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the bridge = Tilian nih hlei kha a kalpi.
sweeper - (n.) hmunphiak, hmunphiah.
sweeping - (adj.) kaupi a zohmi, kaupi a hmumi; e.g. He made a sweeping statement about agriculture =
Lothlawhnak kong ah kaupi in a chim.
sweepings - (n.) phiahmi hmunthur.
sweet - (adj.) 1. a thlum. e.g. Sugar is sweet = Thanthling cu a thlum. 2. a nuammi, a thawmi, a tthami.
sweet corn - (n.) fangvoi phun khat a thlummi.
sweet potato - (n.) Lai kawlhra.
sweeten - (v.) thlumter
sweetening - (n.) thlumtertu
sweetheart - (n.) dawtmi
sweetish - (adj.) a thlum bantuk
sweetmeats - (n.) mutthai pawl.
sweetness - (n.) thlumnak , tthatnak
sweets - (n.) mutthai.
swell - (v.) 1. a phing, a ngan, a lian; e.g. His head is swollen = A lu a phing. - The river is swollen = Tiva
a lian. 2. a puar; e.g. A barrell swells in the middle = Tipung cu a lai a puar. 3. a thang chinchin; e.g. The
sound swells louder and louder = Aw cu a thawng a thang chin lengmang.
swelling - (n.) phinnak
swelter - (v.) ni linh i awlokchong i um, tla cepcup i um.
swelter - (adj.) a lin a sami.
swept - (v.) past tense of sweep, phiah.
swerve - (v.) pial , mer , a ping i kal
swift - (adj.) a khul a rangmi
swiftly - (adv.) khulrang ngaiin.
swiftness - (n.) khulrannak
swim - (v.) 1. tilioh. 2. ti liohter; e.g. He swam his horse across the river = A rang kha tiva a lioter.
swimmer - (n.) ti liohtu
swindle - (v.) hlen , deh
swindle - (n.) hlennak , dehnak
swindler - (n.) mi a hlengmi , mi a dehtu
swine - (adj.) vok bantuk mi hna hnawmtam.
swine - (n.) vok
swineherd - (n.) vok cawngtu
swing - (n.) piphen
swing - (v.) 1. i thui. 2. mer; e.g. He swings the car round the corner = Lam kuai ah mawttawka kha a
mer.
swinish - (adj.) vok bantuk
swirl - (v.) i ngerh cukmak in phuchim herh in i herh
Swiss - (n.) Switzerland rammi
switch - (n.) 1. tuknak fungfek a hmemi; e.g. He switched the dog with a switch = Uico kha fungfek in a
tuk. 2. elektrik vannak le hmihnak hmehnak khi; Put on the switch = Elektrik kha hun vang; 3. tlanglawng
lam i tlanglawng pialternak.
switch - (v.) hmih, van; e.g. Switch on the light = elektrik kha hun vang. Switch off the light = Elektrik kha
hyn hmit.
switchboard - (n.) elektrik vannak le hmihnak tampi an chiahnak cabuai.
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