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siding - (n.) tlanglawng lam thlur in tlanglawng hei pialter i hei chiahnak lam.<br />

sidle - (v.) a sir i hei fuh, a kam i hei fuh.<br />

siege - (n.) rakap nih kulh; a verb cu besiege a si, kulh.<br />

sierra - (n.) tlang thluan i tlang a hun i chun lulhmi, hei zoh tik i hluah ha ko a lomi.<br />

siesta - (n.) chun ih<br />

sieve - (n.) fingrilh , talawn<br />

sift - (v.) 1. fingrilh in rilh. 2. fingrilh chungah chiah i cuticun phulh.<br />

sigh - (v.) 1. thaw i ip tungmang. 2. ngai; e.g. He sighs for home = Inn a ngai.<br />

sight - (n.) 1. hmuh khawhnak; e.g. Dogs have better sight than birds = Vate nakin uico nih hmuh<br />

khawhnak ttha deuh an ngei. 2. hmuhnak; at sight or on sight = hmuh cangka in. 3. mit hmuh phak;<br />

e.g. We live in sight of school = Kan sianginn in mit hmuh phak ah kan um. 4. zoh awk tlak, aa dawhmi;<br />

e.g. Niagara Falls is one of the sights of the world = Niagara tisor cu vawlei cung i zoh awk tlak pakhat a<br />

si. 5. meithal hman (hmaan). foresight cu a parlei hman khi a si i backsight cu a hnulei hman khi a si.<br />

6. hmuhning, zohning; e.g. Dolls are precious in the sight of a little girl = Ngakchia nute hmuhning ahcun<br />

lentecelhnak tunu tete cu thil sung ngai an si.<br />

sight - (v.) hmuh; e.g. I sighted a rabbit = Saveh pakhat ka hmuh.<br />

sight seeing - (n.) khuacuanh.<br />

sightless - (adj.) mitcaw , hmuhnak ngei lomi<br />

sightly - (adj.) zoh nuam , zoh dawh<br />

sign - (n.) hmelchunhnak<br />

sign - (v.) min thut<br />

signal - (n.) 1. hmuhsaknak, hmelchunhnak. 2. hmanlek.<br />

signal - (v.) kut in maw asiloah thil pakhatkhat in maw hmuhsak; e.g. He signaled the car to stop by<br />

raising his hand = Mawttawka dirter awkah a kut a thlir.<br />

signalize - (v.) langhter, hmuhsak.<br />

signature - (n.) 1. minthut. 2. hla hram thawknak i a aw le a ki le a vuak. 3. langhternak.<br />

signboard - (n.) hmelchunhnak tarnak thingpheng<br />

signet - (n.) tazeih<br />

significance - (n.) 1. sullam. 2. biapi a sinak.<br />

significant - (adj.) sullam ngeimi, biapi a simi.<br />

signification - (n.) a sullam a hei langhtermi.<br />

signify - (v.) sullam hei langhter<br />

Signor - (n.) sinni-or, pa a simi upatnak in kawhnak, Pu ti bantuk a si.<br />

signpost - (n.) hmelchunhnak tarnak tung<br />

Sikh - (n.) India ram mi phun sam aa tommi.<br />

silence - (n.) hnachet loin um<br />

silence - (v.) daihter.<br />

silencer - (n.) aw daihtertu.<br />

silent - (adj.) dai tein a ummi , hnachet loin a ummi<br />

silhouette - (n.) hmanthlak a nak lawnglawng a si i a tungtlang lawng a langmi<br />

silhouette - (v.) a tungtlang lawngin langhter; e.g. The mountain was silhouetted against the sky = Tlang<br />

cu van he zoh chih tikah a tungtlang lawngin a lang.<br />

silk - (n., adj.) pu; Silk thread = Pu la.<br />

silken - (adj.) 1. pu in tahmi hnipuan a simi. 2. pu a lomi hnipuan. 3. pu bantukin a nalmi.<br />

silkiness - (n.) pu bantuk sinak.<br />

silkworm - (n.) pu rungrul<br />

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