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The barns were bursting with grains = Rawl inn cu rawl an khat cikcek
bury - (v.) vui , phum
bus - (n.) zapi citnak mawttawka
bush - (n.) burbuk
bushel - (n.) rawl tahnak, phio hnih, tang khat tluk
business - (n.) 1. rian; e.g. His business is building = A rian cu innsak a si; 2. chaw lehthal; e.g.
Business was good last year = Nikum cu chaw lehthal a ttha; 3. mah pumpak rian, thil; e.g. My affairs are
none of your business = Ka umtuning cu nangmah rian zeihmanh a si lo
bust - (v.) hmanthlak ; lu , liang le tang lawng a langmi
bustle - (v.) i sulkhawt lulhmalh in um
busy - (adj.) rian tam , manh lo
busybody - (n.) mi rian i a va sawh lengmangmi khi, mi biaduh
but - (conj.) 1. sihmanhselaw; 2. dah ti lo ahcun; e.g. I shall go anywhere but to the river = Tiva dah ti lo
ahcun khuazeihmanh ah ka kal ko lai; 3. dah lo nih cun; e.g. No one knows this but me = Keimah dah ti lo
nih cun hihi ahohmanh nih an hngal lo; 4. lawnglawng; e.g. There is but one answer to your question =
Na biahalnak lehnak ah cun pakhat lawnglawng a um
butcher - (n.) caw thattu , saram thattu
butcher - (v.) saram thah bantukin mi thah
butler - (n.) sinum upa bik
butt - (v.) suk; e.g. The goat butted a boy = Meheh nih ngakchia a suk
butt - (n.) meithal tanglam
butter - (n.) cawhnuk thawhpat
butterfly - (n.) pelep
buttermilk - (n.) muaihang
buttocks - (n.) tawtit , tawcor
button - (n.) kep
button - (v.) kep lhrenh
buttonhole - (n.) kep awng
buttress - (n.) vampang a fehtertu ding i rualchapmi
buxom - (adj.) thau milmial tein a um i a ngan a dam i lunglawm in a ummi
buy - (v.) cawk
buyer - (n.) cawtu
buzz - (n.) khuai nih a kan helh i a thawng a awn viaimaimi khi, hna zaizil khuang
by - (prep.) 1. pawng; e.g. Stand by me = Ka pawngah dir; 2. in; e.g. They came by car = Mawttawka in
an ra; 3. a luan cangmi; e.g. Days gone by = Hnulei a luan cangmi caan
by all means - (adv.) zeitilei paoh hmanh in tuah ko
by and by - (adv.) hmailei ah
by far - (adv.) tampi thlau, suaumau; e.g. He is by far the better writer = Amah cu cattial a thiam deuh
suaumau
by hand - (adv.) kut in ser, put tuah
by heart - (adv.) lungchung in, zoh loin
by no means - (adv.) zeitilei paoh hmanh in tuah hlah
by the way - (adj.) vei mu
by turns - (adv.) pakhat hnu pakhat aa chang lengmang in
by virtue of - (adv.) cucaah , cu thawngin
bylaw - (n.) upadi hme deuh ; mah rianttuannak ding ca i sermi
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