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suspend - (v.) 1. thlai. 2. hri zam. 3. caan tawite chung ngolta. 4. hmailei tuah ding i chiah.
suspenders - (n.) tawhrolh chungnawh phun khat
suspense - (n.) 1. i thlainak. 2. zeitindah a si lai ti ruah awk hngal lo i lung rethei bantuk i um khi.
suspension - (n.) rianttuan loin umtanak , phuahtanak
suspension bridge - (n.) a thlai in thirhri in thlaimi hlei
suspicion - (n.) lunghrinnak
suspicious - (adj.) 1. lunghringmi. 2. lunghrinh awkin a ummi.
sustain - (v.) 1. doh; e.g. Walls sustain the roof = Vampang nih inncung kha an doh. 2. hnabei dong loin
umter; e.g. Hope sustains him in his poverty = A si a fak ngaingai nain ruahchannak nih hnabei dong loin
a umter. 3. kham; e.g. The sea walls sustain the waves = Rili kam vampang nih tilet kha a kham hna. 4. in
tuar; e.g. She sustained a great loss in the death of her father = A pa a thih cu fak piin a in. 5. a
hmaannak langhter; e.g. The facts sustain what he said = A chimmi kha thil a um taktakmi hna nih khan a
hmaan tiah an langhter. 6. rawl in cawm.
sustenance - (n.) rawl, bawmhnak cawmnak.
suttee - (n.) Hindu phung ah a va a thih tikah a nupi kha a va an khanghnak meiphu i khangh ve.
suzerain - (n.) bawi.
suzerainty - (n.) bawinak.
svelt - (adj.) a thia nawnte a si i aa dawh ngaimi (nu).
swab - (n.) ttuang phiahnak hmunphiah phun khat
swaddle - (v.) naupuan in ngakchia tuam
swaddling - (n.) naupuan
swallow - (v.) dolh
swallow - (n.) mangva/lengder
swam - (v.) past tense of swim, lioh.
swamp - (n.) cerh
swamp - (v.) cerh i pil
swampy - (adj.) cerh umnak hmun
swan - (n.) varang
swan song - (n.) varang hi a thih lai ah fakpi onh a hmang tawn ti a si i cucaah thih lai rovuih bia hi
'swan song' (varang hla) ti a si tawn
swank - (n.) i porhlawt
swan's down - (n.) varang hmul
swarm - (n.) khuai a bu in a um i a zuangmi khi
swarm - (v.) tampi nih a zelh in zelh
swarthy - (adj.) a cuar a nakmi
swash - (v.) ti nih tilawng kam a tongh len khi.
swastika - (n.) vantthatnak phortu ti in an zumhmi. Hitler Nazi pawl nih hmelchunhnak caah an hmanmi.
Z a bingtalet.
sway - (v.) 1. i thui. 2. hninh.
swear - (v.) chiatser in biakamnak tuah
sweat - (n.) thlan; e.g. He wiped the sweat from his face = A hmai thlan kha aa hnawh.
sweat - (v.) thlanchuah; e.g. He sweated as it was hot = A linh caah a thlan a chuak.
sweater - (n.) angki lum phiarmi , suaitar
sweaty - (adj.) thlanchuakmi
Swede - (n.) Sweden rammi
sweep - (v.) 1. phiah; e.g. She sweeps the room = A khan kha a phiah. 2. kalpi; e.g. A flood swept away
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