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purpose - (n.) timhmi on purpose: timh ciammam tein
purposeful - (adj.) i timhmi ngei in tuahmi
purposeless - (adj.) timhmi a ngei lomi
purposely - (adv.) i timh ciammam tein
purr - (v.) chizawh ngur hliahmah
purse - (n.) tangka bawm
purser - (n.) tilawng, cung tangka tlaitu
pursuance - (n.) zulhnak
pursuant - (adj.) zulhmi , tuahmi
pursue - (v.) zulh
pursuer - (n.) zultu
pursuit - (n.) dawi, zulh
purvey - (v.) pek; e.g. A butcher purveys meat to his customers = Cawsa zuartu hih a cawtu pawl kha sa
a pek (zuarh) hna
purveyance - (n.) peknak
purveyor - (n.) petu
purview - (n.) rianttuannak chung, pum mit in siseh ruahnak mit in siseh hmuh khawh chung
pus - (n.) hmahnai
push - (v.) nam; e.g. Push the door = Innka kha nam
push - (n.) namnak
pusillanimity - (n.) ralchiatnak
pusillanimous - (adj.) a ral a chiami
puss - (n.) chizawh
pussy - (n.) chizawh
put - (v.) 1. chiah; e.g. I put the book on the table = Cabuai cungah cauk ka chiah 2. paih; e.g. I put
sugar in the tea = Lakphak ah tlanthling ka paih. Sullam dangdang hna put to death: thah; e.g. He was
put to death = Amah cu an thah a ship puts out to sea: Tilawng cu rili ah a kal, khualtlawm ah aa thawh
a ship puts in to port: Tilawng cu lawng dinhnak hmun ah aa din a ship puts about to change its
direction: Tilawng cu a kalnak lei thlen awkah aa mer put by: i chiah, i ret, hmailei hman awk i i chiah
put forth: a keo, a kho, a thang (thlaici) put off: chiah ta, phoih put on: aih, angki aih, i titer put out:
mei hmih put through: tlamtling tein tuah i lim put to it: hnek (hneek) put up: tlun; e.g. Where did you
put up? = Khuazei ah dah na tlun? put up with: in, lungsau in in; e.g. It is hard to put up with him =
Amah cu in awk a har ko put heads together: hmunkhat i ttuan tti
putrefaction - (n.) thutnak
putrefy - (v.) thu; e.g. The meat has putrefied = Sa cu a thu cang
putrid - (adj.) a thu a nammi
putt - (v.) golf ball a kua chung i luhter
puttee - (n.) ngalmen
putty - (n.) canphio awng benhnak si bang
puzzle - (n.) a harmi thil; e.g. How to get all my things into one box is a puzzle = Ka thil vialte kuang
pakhat chung i sanh dih ding cu thil har a si
puzzle - (v.) khuaruahharter; e.g. How the cat got out of the box puzzled us = Zeitindah chizawh kha
kunag chungin a chuah ti cu kan khuaruah a kan hartertu a si
pygme - (n.) mi tawite mi hmete, pe nga tang a simi, a phun in an um
pyjamas - (n.) zan ihnak tawhrolh
pylon - (n.) thir tung sangpipi elektrik zamnak i an hmanmi
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