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afloat - (adj.) ti cungah siseh, thli cungah siseh, a lao, aa vuan; e.g. The boat was afloat on the water =
Tilawng cu ti cungah aa lao
afraid - (adj.) ttih; e.g. I am afraid of tigers = Cakei ka ttih hna
afresh - (adv.) a thar in tuah tthan; e.g. We painted the room afresh = Innkhan kha a thar in si kan thuh
tthan
after - (prep.) hnu ah
afterlife - (n.) thih hnu nunnak, nuncang hmuhnak
aftermath - (n.) thil pakhat nih a dang thil pakhat a chuahtermi
afternoon - (n.) chunhnu
afterward - (n.) hmailei caan ah
again - (adv.) tthan; e.g. I want to read again = Carel ka duh tthan
against - (prop.) doh , ralchanh; e.g. He is against me = A ka doh; a ka ralchanh
agape - (n.) dawtnak, zawnruahnak
agape - (adv.) ngang ko i ka i an i um
age - (n.) kum; e.g. I do not know his age = A kum ka hngal lo
aged - (adj.) tar , hlun; e.g. An aged person = Mitar; An aged car = Mawttawka hlun
agency - (n.) rian fialmi rianttuantu bu le an rianttuannak; e.g. An employment agency helps people find
jobs = Rian kawlpiaktu i ciahmi bu nih rian hmuh an bawmh hna
agenda - (n.) biaceih awk i chiahmi
agent - (n.) rianttuan fialmi
aggrandize - (v.) nawlngeihnak le rumnak i ngan chinchin, a puanpar i rumra ngei ngai i um
aggravate - (v.) tthat loter deuh , fahter chin
aggregate - (adj.) a dihlak tuak ah; e.g. The aggregate sum of his debts was $300 = A leiba a dihlak
tuak ah $300 a si.
aggression - (n.) midang cung i zaang-ennak va tuah ; midang va doh le va thah
aggressive - (adj.) 1. midang va doh le thah a duhmi, midang he bia al a duh ngai i amah duhning in mi
dang umter a duhmi; 2. rianttuan huammi, mi hruai kho
aggressor - (n.) midang ram a va dohtu
agile - (adj.) khulrang , fel , fawi tein cawlcangh , ruang-ai; e.g. Cats are very agile = Chizawh cu an
ruang a ai ngai
agility - (n.) khulrannak, ruang ainak
agitate - (v.) hninhsaih , thinlung hninhsaih i thinhunter
agitation - (n.) hnahnawhnak, lung hninhsaihnak
agnostic - (n.) Pathian cu a um zongah a poi lo, a um lo zongah a poi lo, tiah a timi pawl
ago - (adv.) kan hnulei caan ah khan; e.g. Two minutes ago = Minit pahnih an khan
agony - (n.) nganfahnak
agree - (v.) ruahnak i khah , hnatlak
agreeable - (adj.) 1. a nuam , a ttha; 2. hnatlakpi awk a simi
agreement - (n.) hnatlaknak , ruahnak i khahnak
agriculture - (n.) lothlawh
agronomy - (n.) thingkung, ramkung, cinning cawnpiaknak
ahead - (adv.) hmailei ah; e.g. He went ahead of me = Ka hmai ah a kal
aid - (v.) bawmh
aid - (n.) bawmhnak
aide-de-camp - (n.) ralbawi general bawmtu
ail - (v.) harnak pek; e.g. What ails him? = Zei nih dah harnak a pek?
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