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mattock - (n.) hmuizum
mattress - (n.) ihphah a chahmi
mature - (adj.) 1. patling/nutling a simi; e.g. He is a mature man = Patling a si 2. ttha tein, tleng lakin
ruahmi; e.g. He gives a mature opinion = Ruahnak tleng a chuahpi
mature - (v.) 1. hmin; e.g. Pears mature quickly = Piar cu khulrangin an hmin 2. nutling/patling si; e.g. He
matures faster than his brother = A unau nakin khulrang deuh in a patling
maturely - (adj.) nutling/patling ngaiin
maturity - (n.) nutling/patling sinak
maul - (v.) tthalo in , cei cikcek in tthuat (seh); e.g. He was mauled by the bear = Vom nih a seh
maul - (n.) tanbo
mausoleum - (n.) thlan nganpi
maxim - (n.) phungthlukbia
maximum - (adj.) a tam bik , a sang bik
may - (v.) i chawnh tik i holh ttha i hmanmi, mah lei a si ahcun 'ning' tinak, mi lei a si ahcun, nem tein tuah
fial 1. May I come in? = Rung lut ning 2. May you be happy = Lunglawm tein na um nakhnga 3. a si kho;
e.g. It may rain today = Nihin ruah a sur kho men 4. tuah ahcun a ttha ko lai, a ttha lo ko lai; e.g. You
may as well stay where you are = Na umnak ah khan um law i ttha ko lai 5. ko seh; e.g. May they live
long = Saupi nung ko hna seh 6. nakhnga; e.g. I will write to him so that he may know when we will arrive
= Zeitik ah dah kan phak lai kha a hngalh nakhnga ca ka kuat lai 7. sual ko hnga; e.g. I'm afraid the
news may be true = Tadin cu a hmaan sual ko hnga ti ka phang 8. lai, ko hnga; e.g. He may arrive today
= Nihin a phan ko hnga
May - (n.) Mei thla
May apple - (n.) bawnbawk
maybe - (adv.) a si kho ko , a si men lai; e.g. Maybe we will go tomorrow = Thaizing cu kan kal men lai,
kan kal kho men
mayor - (n.) khuapi uktu bawi
maze - (n.) 1. lam i kalh nuk i a umnak hmun khi, cucaah tlau a fawi i lam zulh awk hngalh a harnak
hmun 2. lungchung i tuai ngai i um i zeidah ka uah lai ti i hngal kho set lo i um khi
me - (pron.) keimah , biatlang a donghnak lei ah hmanmi; e.g. He helps me = A ka bawmh. Biatlang a
thawknak ah cun 'I' hman a si; e.g. I help him = Ka bawmh
meadow - (n.) ramhring khawhnak hmun
meagre - (adj.) tlawmte
meagre - (adj.) tlawmte
meal - (n.) rawl; e.g. Breakfast is the first meal of the day = Thaithawh hi ni khat chung rawl hmasa bik a
si
mealtime - (n.) rawl ci can
mean - (v.) 1. sullam; e.g. What does this word mean? = Hi biafang hi a sullam zeidah a si? 2. sawh ,
langhter , hngalhter; e.g. The dark clouds mean it will rain = Khua-dawm nak nih ruah a sur lai ti kha an
langhter 3. timh, tinh; e.g. He did not mean to hurt her feeling = A lun fahter kha aa tim/tinh lo
mean - (adj.) 1. zaangfahnak ngei lo, ziaza ttha lomi 2. khiar , hnem; e.g. He is too mean to pay his
workers well = A khiar tuk i a rianttuantu pawl kha ttha tein an hlawh a pe duh hna lo
mean - (n.) a laivuang; e.g. The mean salary of the workers is three hundred kyats per month =
Rianttuantu cu thla khat i za thum hi a si
meander - (v.) tiva i ngerh len in a luan khi
meaning - (n.) sullam
means - (n.) thil hmuh khawhnak/tuah khawhnak ca i hmanmi thil e.g. Teinak a si paoh ahcun zei thil
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