| English |
Translation |
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| 'tis |
(contraction) = it is. |
| 'twas |
(contraction) = it was. |
| 'twere |
(contraction) = it were. |
| 'twill |
(contraction) = it will. |
| 'twould |
(contraction) = it would. |
| -ing |
(suff.) biafang donghnak lei i pehmi, tuah liomi langhternak; e.g. 'eat' cu 'eating' ah a cang, 'go' cu 'going' ah a cang |
| -ism |
(suff.) cafang donghnak ah chap tawnmi; tahchunhnak ah; e.g. 'baptize' cu 'baptism', criticize' cu 'criticism' |
| -ist |
(suff.) biafang donghnak lei i chapmi; e.g. 'tour' cu 'tourist', 'piano' cu 'pianist' |
| -ity |
(suff.) holh fang donghnak ah chapmi; e.g. 'active' cu 'activity' ah a cang, 'sincere' cu 'sincerity' ah a cang |
| -ize |
(suff.) biafang dinghnak ah hmanmi; e.g. 'public' cu 'publicize' ah a cang, 'author' cu 'authorize' ah a cang, 'memory' cu 'memorize' ah a cang |
| a (an) |
(art.) pakhat |
| a priori |
(adj. & adv.) al len, ruah len hau ti lo i a ummi ruahnak, thil |
| A-bomb |
(n.) Atomic bomb |
| A.D. |
(n.) Anno Domino; Kan Bawipa kum chungah, Bawi Jesuh chuah hnu |
| A.M. |
(n.) chun hlan |
| abacus |
(n.) Tuluk thilfonhnak |
| abandon |
(v.) hlawt , kaltak |
| abase |
(v.) niamter , i tthumh , i hmetter; e.g. He abased himself by drinking = Zudin in amah le amah aa niamter.
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| abate |
(v.) a zor, a ttum; e.g. The storm will abate soon = Thlichia cu a zor (a ttum) zau lai |
| abbess |
(n.) Nu Khrihfa phungki pawl umnak i an haotu bik a simi |
| abbey |
(n.) Pathian rianttuantu hna a bu in nu phungki si hna seh, pa phungki si hna seh, an umnak inn |
| abbot |
(n.) Pa phungki pawl an umnak i an haotu bik |
| abbreviate |
(v.) a tawinak in ttial |
| abdicate |
(v.) kaltak , chuahtak , hlawt; e.g. The king abdicated his throne = Siangpahrang nih a bawi tthutdan a chuahtak. |