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uttonhole = A angki kep awng ah pangpar a thiah. 3. chuah; e.g. Don't stick your head out of the
window = Thlalangawng in na lu chuah hlah. 4. benh; e.g. Stick a stamp on the envelope = Cabawm ah
milu benh. 5. i naih tein um peng; e.g. Stick together = I naih tein um peng u i tthen hlah u. 6. i tlaih peng;
e.g. John sticks with his job = John cu a rian kha aa tlaih peng. 7. a tang; e.g. The jeep was stuck in the
mud = Jeep cu nawncek ah a tang.
stick together - (v.) i naih tein um peng u ; i tthen hlah u
stickiness - (n.) bannak, kaw bantuk i bannak.
stickle - (v.) thil hme tete i terlengchai i cawl.
stickler - (n.) thil hmete i terlengchai in a cawlmi.
sticky - (adj.) a bangmi; e.g. sticky rice = Fathau.
stiff - (adj.) 1. fawi tein kuaih khawh lomi, a thommi; e.g. My neck is stiff = Ka hngawng a thom. 2. a
harmi; e.g. Stiff examination = Camipuai a harmi. 3. a tawk zawn lengin hauhmi chawman; e.g. He asks a
stiff price for his house = A inn man a tawk zawn lengin tam tuk deh a hauh.
stiffen - (v.) tthomter
stiffnecked - (adj.) milungtthawng
stifle - (v.) 1. thaw chuah kho loin tuah; e.g. The smoke stifled the fireman = Mei hmittupa kha meikhu nih
thaw chuah kho loin a tuah. 2. thaw chuah rem loin um. 3. donh, kham.
stigma - (n.) 1. minung an cuar cung i thir lin in misual an sinak hmelchunhnak ca i hmelchunhnak an
ttuahmi. 2. ningzak a simi thil ziaza i aa benhmi, thangchiatnak hmelchunhnak. 3. pangpar a buang a rak
latu bawm.
stigmatize - (v.) thangchiat; e.g. He is stigmatized as an illegitimate child = Lakfa na si ti in an serhsat/
an thangchiat.
stile - (n.) hauhruang karnak ca i lamh awk donhmi.
stiletto - (n.) 1. a fang a hmemi nam. 2. thil tahnak fung.
still - (adj.) 1. cawlcang lo in a ummi; e.g. Sit still = Cawlcang loin thu. 2. dai; e.g. The lake is still = Tidil
cu tilet zeihmanh um loin dai tein a um.
still - (adv.) 1. atu tiang, rih; e.g. Is the shop still open = Atu tiang chawdawr cu an hun rih maw? 2. nain;
e.g. He was hungry, still he would not eat = A rawl a tam ko, asinain a ei duh hlei lo. 3. chinchin; e.g. You
can still read better if you try = Naa zuam ahcun hi nak ttha deuh in na rel khawh chinchin lai.
still - (n.) zu chuannak um
stillborn - (adj.) a thi cia in a chuakmi naute.
stillness - (n.) daihnak , cawlcang loin umnak
stilly - (adj.) a daimi, cawlcang loin a ummi.
stilt - (n.) kaltheuh.
stilted - (adj.) phungphai tlai tuk i a ummi
stimulant - (n.) thazang a hun umtertu , a hun cawlcanghtertu
stimulate - (v.) thazang hun ummter, lung hun thawhter, hun cawlcanghter.
stimulation - (n.) thazang hun thawhternak ; hun cawlcanghternak
stimulus - (n.) thazang a hun umtertu, lung a hun tthawntertu. (plural ah stimuli a si).
sting - (v.) henh; e.g. Bees sting him = Khuai nih an henh.
sting - (n.) henhnak
stingily - (adv.) khiar ngaiin.
stinginess - (n.) khiarnak.
stingy - (adj.) mikhiar
stink - (v.) a thu a rim a chia ngaingai; e.g. Decaying fish stinks = Nga thu cu a thu.
stint - (n.) sumnak, rennak.
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