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mastiff - (n.) uico sadawithiam
masturbate - (v.) mah le mah nu/pa duhnak i riamhter
mat - (n.) pher
mat - (v.) i sengh dir
match - (n.) 1. zuamnak; e.g. Football match = Pumpululh chuih i zuamnak 2. tluk , zuam khotu; e.g. A
boy is not a match for a man = Nganchia cu upa zuam khotu (tluk) a si kho lo 3. aa tlak; e.g. His suit and
tie are a good match = A suit le a nektai an i tlak ngai
match - (v.) i tlak; e.g. Her dress matches the colour of her hair = A angki le a muisam kha an i tlak ngai
matchless - (adj.) tluk khawh lomi
mate - (n.) 1. tuah khat chung i pakhat; e.g. He could not find the mate to his shoe = A kedan pakhat a
hmu kho lo 2. hawikom; e.g. The were schoolmates = Sianginn kai lio hawikom an rak si
mate - (v.) tuah khat i can; e.g. Birds mate in the spring = Vate cu thal ah tuah khat ah an cang (nu le va
an si)
material - (n.) thil
materialism - (n.) thil pinah hin zeihmanh a um ti lo , thil lawng hi a biapi bik a si ko ti zumhnak
materialist - (n.) thil lawng hi biapi a si tiin a zummi
materialistic - (adj.) thil lawng hi biapi a si ti zumhnak a ngeimi
materialize - (v.) thil i can, ruahnak kha a taktak i hun canter
materially - (adv.) pumsa in , thil in
maternal - (adj.) hringtu nu lei a simi thil
maternity - (n.) hringtu nu sinak
mathematical - (adj.) kanan lei thil a simi
mathematically - (adv.) kanan in tuak in
mathematician - (n.) kanan a thiammi
mathematics - (n.) kanan phun paohpaoh
mating season - (n.) sattil an phol caan
matriarch - (n.) nu lei he aa pehtlaimi
matriarchy - (n.) nu nih innchungkhar /phun chung i a lu tlai , nu roco phun
matrices - (n.) matrix in plural form, matrix zoh
matrimonial - (adj.) tthitumhnak he aa pehtlaimi thil
matrimony - (n.) tthitumhnak
matrix - (n.) ca namnak seh ha an thletnak bawm, cu bantukin thil thletnak i hmanmi bawm
matron - (n.) nu bawda le si inn i zohkhenhtu i chiahmi nu upa
matted - (adj.) aa sengh dihmi
matter - (n.) 1. thil 2. thil pakhatkhat a hung ummi; e.g. An important matter kept him from going to his
village = Thilbiapi pakhat nih an khua kal kha a thlauh 3. cauk chung i ummi thil/ruahnak; e.g. The matter
in your book is good but the style is bad = Na cauk chung i ruahnak a ummi cu a ttha, sihmanhselaw na
ttialning cu a ttha lo 4. harnak; e.g. What is the matter with the sick child? - A zawmi ngakchia kha zeidah
a harnak a si? 5. What is the matter with you? = Na zeidah a ti? 6. tongh khawh hmuh khawhmi thil; e.g.
Wood and stone are matters = Thing le lung cu tongh khawhmi thil an si matter of: e.g. The distance
between Mangnu and Hakha is a matter of six miles = Mangnu le Hakha kar cu khan ruk hrawng a si ko
as a matter of fact: a ngaingai ti ahcun for that matter: cu kong ah cun matter of course: a si lai ti
komi thil what is the matter?: zeidah harnak/palhnak a um? Zeidah a si? matter of fact: thil a sining
bak in chimmi/tuahmi
matter - (v.) biapi a si; e.g. What people say matters to him = Mi nih a chimmi kha biapi ngaiin a ruah
matting - (n.) phertah
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