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sheep - (n.) tuu<br />

sheepcote - (n.) tuu riahnak<br />

sheepfold - (n.) tuu kiam.<br />

sheepish - (adj.) a zakzummi.<br />

sheeprun - (n.) tuu tlonnak phong.<br />

sheepskin - (n.) tuuphaw<br />

sheer - (adj.) zeihmanh nih a cawh lomi, a dihlak in a dihumnak in.<br />

sheet - (n.) tlap; e.g. A sheet of paper = Ca tlap khat.<br />

sheet iron - (n.) thir tlap (tlep).<br />

sheik - (n.) Arab mi bawi<br />

shekel - (n.) hlanlio Hebru mi tangka<br />

shelf - (n.) thil chiahnak hrawl<br />

she'll - (contraction) she will/she shall.<br />

shell - (n.) 1. phaw; e.g. Tortoises have shells = Chungkuh nih phaw an ngei. 2. hawng. 3. miakpi<br />

kuanfang.<br />

shell - (v.) a kawng chungin a mu chuah, thlongh; miakpi in kah<br />

shellac - (n.) thing thuhmi si phun khat<br />

shellfish - (n.) ti cung i a ummi saram phaw a ngeimi pawl, kingkuar, cengkeuh, cangai, cengkol te hna<br />

pawl.<br />

shellshock - (n.) raltuknak in a lungthin a hmaan ti lomi zawtnak<br />

shelly - (adj.) phaw ngeimi thilnung tampi umnak a simi.<br />

shelter - (n.) dornak hmun<br />

shelve - (v.) hrawl i hei chiah.<br />

shepherd - (n.) tuukhal<br />

shepherd - (v.) tuukal bantukin chongh i lamhruai<br />

shepherdess - (n.) tukhalnu.<br />

sherbert - (n.) a thlummi thei hang.<br />

sheriff - (n.) peng (myone) pakhat a uktu bik a simi bawi<br />

sherry - (n.) zureu phun khat<br />

she's - (contraction) = 1. she is. 2. she has.<br />

shield - (v.) phaw in chonkanh.<br />

shield - (n.) phaw.<br />

shift - (v.) hmun khat in hmun dang ah i tthial<br />

shift - (n.) 1. rianttuan a bu in i thlen; e.g. There are two shifts of work at the factory = Sehzung ah<br />

rianttuan a bu in i thlenmi pahnih an um. 2. a bu in rian a ttuanmi; e.g. He is on the night shift = Anih cu<br />

zan ttuan bu ah aa tel.<br />

shiftless - (adj.) a tha a thumi , rian ttuan a zuam lomi<br />

shilling - (n.) Mirang cozah tangka, atu ah cun an hmang ti lo, pawng (pound) khat ah shilling 16 a um.<br />

shilly shally - (v.) lung i thlek kho lo i laklawh i um, lungawttawm i um.<br />

shilly-shally - (n.) lungawttawm i umnak<br />

shimmer - (v.) din tein tleu<br />

shimmering - (adj.) din tein a tleumi.<br />

shimmery - (adj.) din tein a tleumi.<br />

shin - (n.) ngalpacar<br />

shine - (v.) ceu, tlang, tlan; e.g. The sun shines = Ni a tlang. John's face shines = John hmai a ceu<br />

(panh). 2. kedan tleu tein hnawh; e.g. He shined his shoes = A kedan tleu tein a hnawh kha.<br />

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