biafang, bia; e.g. His words and his deeds do not agree = A bia le a tuahmi an i khat lo; 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. Pronounce the words distinctly = Bia kha fiang tein chum hna.
play on words = bia pakhat kha nihchuak siseh tiin chim i a sullam pahnih ngeihter;
vulgar word = Bia thiang lo, bia dawh lo.
bia tam tuk chimnak.
biachimning , biafang hmanning
bia um loin a simi
bia tam uk hman a simi.
past tense of wear. hruk.
ttuan, rianttuan; e.g. Some seventy men worked here = Hika ah hin minung sawm sarih tluk hrawng rian an ttuan; e.g. He wears out when working too much = Rian fak tuk a ttuan tikah a tha a di; e.g. I took time off this afternoon, but I must work tomorrow = Nihin chunhnu cu ka rian ka ngolta, asinain thaizing cu ka ttuan hrimhrim lai; e.g. Mrs. Jones is so particular about her house work that no one wanted to work for her = Mrs. Jones cu a inn rian kong ah a ti kherkher tuk caah ahohmanh nih a rian ttuan an duh lo.
rian; e.g. He asked me whether he should finish the work = Rian cu ka dih hnga maw dih lo tiah a ka hal; e.g. When can you get your work done = Zeitik ah dah na rian cu na lim khawh lai?; e.g. This work is hard = Hi rian cu a har; e.g. Do not interfere with my work = Ka rian ka dawn hlah; e.g. He had to do the work over = Rian kha a tuah tthan a hau.
tuah khawhmi, ttuan khawhmi.
rianttuan ni, ni zarh a si lomi.