlock - (n.) i tthitumnak<br />

Wednesday - (n.) cawnnithum<br />

wee - (adj.) a hmete, ahme ngaingaimi.<br />

weed - (n.) belh<br />

weed - (v.) belh bawh , thlawh<br />

weedy - (adj.) belh a tammi.<br />

week - (n.) zarh khat<br />

weekday - (n.) Zarhpi ni le Zarhte a si lomi ni paoh.<br />

weekend - (n.) Zarhte le Zarhpi<br />

weekly - (adj.) zarhfate in a cang/simi<br />

weep - (v.) tah<br />

weevil - (n.) cep (ceep) phun khat; fangvoi te hna theite hna a eitu.<br />

weft - (n.) a pheilei in a kalmi la, a tung si loin a phei a simi.<br />

weigh - (v.) 1. zeitluk dah a rih ti hngalhnak ca i thlai. 2. thlir; e.g. The ship weighed anchor and sailed away = Sangphawlawng nih a lawng<br />

hrennak thircangai kha a thlir i a kal.<br />

weight - (n.) 1. rihnak; 2. denhak; e.g. Paper weight = Caku denhnak lung.<br />

weighty - (adj.) a ritmi<br />

weir - (n.) 1. tiva khamnak. 2. chang.<br />

weird - (adj.) vawlei cung thil a si lomi, khuaruahhar mui a kengmi thil/saram/mi.<br />

welcome - (n.) conglawmhnak<br />

welcome - (v.) conglawmh<br />

weld - (v.) 1. sengh; e.g. He welded the broken rod = Thirfung kiak kha a sengh i a peh. 2. hmunkhat i lung nge tein um; e.g. They are welded<br />

in<strong>to</strong> a team = Bu khatte ah an i seng.<br />

welfare - (n.) lunglawm tein umnak, damnak, lawmhnak, rumnak, hna hi welfare an si.<br />

welkin - (n.) van , kan cung i a ummi van hi<br />

we'll - (contraction) = we shall, we will.<br />

well - (adv.) 1. a ttha ko; e.g. Everything goes well at home = Inn ah zeipaoh a ttha dih ko; 2. thiam ngaiin; e.g. He speaks <strong>English</strong> very well =<br />

Mirang holh a thiam ngaingai. 3. zong; e.g. He gave me rice as well as salt = Facang a ka pek i cite zong a ka pek chih. 4. just as well; e.g. Since<br />

our friends didn't turn up, we may just as well go home = Kan hawile an rat lo caah inn i kan kir zongah a ttha ko lai. Our fishing expedition was<br />

ruined by bad weather. We might just as well have stayed at home = Kan tiva kal cu ruahpi nih a kan rawk, inn ah khan rak um deuh awk men<br />

kan rak si.<br />

well - (adj.) 1. ngandam; e.g. He is well = A dam ko. 2. a ttha; e.g. It will be well <strong>to</strong> start early = Tuan i thawk ah a ttha lai.<br />

well - (interj.) launak langhternak; e.g. Well! Well! Here is Jack = E! e! Jack hika a phan ai! Well ticu veimu, ti zongah hman a si.<br />

well - (v.) tikhor chung i ti a hung ut bantukin hung put; e.g. Tears well up in her eyes = A mitthli a chuak.<br />

well - (n.) tikhor.<br />

well off - (adj.) a khuasak a ttha a rum, ti a si.<br />

well-<strong>to</strong>-do - (adj.) duh tawk in khua a sa khomi.<br />

wellbeing - (n.) ngandamnak le lawmhnak.<br />

wellborn - (adj.) mittha chungin a chuakmi.<br />

wellbred - (adj.) ttha tein zohkhenhmi si i umtu ziaza dawh in um<br />

wellgroomed - (adj.) ttha tein hriahmi.<br />

wellknown - (adj.) mi tampi nih hngalhmi<br />

wellmeaning - (adj.) tinhmi ttha a ngeimi.<br />

wellnigh - (adj.) dengmang a simi.<br />

wellspring - (n.) tihna , tihram<br />

Welsh - (adj.) Wales ram le a mi hna he aa pehlaimi.<br />

Welsh rabbit - (n.) changreu emmi cung i cheese (thawhpat) <strong>to</strong>ihmi.<br />

Welshman - (n.) Wales mi.<br />

welt - (n.) kedan a cunglei le a tanlei karlak i an danh i an tthi chihmi saphaw; fung hriahnal siseh tuknak siseh cuar cung aa rin vualmi.<br />

welter - (v.) hnawm lak i i bualh.<br />

wen - (n.) puhcik.<br />

wench - (n.) sinum (nu).<br />

wend - (v.) lam i kual nguahmah i a kal khi.<br />

went - (v.) past tense of go, kal. go zoh.<br />

wept - (v.) past tense of weep, ttar.<br />

were - (v.) past tense of are, an sian um, kan si, nan si.<br />

weren't - (v., contraction) = were not.<br />

Wesleyan - (n.) Wesley a zulmi khrihfa, Methodist Khrihfabu.<br />

west - (n.) nitlaklei, nitlaklei ram.<br />

westerly - (adj.) nitlaklei in a hung hrangmi tli, nitlaklei ah a va hrangmi thli.<br />

western - (adj.) nitlaklei a simi<br />

Western Hemisphere - (n.) America ram Chaklei l hlanglei.<br />

Westerner - (n.) Nitlaklei mi.<br />

westernmost - (adj.) nitlaklei bik a simi<br />

Westminster - (n.) London kht chung i biakinn nganpi pakha a chung i mi minthang thlan a umnak.<br />

westward - (adj.) nitlaklei ah.<br />

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