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A huntawk chie
exactly enough, just enough
adj
Inlauum
shocking, dazzling
n
Thuphachawina
apology
n
Kungate
a Hmar Thiek sub clan
n
Kut le ke
the hands and legs (to lean on)
n
Khur
a hole, a pit, a cavity
n
Suktawp
to stop
v
Lungsie vankai
completely broken hearted, total despair or agony
adj
Faithram
a handful of rice put aside by women for the Church before cooking for the family in the morning and evening
n
Thre
to part with, to leave, to separate, to divide, to asunder
v
Laising
a Hmar Khawbung sub clan
n
Chavai
to be helpless, in wilder with none to be on one’s side
v
Hap
a Meitei term for ‘addition after the original’
v
Trong inlettu
translator or interpreter (of words or speech)
n
Zudawnmi
alcoholic, drunkard
n
Khawnghat
someone’s looks and behavior
v
Sul
the womb
n
Nawlpui
in a large group
v
Lawn
to walk, to climb, to ascend, to embark
v
Lo fe hmasa
to go ahead
phrase
Ukai
a wooden object used for levelling wet soil on the embankment of wet paddy field
n
Um lo
not present, absent
adj
Siruk lain
the final assault in games - reel or real life (derived from one of the latter but most severe and violent norwesters (storm or hurricane) of India and Bangladesh that synchronize with the heliacal setting of the Pleiades)
n
Thlahuol
to offer a sacrifice to quiet one's mind, to arrange a small ceremony so as to console someone who has overcome a tough situation such as death or terrible accident, etc
n
Arsuktul
killing of chicken by poor families who could not afford a four-legged animal as sacrifice and prayer for the soul of the death of their family members inside their house. The killed chicken is hanged upside down and so is the term
n
Lik vun
the prepuce
n
Rinum
unpleasant, miserable, uncomfortable
adj
Bal
muddy, dirty, filthy, untidy
adj
Makhe
the joint area of the two human limbs
n
Awrden
ordain, ordination
v
Dawl
to bear, to bear the strain; collect, collecting
v
Hlîm
to turn up or lift up (as a coat sleeve, cloth, or any covering)
v
Ngieu
name of tree
n
Hrietthiem lo
to misunderstand, to not understand
v
Thrut
to set, to place, to install
v
Trum
coming down (from a tree, etc)
v
Archang
the long feathers in the tail of a cock
n
Lamsuok
earn (as salary or wage)
v
Pawng
by force, without paying for (placed before the verb, eg. Pawngsuol = rape, pawng lak = taken by force)
adj
Rulchuk damdawi
antivenom
n
Tu’m
an interrogative word and short form of ‘tu am?’ (who?); Tu am ka na - who am i?; Tu’m ka na - who am i?
prn
Sawizoi
to exercise, to put into practise, to habituate
v
Tlangzar
release to the public
v
Kawl vel
vicinity, surroundings
n
Nawk
again, once more
adv
Saihlit
a water leech
n
Kuttuolleisam
a person incapacitated (or too old) to work and who has no one to support him or her
n
Chûlnel
to be on friendly term with
v
Ko duotna
a pet name
n
Triel
the thread of a screw, a screw
n
Vakvai
a homeless person, a wanderer, a vagabond, to be homeless, to wander, etc
n
Tlaw
fool, not wise
adj
Sumdawngna hmun
trade centre
n
Ram lawi
the antelope
n
Sungthlak
the length of the inside of a Hmar house exclusive of the front porch
n
Hmunuomun
pleasing to the eye, interesting to watch
adj
Lakpek
to confiscate, to take away
v
Va
verbal prefix signifying going, generally on level ground, or from one place to another of equal elevation (va la rawh = to go and fetch)
prefix
Insuotu
one who brings out or puts out, a founder
n
Phita
the mantle of a lamp
n
Hlingtheithur
a variety of shrub or grass
n
Thlatrau
the month of March
n
Khuonghlang
name of tree
n
Tramsawl
tired out for want of food, feeling the pangs of hunger
v
Lammuol
the parade ground, the drilling ground
n
Sosang
to flare up
v
Sukbuoi
to disturb, to set in an uproar
v
Chengrang
poetical term for gun and weapons
n
Sapel
to hunt, to go hunting
v
Hrawk
to scare or frighten
v
Hmawng
a species of Indian fig tree
n
Pu zu
a traditional wine or rice beer offered to public by the maternal uncles of a deceased
n
Sukrui
to intoxicate
v
Thîrdai
an iron fence
n
Alkatara
bitumen, asphalt
n
Thîrchakai
anchor (of ships and boats)
n
Pangrem
the name of a large hairy caterpillar
n
Awrbawk
goitre
n
Ekzamna
examination
n
Suipingpilip
one form of tying by a string
n
Sîrva
poetical name for birds
n
Sekong
a Hmar Faihriem sub clan
n
Valantiar
volunteer
n
Puonhnuoi thu
secret
n
Meikhu suokna
a chimney
n
Do
fought battle, war with, to be at enmity with, to prop up; to support from the bottom, to bear from the bottom; to go or be out (in the rain)
v
Zangazaw
a species of big and poisonous ant
n
Ketli
kettle
n
Thil thawsuol
to sin, to do wrong
v
Namnûl
to do a thing anyhow even without seriousness
v
Thipui
to die with it, to die because of it
v
Ril
the heart (of a tree, etc), the depth
n
Ri mi ri sawn
an expression of extreme pain or difficulty when one thought his own pain as that of others
adv
Amani
may be, somebody
adj
Lungmawl
unwise, irrational
adj
Seluhna
a wild leaf used for roofing in traditional Hmar house
n
Vanmirilbungdawntuoi
the term used by the legendary and Hmar Christian pioneer the late Reverend Thangngur to refer to Jesus Christ which literally means Heaven’s little child
n
Awngkar
hole of a floor
n
Dumbelu
a smoking pipe
n
Intleng
to violently turn the trunk around randomly and restlessly
v