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dialogue - (n.) minung pahnih (pakhat le pakhat i chawnh) bia i ruah
diameter - (n.) thil a pummi , khattelei kam in khattelei kam tiangin a laifang i ding tein rinmi
diametrically oppose - (adj.) an i ralchanh bak ko e.g.
diamond - (n.) daimon lungvar
diaper - (n.) naupuan
diaphragm - (n.) ttang le paw a tthentu a ham
diarrhea - (n.) chungtlik
diary - (n.) nifate thil a cangmi kong ttialnak cauk
diatribe - (n.) zapi sin i mi dang soinak chimmi bia
dice - (n.) phekahnak i hmanmi thil pum tete
dictate - (v.) 1. ca auh; 2. ca auh uk in uk
dictate - (v.)
dictation - (n.) ca auh
dictator - (n.) mah nawl lawngin mi a uktu
dictatorial - (adj.) mah nawl lawngin mi a uktu bawi a simi
dictatorship - (n.) pakhat duhnak lawngin uknak
diction - (n.) bia chimning, cattialning
dictionary - (n.) holh sullam ttialnak cauk, diksineri
dictum - (n.) chimmi bia, phungthlukbia
did - (v.) past tense of do, tuah; do zoh.
didactic - (adj.) cawnpiaknak ca i hmanmi; e.g. didactic story = cawnpiaknak tuanbia
didn't - (v., contraction) did not, a tawinak in.
die - (v.) 1. thih; 2. duh tuk; e.g. I am dying to go with you = Nangmah sin kal ka duh tuk
die - (n.) thir ttialnak; e.g. the die is cast = Bia cu khiah a si cang i thlen khawh a si ti lo
diet - (n.) rawl
dietary - (adj.) rawl he aa pehtlaimi
dietician - (n.) rawl lei i fimnak a ngeimi
differ - (v.) i dan , i lawh lonak
difference - (n.) i dannak , i lawh lonak
different - (adj.) a dangdang
differentiate - (v.) an i dannak langhter , thleidan
differentiation - (n.) dannak langhternak
difficult - (adj.) a harmi
difficulty - (n.) harnak
diffidence - (n.) ningzahnak , mi hmai khan lonak , mah le mah i zumh lohnak
diffident - (adj.) mah le mah aa zum lomi
diffuse - (v.) karhter , zamter; e.g. Knowledge can be diffused through books = Hngalhnak cu cauk in karhter khahwh a si
dig - (v.) vawlei i khor cawh , aalu phuk
digest - (v.) pawpi rawlrial; e.g. We digest our food = Kan pawpi nih rawl a rial, a tawinak in ttialmi tuanbia
digestible - (adj.) rial khawhmi thil
digestion - (n.) rawlrial
digestive - (adj.) rawlrialtu a simi
digit - (n.) 1. kutdong asiloah kedong; 2. 0 in 10 karlak nambar pakhat paohpaoh
dignified - (adj.) hmaizah awk tlakmi siter
dignitary - (n., adj.) hmaizah awk tlak a simi minung
dignity - (n.) hmaizahnak , upatnak
digress - (v.) pial, lam dang i pial
digression - (n.) pialnak
dike - (n.) ti liam hlah seh tiah khamnak tlang
dilapidated - (adj.) zohkhenh lo ruang i rawk nelnul in a ummi
dilapidation - (n.) rawk nelnul in umnak
dilate - (v.) a ngan deuh ah a cang , a kau deuh; e.g. The pupil of the eye dilates when light gets dim = Ceunak kha a muih deuh tikah mit falai cu
a ngan deuh, a kau deuh
dilation - (n.) ngan deuhnak , kauh deuhnak
dilemma - (n.) thil har pahnih karlak i i thim awk a herhmi , i thim awkah a har ngaimi thil
diligence - (n.) teimaknak
diligent - (adj.) tei a mami
dilly-dally - (v.) zei tuah set lo i vah sawhsawh
dilute - (v.) filh , a tak a simi kha filter
dilution - (n.) filhnak
dim - (adj.) a ceu lo , a fiang lo
dime - (n.) U.S. tangka pia hra; 'dime' pahra ah 'dollar' pakhat a si
dimension - (n.) thil pakhatkhat , a saulei , a kauhlei; e.g. If a house is 10 feet long, 8 feet wide and 6 feet high, those are it's dimensions = Inn
pakhat cu a tung pe 10, a vang pe 8, a san pe 6, a si ahcun, cucu a dimension cu a si
diminish - (v.) tlawm deuh , ttum
diminution - (n.) tlawm deuhnak , tum deuhnak
diminutive - (adj.) a hmete
dimple - (n.) biang kuar
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