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pent - (adj.) chung i i khon i a hung irhmi; e.g. Pent up feelings = Thin i ben lengmang i i ben khawh ti lo i
a hung chuakmi thinhunnak khi
pentagon - (n.) kap nga/kil nga a ngeimi inn
Pentateuch - (n.) Moses cauk panga, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers le Deuteronomy; a sullam
cu cauk panga fonh
Pentecost - (n.) Easter in Zarhpi pasarihnak; Easter ni in a ni sawm nganak; Whitesunday ti zong ah ti
a si
penthouse - (n.) innpi i pehchinmi innte
penult - (n.) awfang hmannung bik a hei changtu
penultimate - (adj.) a hmanung bik a changtu
penurious - (adj.) mi khiar
penury - (n.) sifahnak
peon - (n.) cape
people - (n.) 1. minung 2. ram khat chungmi; e.g. The people of Japan = Japan ram mi
people - (v.) mi umter; e.g. The town was peopled with farmers = Khua cu lothlo pawl an um
pepper - (n.) thing makphek , makphek
peppery - (adj.) a thak
per - (prep.) 1. pakhat caah pakhat; e.g. Mi A pound of sugar per man = Mi pakhat caah thanthling
pawng khat 2. in; e.g. I will send the book by parcel post = Cauk cu carek parsel in kan kuat lai; e.g. I will
send the book per Lian Lung = Lian Lung sinin cauk kha kan kuat lai per annum = kum khat ah per
capita = minung pakhat caah
perceive - (v.) thil hngalh khawhnak phun nga kan ngeihmi in hngalh ; a sullam hngalh
percent - (n.) zakhat chungah , percent cu % tiin ttial a si ; zakhat chungah kul ti cu 20% tiin ttial a si
percentage - (n.) zakhat chungah zeizat
perceptibility - (n.) hngalh khawhnak
perceptible - (adj.) hngalh khawh a simi
perception - (n.) hngalhnak
perch - (n.) vate an i futnak thingnge
perch - (v.) vate thingnge i an fut; e.g. The sparrows perched on the ridge of the house = Pithlung cu
innthlung ah an i fu
perchance - (adv.) a si kho; e.g. I may go to India perchance = India ah ka kal kho men
percolate - (v.) 1. awng hme tete chungin zuh; e.g. Water percolates through sand = Thetse chungin ti
kha a zut 2. ciah; e.g. Has the water percolated through the coffee yet? = Ti nih kawfi kha a ciah cang
maw? A sullam cu ti nih khan kawfi kha a ciah cangin kawfi hang cu ti nih khan a chuahpi cang maw thian
a si
percolator - (n.) kawfi sonak um
perennial - (adj.) a luang zungzalmi , a dong lomi
perfect - (adj.) 1. a tlingmi , baunak zeihmanh a ngei lomi; e.g. He lives a perfect life = A nunning ziaza
ah mitling a si 2. a hmaan dih; e.g. His accounts are perfect = A tangka hmannak cazin a hmaan dih
perfect - (v.) tlinter, a tthat khawh chung in tthatter
perfection - (n.) tthat tlinnak
perfectly - (adv.) ttha hringhran in , tthatling in
perfectness - (n.) baunak / tlin lonak zeihmanh um lonak
perfidious - (adj.) zumh awk tlak lomi
perfidy - (n.) zumh awk tlak lomi sinak
perforate - (v.) pemh e.g. Kuanfang nih hmuichon cu an pemh dih
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