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week - (n.) zarh khat
weekday - (n.) Zarhpi ni le Zarhte a si lomi ni paoh
weekend - (n.) Zarhte le Zarhpi
weekly - (adj.) zarhfate in a cang/simi
weep - (v.) tah
weevil - (n.) cep (ceep) phun khat; fangvoi te hna theite hna a eitu.
weft - (n.) a pheilei in a kalmi la, a tung si loin a phei a simi.
weigh - (v.) 1. zeitluk dah a rih ti hngalhnak ca i thlai. 2. thlir; e.g. The ship weighed anchor and sailed
away = Sangphawlawng nih a lawng hrennak thircangai kha a thlir i a kal.
weight - (n.) 1. rihnak; 2. denhak; e.g. Paper weight = Caku denhnak lung.
weighty - (adj.) a ritmi
weir - (n.) 1. tiva khamnak. 2. chang.
weird - (adj.) vawlei cung thil a si lomi, khuaruahhar mui a knegmi thil/ saram/mi.
welcome - (n.) conglawmhnak
welcome - (v.) conglawmh
weld - (v.) 1. sengh; e.g. He welded the broken rod = Thirfung kiak kha a sengh i a peh. 2. hmunkhat i
lung nge tein um; e.g. They are welded into a team = Bu khatte ah an i seng.
welfare - (n.) lunglawm tein umnak, damnak, lawmhnak, rumnak, hna hi welfare an si.
welkin - (n.) van , kan cung i a ummi van hi
we'll - (contraction) = we shall, we will.
well - (adv.) 1. a ttha ko; e.g. Everything goes well at home = Inn ah zeipaoh a ttha dih ko; 2. thiam
ngaiin; e.g. He speaks English very well = Mirang holh a thiam ngaingai. 3. zong; e.g. He gave me rice as
well as salt = Facang a ka pek i cite zong a ka pek chih. 4. just as well; e.g. Since our friends didn't turn
up, we may just as well go home = Kan hawile an rat lo caah inn i kan kir zongah a ttha ko lai. Our fishing
expedition was ruined by bad weather; we might just as well have stayed at home = Kan tiva kal cu ruahi
nih a kan rawk, inn ah khan rak um deuh awk men kan rak si.
well - (adj.) 1. ngandam; e.g. He is well = A dam ko. 2. a ttha; e.g. It will be well to start early = Tuan i
thawk ah a ttha lai.
well - (interj.) launak langhternak; e.g. Well! Well! Here is Jack = E! e! Jack hika a phan ai! Well ticu
veimu, ti zongah hman a si.
well - (v.) tkhor chung i ti a hung ut bantukin hung put; e.g. Tears well up in her eyes = A mitthli a chuak.
well - (n.) tikhor.
well off - (adj.) a khuasak a ttha a rum, ti a si.
well-to-do - (adj.) duh tawk in khua a sa khomi.
wellbeing - (n.) ngandamnak le lawmhnak.
wellborn - (adj.) mittha chungin a chuakmi.
wellbred - (adj.) ttha tein zohkhenhmi si i umtu ziaza dawh in um
wellgroomed - (adj.) ttha tein hriahmi.
wellknown - (adj.) mi tampi nih hngalhmi
wellmeaning - (adj.) tinhmi ttha a ngeimi.
wellnigh - (adj.) dengmang a simi.
wellspring - (n.) tihna , tihram
Welsh - (adj.) Wales ram le a mi hna he aa pehlaimi.
Welsh rabbit - (n.) changreu emmi cung i cheese (thawhpat) toihmi.
Welshman - (n.) Wales mi.
welt - (n.) kedan a cunglei le a tanlei karlak i an danh i an tthi chihmi saphaw; fung hriahnal siseh tuknak
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