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teinak hmun min.
waterman - (n.) lawng cawngtu.
watermelon - (n.) dawnzuk
waterpower - (n.) ti tha
waterproof - (adj.) ti a lut kho lomi (Khairiat angki).
watershed - (n.) 1. tiva pahnih nih an karcehmi hmun. 2. tiva horkuang pakhat.
waterside - (n.) tiva , tili , rili pawng hmun
waterspout - (n.) tilaknak peng , thir peng
watertight - (adj.) ti lut kho lo ti cuah kho lo a simi
waterway - (n.) ti lam , tilawng kal khawhnak tiva le tilak kahcham
waterwheel - (n.) lengke ti nih a mermi
waterworks - (n.) ti peknak thilri
watery - (adj.) a cinmi , ti a khatmi
watt - (n.) elektrik tha tahnak
wattle - (n.) 1.thinghreu a tung le a phei in sermi thil. 2. ar khador.
wave - (n.) 1. tilet. 2. tilet bantukin a kalmi thil; e.g. Radio wave = Radio tha tilet bantukin a kalmi.
wave - (v.) tilet bantukin kal; e.g. The tall grass waved in the breeze = Ram sang cu tilet bangin thli nih a
chem hna i an i hnin. 2. kut zaoh; e.g. Wave us your hand = Na kut kan zaoh tuah.
waver - (v.) fek set loin um i i huinh lengmang.
wavy - (adj.) a ding lomi a kermi.
wax - (n.) khuaiseng , khuailul
wax - (v.) 1. khuaiseng/khuailul thuh. 2. a hung cho, a kai, a tthangcho; e.g. The moon waxes till it
becomes full and then wanes = Thlapa cu a lai tiang a hungcho i cun a ttumchuk.
waxen - (adj.) khuailul bantuk a simi.
waxworks - (n.) minung mui bantuk tein khuailul in an sermi hna
waxy - (adj.) khuailul bantuk a simi.
way - (n.) 1. pungsan, e.g. Mary is wearing her hair in a new way = Mary cu a sam pungsan thar in aa
tom. 2. lam , tuahning, e.g. Doctors are trying to find ways to prevent disease = Sibawi nih zawtnak
khamnak caah zawtnak khamnak caah lam an kawl lengmang. 3. ning, e.g. In many ways he is like his
father = Ning tampi in amah cu a pa bantuk a si (a pa he an i lawhnak a tampi). 4. lei, e.g. Look this way
= Hi lei zoh tuah. 5. kal, e.g. The beggar made his way from house to house = Rawl halpa cu inn khat
hnu inn khat in a kal. 6. lam hlapi, e.g. The moon is a long way off = Thlapa cu lam hlapi ah a um. 7. lam,
e.g. He lost his way = Lam a tlau. 8. lam kenh, e.g. Bullock carts must make way for jeeps = Cawleng nih
jeep cu an kenh hna awk a si. 9. zia, e.g. Don't mind Joe's teasing, it is only his way = Joe i an capo cu
na thinhung hlah, amah zia a si. 10. duh, e.g. A child wants its own way all the time = Ngakchia nih cun
amah duhnak lawngin um zungzl a duh. by the way = vei mu. by way of = cuka lei lam cun, cu ka lei cun.
give way = mah kha hnulei ah i tqwn i hawi kha lam pek; thil a rihnak kha celh ti lo i kiah. underway =
thawk cang hnu i tuah lengmang lio.
waybill - (n.) thilri kuatnak cazin
wayfarer - (n.) khualtawngmi
wayfaring - (n.) khualflawn.
waylay - (v.) lamhruang ah, lam in bawh.
ways - (n.) tilawng sernak i an phahmi thingphel.
wayside - (n.) lamkam
wayside - (adj.) lampawng a simi.
wayward - (adj.) lam dik zulh duh loin a pialmi.
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