1. rawl; e.g. Breakfast is the first meal of the day = Thaithawh hi ni khat chung rawl hmasa bik a si; e.g. He picked at his meal = Ka thaw set loin rawl a ei;
2. dip lakin phomhmi rawl;; e.g. Corn is ground into meal = Fangvoi cu dip lakin an phomh.
rawl ei can.
1. sullam; e.g. What does this word mean = Hi biafang hi a sullam zeidah a si?; e.g. I have no notion of what he means = A chimmi kha a sullam zei a si a ruah awk ka hngal lo;
2. sawh, langhter, hngalhter; e.g. The dark clouds mean it will rain = Khua-dawm nak nih ruah a sur lai ti kha an langhter.
3. timh, tinh; e.g. He did not mean to hurt her feelings = A lun fahter kha aa tim/tinh lo.
1. zaangfahnak ngei lo, ziaza ttha lomi
2. khiar, hnem; e.g. He is too mean to pay his workers well = A khiar tuk i a rianttuantu pawl kha ttha tein an hlawh a pe duh hna lo.
a laivuang; e.g. The mean salary of the workers is three hundred kyats per month = Rianttuantu cu thla khat i za thum hi a si.
tiva i ngerh len in a luan khi
sullam; e.g. A person refers to a dictionary to find the meaning of words = Biafang an sullam zoh/kawl awkah dictionary a zoh; e.g. You wrest my words from their real meaning = Ka bia an sullam na ka merhpiak.
1. thil hmuh khawhnak/tuah khawhnak ca i hmanmi thil; e.g. He will use any means to win = Teinak a si paoh ahcun zei thil paoh a hman ko lai.
2. rumnak, chawva tangka; e.g. He has means to buy a house = Inn cawknak tangka a ngei ko.
by all means = zeitilei paoh hmanh in tuah ko
by no means = zeitilei paoh hmanh in tuah hlah
past tense & participle of mean, a sullam a si ti; e.g. He meant what he said = A chimmi kha a sullam a chim duhmi a si ko.
a karlak caan; e.g. He left at four and returned at seven, and she wrote two letters in the meantime = Pali ah a kal i pasarih ah a ra kir tthan, a karlakah cakuat pahnih a ttial.