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leaden - (adj.) suan in sermi, suan bantukin a ritmi
leader - (n.) hruaitu , hruitu
leadership - (n.) hruaitu sinak
leaf - (n.) thinghnah , cahnah
leafless - (adj.) hnah ngei lomi
leaflet - (n.) catlap tlawm tein thawngthanhnak ttialmi
leafy - (adj.) hnah tampi a ngeimi , a hnah a tthami
league - (n.) 1. bu , aa kommi bu 2. a saulei tahnak, khan thum hrawng
leak - (n.) a zuhnak , a pemnak , a kuainak
leak - (v.) zut
leaky - (adj.) a zutmi
leal - (adj.) Scotland mi holh a si i, zumhtlakmi, tinak a si
lean - (v.) 1. hngauh 2. tai cung lawng awngka in chuah
lean - (adj.) a thau lomi; e.g. A thau aa tel lomi satit; e.g. Lean boy = Ngakchia der: e.g. Lean meat = A
thau aa tel lomi satit
leanness - (n.) dernak
leap - (v.) peh , per
leap year - (n.) ni 366 a ngeimi kum , February thla ni 29 a simi kum , kum li dan ah voi khat lengmang
learn - (v.) 1. cawn , thiam 2. hngalh; e.g. We learned that he had gone home = Inn ah a tin cang ti kha
kan hngalh
learned - (adj.) fimnak tampi a ngeimi
learning - (n.) fimnak, hngalhnak, thiamnak
lease - (n.) hlanhnak hnatlaknak ca in ttialmi
lease - (v.) cattial in hlanh
lease - (n.) hlanhnak hnatlaknak ca in ttialmi
lease - (v.) cattial in hlanh
least - (adj.) a hme bik
least - (adv.) a tlawm bik in; e.g. He liked the book least of all = Cauk kha a tlawm bik in a duh
leather - (n.) saphaw
leather - (adj.) saphaw in sermi thil
leave - (v.) 1. kal; e.g. Did you see him leave = A kal kha na hmu maw? 2. thawh; e.g. He leaves home
early in the morning = Zingkate in inn in aa thawh 3. chiahtak, kaltak; e.g. You may leave your books
here = Hika ah hin na cauk kha na chiahtak khawh hna 4. a sining in chiate; e.g. Leave the windows
open at night = Zan ah thlalang-awng kha khar loin chiata ko hna
leave - (n.) a khonh; e.g. He is on leave = A khonh in a um
leave in the lurch - (v.) harnak ton lio i bawmh duh lo i cuka hmun i kal tak
leaven - (n.) thilnu
leaven - (v.) thilnu phulh
leaves - (n.) plural of leaf: thinghnah
lecture - (n.) biachim; e.g. He gives a lecture on water = Ti kong a chim
lecture - (v.) biachim; e.g. He lectured on water = Ti kong a chim
lecturer - (n.) biachimtu , college sianginn i saya
led - (v.) past tense of 'lead', hruai kalpi
ledge - (n.) 1. tlang; e.g. Windows ledge = Thlalangawng tlang 2. lungpi par, lungpi tlang
ledger - (n.) tangka cazin
lee - (n.) thli phenhnak lei; e.g. The wind was so strong that we ran to the lee of the house = Thli a fah
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