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portrait - (n.) hmanthlak
portraiture - (n.) hmanthlak sernak , hmanthlak
portray - (v.) 1. hmanthlak suai 2. bia in hmanthlak suai
portrayal - (n.) hmanthlak suaining
portrayer - (n.) hmanthlak suaitu
pose - (v.) 1. hmanthlak awk caah a remnak hmun i dir; e.g. They posed in froht of their house = An inn
hmai ah hmanthlak awkah an dir 2. si lomi i siter; e.g. He posed himself as a doctor = Sibawi a si lo nain
aa siter 3. ruah awk thil a hun chuahter, e.g. Their unexpected arrival for dinner posed the problem of
what to feed them = Ruah lopi i zanriah ei awk i an hung phanhnak nih hin, zeidah kan pek hna lai ti
harnak a chuahter
pose - (n.) 1. hmanthlak awk ca i dirning; e.g. The photographer told him to hold the pose =
Hmanthlatupa nih ttha tein dir a ti 2. ngeih lomi a ngei bantuk i um; e.g. His unfriendly manner is a pose
to hide his shyness = Hawi rem lo i a um cu a ningzah thuhnak a si ko
position - (n.) umnak hmun
position - (n.) 1. umnak hmun 2. kan pum kan chiahning 3. thil chiahning; He placed the books in an
upright position = Cauk kha a tung in a chiah hna 4. rian; e.g. He found a teaching position = Cachimh
rian a hmuh 5. mi nih rak ruahning le rak hmuhning; e.g. The pastor holds a position of trust = Pastor cu
mi zapi nih an zumhmi a si 6. ruahning , lungthin; e.g. What is his position concerning the hew taxis? =
Ngunkhuai thar kong ah a lungthin zeidah a si?
positive - (adj.) 1. fiang taktak in hngalhmi, chimmi, langhtermi 2. hngalh hrimhrimmi , hmuh hrimhrimmi;
e.g. He is positive that he saw him = Amah cu ka hmuh hrimhrim a ti 3. a si kho lai ti lei in lehnak le
chimnak le ruahninng 4. hmanthlak i a hmanthlak an sermi taktak khi, negative a si lomi khi
positively - (adv.) hrimhrim in
possess - (v.) 1. ngeih 2. uk; e.g. Anger possessed him = Thinhunnak nih a uk
possession - (n.) ngeihmi thilri ; ngeitu sinak
possessive - (adj.) thil ngeih a duhmi
possessor - (n.) ngeitu
possibility - (n.) si khawhnak
possible - (adj.) 1. a si khomi 2. hmanh maw; e.g. Rain is possible today = Nihin hi ruah a sur kho: Nihin
hi ruah a sur hmanh maw
possibly - (adv.) a si khawh chungin; e.g. I will come as soon as I possibly can = Ka caah a si khawh
chung ttuan in rat kaa zuam lai
post - (pref.) hnu; e.g. Post-war = Ral hnu
post - (n.) 1. tung 2. rian 3. ralvengtu hna umnak hmun; e.g. The guard cannot leave his post =
Ralvengtu nih a umnak kha a kaltak kho lo 4. ralkap umnak hmun; A wall surrounds the army post =
Ralkap pawl umnak hmun cu ralhau nih a kulh
post - (v.) 1. thirhri inn i ca va sanh; e.g. He posted the letter yesterday = Ca kha nizan ah a sanh 2. ca
tar; e.g. Announcement was posted on the wall = Thawngthanhnak kha vampang cungah an tar 3.
ralvengtu ca i thiah; e.g. A soldier was posted at the door of the minister's office =Vunazi zung innka
congh ah ralkap pakhat an thiah
post graduate - (n.) B.A. awn hnu cawnnak
post office - (n.) carek
postage - (n.) cakuat man
postage stamp - (n.) milu benh
postal - (adj.) cakuatnak lei thil he aa pehtlaimi
postcard - (n.) cakuatnak catlap a bawm a hau lomi
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