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Hmang
in the habit of
adv
Nghatsan
to turn away from someone
v
Ngei kha tie
an emphatic verbal particle
adv
Vakhawthlang
name of a species of bird
n
Hmaizap
a fan
n
Thu poimaw
important message
n
Inhawi
to response to a voice call
v
Puo tieng
outside
adj
Anranlai lam
name of one of the eight dances performed during Sikpui festival
n
Zawllei chawi
paying of ‘zawllei’
v
Vang vang
surely, with full focus, with full concentration
adv
Chipchier takin
minutely in detail, thoroughly
adv
Vaidaw
a large tray for holding the chaff and bran when husking
n
Manmi
a policeman
n
Mekzin
magazine (gun)
n
Intawi
to leisurely spend time
v
Thrim
a needle
n
Mitthla
imagination
n
Risawliuson
resolution
n
Hrepui
witness
v
Rikrap
to warn by threats of punishment or of dire consequences
adj
Lam intluonin
all the way, the whole way
adv
Tlang pung
to get together for community work or service
v
Vamur
a swallow, a martin
n
Intring
soot formed over Hmar traditional village hearth or fire place
n
Thralem
better
adj
Hripui
an epidemic, a pestilence, plague
n
Hruisen
the name of a climbing plant
n
Inrem
to be at peace
adj
Suklungzing
to worry, to disturb, to perplex
v
Lawng par
a clove
n
Bu
to bellow, to low
v
Inlet
translate, to upside-down, to turn back
v
Rawng takin
cruelly, brutally
adv
Suol thupha chawi
to apologise, to ask for forgiveness
v
Ngaikawi
to put a wrong construction upon
v
Suknawmna
to oppress
v
Tawl tla
a pile disorder, to have piles, piles
n
Uisupat
name of a variety of weed
n
Inthamlo
being treated or regarded as inferior
v
A puopa
duplicate, spurious, pseudo
adj
Panthlang
the lower side (of a house on a hill side)
n
Dum
tobacco
n
Patil
a woman who dresses and behaves like a man, a tomboy
n
Aninkei
an edible shrub plant
n
Pholeng tar
to make or set up a landmark
v
Maikuong
the stem of a red pumpkin - a staple Hmar dish item when cooked with ‘sathu-changal’
n
Hmar tieng
northwards
adj
Thawi
to slightly graze, to go or pass close to (as shot), to go round about or up and down in front of
adj
Tuolthat
murder
n
Khawlkham
troublesome, tiresome, bothersome
adj
Inmantir
to deliver up, to cause to be seized, to let someone to be caught or arrested
n
Kawkhmuna
indication, sign (road)
n
Inpuong
confess
v
Aithing
ginger
n
Chun
poetical term for mother
n
Tengtere
the tamarind
n
Duongkai
physical appearance, stature
adj
Thlawram lam
name of one of the eight dances performed during Sikpui (by children)
n
Suor
the name of a shelf in a Hmar traditional house opposite to the hearth usually on the lower side of the hill slope
n
Triek
torn, to be torn, ruined
adj
Diek
muddy, mud, to be muddy
adj
Hawphurum
scary, fearsome, that which cannot be taken lightly
adv
Ti el
to scoff, to speak sarcastically
v
Authawriti
authority
n
Thrang khaw
to be firm in one’s resolve, to make a determined resistance
v
Nghaktu
caretaker, one who waits and looks after
n
Takam
the term used to refer to the Chakma tribe
n
Mák
a family sister’s husbands
n
Hril ruol lo
unspeakable, impossible to express
adj
Tukuli
an ordinary muzzle-loading gun, used with a percussion cap
n
Semdam thli
a refreshing breeze
n
Sukhrat
to make strong, strengthen
v
Ha rawt
to grind the teeth
v
Hrengkol
chain on the leg, an anklet
n
Vun natna
skin disease
n
San
an affix used with an intransitive verb to make it transitive
adj
Hai
to be giddy, to be dizzy
adj
Kalhmang
trend, way, mode, manner, style, way of doing
n
Tuichawi
to carry water, carrying water, to draw water
v
A nuhmei a pasalin
all irrespective of gender, everyone
adv
A kip a kawi
in detail
adv
Em em che chun
an expression of rebuke for being in excess of (negative)
intjn
Aipui le aite nei
an expression of someone who is very friendly at one point but completely hostile sometime; one who change their behaviour constantly
phrase
Ar inthrum
to bring down a hen after it hatched
v
Dawn tlak lo
not fit for drinking
n
Thusam
poetry
n
Pudina
the garden mint
n
Thaikawkal
to mark with a cross, to cross mark
v
Ringthar
newly Christian converts
n
Thîrlen
iron net
n
Awmnem
one who is weak mentality; sensitive or an emotional person
n
Hrillang
to speak out, to make known, to speak openly
v
Rèl
to backbite, to speak ill of, to malign
v
Khanghmuk
climbing wattle (senegalia pennata)
n
Sasem
a Hmar man’s close friend almost similar with "zawl"
n
Ngamthlem
to deal craftily with, to use stratagem, to lure
v
Kulmut
scrupulous, strict, meticulous, etc
adj
Khawsikpui
severe sickness, typhoid
n
Nel
to cover with soil
v