B.A
Bachelor of Arts dikari.
B.C.
before Christ ticaa ii. Jesuh suak hlaan kum tihnaak.
babble
a rang ze pon lin thil lo ai pong; nau pong ngom bang ai pong.
babe
nausen, zawlbai mihing, nupang neu.
babel
Baibal ai Babel lungtian saang.
baboon
Afrika lle Asia ram ai om uico hmel nai zawng.
baby
nausen, nau.
babyhood
nausen teng, naulaai.
Babylon
Babilon khuapui.
bachelor
tlangvaal; nupui nailo; University Phunsaang Tlawng an pe hnaak a hmasaber dikari (B.A;B.Sc. etc.)
back
zaang, khel lam.
back
khel tawi ruai; bawm, phiar.
back
leh tu.eg. sit back in your chair) na tohkham ah to leh tu.
back-bite
um lo lak reelsia, thangsiat.
back-bone
zaang ruh; thazaang.
background
khellam ai laar hnaak thil; hehlaan ai tawk le hmuhnaak te;khel lam an lo dotu.
backing
khel an lo bawmhnaak, lo dohnaak, bawmtu.
backshid
baksiit (Hindu Kala pon) laksawng,thilsup.
backward
khel taang, mi bang lo, khangso lo, fiim lai lo.
backwards
khelleh lam ah.
bad
phalo; sia, hnawm.
bad-tempered
thin com, thinrawbai.
badge
tacik, hnikhnaihhnaak tacik.
badly
pha lo ngaiin, hnawmngai in.
badminton
aarhmul beeng salhnaak.
baffle
harsa ruai, khuaruah har ruai.
bag
dip, naakvawh dip le a sam te.
bag-pipe
hlung, miraang hlung.
baggage
khualsi ken thilthuam.
bail
thukhaamhnaak taangka,amahkhaan tangka.
bail
khawm lawng song ai tlum hnaak ti khiah suumpua ah lon.
bait
sio ai khaih hnaak ngafaak.
bait
sio thawn tawi.
bake
em, hmuk em.
baker
hmuk emtu, hmuk bawntu.
balance
zaazu, cuai khaai hnaak thil.
balance
khatlam khat lam a bang duun ai dah, khaai; kaai lo, a cang ai om ruai.
balance
a taang hnaak, taanglaai hnaak eg, tangka taang.
bald
ngolh, cal ngolh, lu ngolh.
ball
thil pum,bawhlung.
ballad
tluanthu tel laa com neu.
ballot
riilduun fang ai hmang hnaak lai hnah; mee.
balm
pazuk sii, thinghnai an lang hnaak sii.
bamboo
rua.
ban
kham, bawn tuh lo in kham, dawn.
banal
a meenma, hiamphalo.
banana
banhla.
band
rii peer thil peen hnaak; mi pawl khat.
bandage
hmaihma peen hnaak pon.
bandit
mithilsut ruko rong-aak.
bang
ti sul, seuh sul.
bangle
nguun.
banian
songruk angki, banian angki; bungkuang; banyan ti in khai ngaan ii.
banish
ram le khua an hnawn.
banjo
benzu concing.
bank
tangka dah hmun inn, baan.
bankrupt
paisa peek pha nai lotu ti ai zungan thusuah sah tuartu.
banner
thantaar, aalaan, ponzaar.
banyan
banian siik tu.
baptism
tinimhnaak, Christian tinimhnaak.baptistma.
baptist
Baptist Christian.
baptize
tii nim; baptistma pe.
bar
kham, dawn, siang lo.
bar
zuu dawr.
barb
cankiang ki.
barber
samvotu
barbet
kokuruk vaneu.
bare
kawngkolh, loleek.
barefoot
kee loleek.
barely
fangfang; ben fangfang ti bang.
bargain
man neep
barge
phawng,rua phawng, thing phawng.
bark
thing kawng; uico ca.
bark
huuk(sakhi), ca (uico)
barley
barli faang.
barn
faang inn, faang been.
barometer
hlivua sah le paa tehhnaak thil.
barracks
raalkaap inn.
barrel
pipa pung; maithal pian.
barren
a kolh, phul,; faacing, nau nai thil lo.
barrier
dawnkhamtu, lam khamtu.
barrow
ke hnih nai kut tuul leeng.
barter
thil thuul duun.
base
a ham, hnia phah.
base
siava, zuul phuulo.
baseless
ham nai lo, a thu a laa om lo.
basic
a hampui,hamthawhhnaak.
basin
hleeng kuum, pakaan kuum.
bask
aai, ni aai.
basket
bawm, phurh bawm.
bass
aw hol ber (laa sa fang ai); nga hin khat.
bastard
lamlakfaa, faasawn.
bat
palaak; thil beeng hnaak thing peer.
bath
takhluh.
bathe
takhlu.
baton
palik ruapeek.
battalion
raalkaap 1000.
batter
sukkhal bang thil thawn in deeng, huat..
battery
betari, daat thaa khawlnaak beel.
battle
raaltawng hnaak, kaap-duunhnaak.
battle-ground
raal tawng hmun, raal ram.
bawl
roh ngai in au ruangro.
bay
tipui kawn .
bayonet
maithal hmur ai bun hnaak vaang.
bazaar
thil zuar hmun dawr.
beach
tipui kam, tifinriat kam.
beacon
tipui kam hmun saang ai dah hnaak vaanpar mai inn
bead
khii, hawng orh khii.
beak
vaneu hmur.
beam
rawlkaap, khansuk,
beam
ni ke.
bean
beepui, kuaiki.
bear
tuar, phur; nau paai.
bear
vompui, khualvom.
beard
khahmul.
beareavement
unau songkhat thih le paih.
bearer
laai petu; mithi zawngtu; thuthantu; thantaar putu.
beast
ramsa hraang.
beat
viit, thawi.
beautiful
mawi.
beauty
mawihnaak.
beaver
ti song leeng saham mai peer.
because
zaimaan in tifang in.
beckon
kut zaap in ko.
become
cang eg. He bcomes a teacher) Amah khiah saya cang ii.
bed
ihhmun, khuahluan.
bed room
ihhmun khaan.
bedding
ihphah, hniaphah pon.
bee
khoi; khoi hin caang
bee-sting
khoizang, khoilih.
beef
kawlpaw sa.
beehive
khoi hnaar.
beer
biar zuu.
bees-wax
khoihnuun.
beet
mungla bial.
beetle
sel-eek fuutfuut; cia bang nunghing.
before
hlaan ah, hmailam ah.
beg
ngeen, kuun.
beget
faa cawi, faa nai.
beggar
farah, rong le thil ngeentu.
begin
pan, thawh.
beginner
pantu, thawhtu.
beginning
ham panhnaak, thawh hnaak.
behave
nungcang, sinsa, phaneu in om.
behavior
nuncan, omdaan.
behead
hawng cem
behind
khel ah, hnua ah; (n).holporh.
behold
siik tu, hmu.
being
mihing; thil umcia.
belch
auh, awk.
belfry
khawnglawng taar hmun inn.
belie
zawl, a ilo reel.
belief
sanghnaak, umhnaak.
believe
sang, um.
bell
khawnglawng.
bellow
rung; sel, kawlpaw rung.
bellows
pum dawng, pum dawng peer.
belly
pumpui dung.
belly-ache
pum uur.
belly-band
saai pumdiip.
belong to
ai ( kaimah ai, nangmah ai ti bang.)
below
hnia ah, a hnia.
belt
taaikap.
bench
tohkham sau.
bend
kikawn hmun, lam kikawn; vt. eer ruai, kuur ruai.
beneath
hniacang ah.
benefactor
bawmtu, cawmtu.
beneficial
hnempui.
benefit
hnempui hnaak.
bereave
langsah kio, thii kio.
bereaved
hlaan-mual liamsak hnaakte; thih ai kheekhnaak te
beseech
ninghio ngeen.
beside
hiangah, a sangah.
besides
ciacung ah, ciavum ah, ciahlai ah.
besiege
cingkiim an kulh, cingkiim
best
apha ber.
bestow
songlawi hnaak ai pe.
bet
kamduun—tangka thawn maw, zai thawn maw.
betel nut
kuam thai.
Bethlehem
Jesuh te hmun Betlehem khuapui.
betray
zuar, thu le laa in zuar.
betroth
thawlthan, faukham nu tuh hoi tuh in.
better
pha deuh, pha sawn.
between
lakah, karlak ah.
beverage
cihlum le thingthai ti rawihnaak dinpha.
beware
raal ring.
bewitch
hnam in kai, dawi.
beyond
khatlam ah,- kaan lamah
bi
hlaanlam an beettu. eg bicycle, leeng hnih nai,pahnih ticanca ii
bib
nau hnehkhoi dong hnaak orh pon.
Bible
Laai Cianghlim, Baibal.
biceps
baan tiitkhal.
bicycle
baisakal, thiirleeng, cehbing.
bid
ti ruai, reel; thilri man auh lilan ai zur hmun ah.
biennial
kum hnih caang . kum hnih vaikhat.
big
ngaw, lian, beuh lo.
bigamy
nupui pahnih nai.
bigoted
lungruh, mah thu leek daih.
bile
niikkha.
bill
thil man ngeen hnaak laai.
billion
milian ai milian, milian thawngkhat .
bind
peen, heen.
binder
thil peenhnaak, thil heenhnaak.
binoculars
mit pahnih thawn siik thai durbing.
biography
mi thuanthu.
biology
nunhnaak nai te thu zirhnaak.
biped
ke hnih nai ai seemsuah hnaak te, eg mihing, aar.
bird
vaneu.
birth
suah (pum song an suak ) nauteet; eg. birthday) suahnia.
birth place
suah hmun, sulphuum hmun.
birth-right
ngahtuh hnaak ro, upa ber co tuhhnaak ro.
birthday
suahnia, tenia.
biscuit
bisikut hmuk,
bisect
aat tan, a laaiteng an aat tan.
bishop
siangbawi upa ber.
bison
fung sel, hamlak sel, ramsel hin.
bit
thil beuh cirik,a `iak.
bit
saai kaakharh thiir.
bitch
ui nu, ui pui.
bite
kai, kam in kai.
bitter
khaa, hlum lo.
black
ahaang, thim.
black market
acozah khamhnaak thil thupruuk ai zuarhnaak.
black-board
calung pui.
black-guard
misual, nuncan phalo.
black-hearted
thin sia, thinlung phalo.
black-list
thilsual bawntu te hming caziin.
blacken
haang ruai, a haang noih.
blacksmith
so sutu, pum sutu.
bladder
pu, zin um hmun pu; bawhlung balada pu.
blade
hmul vo hnaak vaang peer behlep.
blame
mawh ruai, mawh hluuk.
blame
mawhhluk hnaak.
blank
zaikhai omlo, a lawng.
blank
hmun lawng.
blanket
silh pon.
blasphemy
Pathian zohsuamhnaak.
blaze
kaang luuklo; .
bleach
raang ruai, ngo ruai, sii maw zaimaw hmang in ngo ruai.
bleed
thii, thii suak.
blend
rawi, cokrawi.
bless
hmuifu pe, phaathnaak pe.
blessing
hmuifu.
blind
mitcaw, mitvaai.
blink
mit khep puppo.
bliss
aanghnaak rohpui.
blister
durh; maihma durh.
bloc
phiar khat, pawl khat.
block
akhal, thing khal, lung khal ti bang.
block
lam kham, feh thil lo ai bawn.
blockade
kahsam, raal bawh hmun
blockhead
mivoi, mi-am.
blood
thii, ruangpum ai thii.
blood-shed
thisuah duunhnaak, raal duun reek duun hnaak.
blood-sucker
mi thii duut thai, liit le vot bang te; mi aitu, mi duuttu.
bloodthirsty
mi reek caak, misual.
bloody
thi thawn dim, thii bek.
bloom
paar, a paar.
blotting paper
laaiti nemhnaak thil.
blouse
nupang le naupang sil hnaak kor.
blow
zuang, hlivua zuang, hmuut, kuttum in kawh, lilu tum.
blue
mepian, vaan hang bang.
bluff
liang saang, lianglak.
bluff
zawl, thudon reel.
blunder
a mawilo, aphalo thil bawnsualhnaak.
blunt
a tong, vaang tong;mi hmaison nai lo.
blur
mitsih ciang lo, mit vai thah.
boar
ngal cang, vok pa.
boar-constritor
dim ruul.
board
thing tleep,kawmiti;thureeltu kawmiti.
boarder
tlawng it tlawngta; inn zawngtu.
boast
tluang-khawng.
boat
khawm, lawng, vok kuang lawng.
bobbin
thiamfung, vori rolhtu thiamfung.
bobby
Miraang palik kohnaak.
bodice
nupang songfeen kor.
body
ruangpumpui.
body-guard
mi upa kiiltu.
bog
cirhduup, duup.
boil
so, kaam so; so ruai; ti thawn suang.
boil
khoihlut maihma.
bold
pangam ngai; lau nai lo.
bolster
lukhum.
bolt
kalh, dawng kalh.
bomb
bung, puak thai bung.
bombard
bung hlaak; pukpui thawn kaap.
bond
thukamhnaak laaipui; peentu, heentu.
bond-friend
rual, a daan bang ai kaih duun hnaak rual.
bondage
mi ai peen le heen hnaak; sal ihnaak.
bondman
sal, ceeng-fa.
bone
ruh, ruang ai ruh.
bonfire
maipual, sumpua ai seem hnaak maipual.
bonnet
nupang le naupang pon lukhuk.
bony
ruh tam, ruh loleek, rom zee.
book
ca-uk, laaibu, laaikawp.
boomerang
buma-reng, Australia ram ai hmang hnaak thing-kawn ii ai, ramsa sung hnaak in hmang.
boot
buut kedawl.
booth
hlaam.
booty
ruam hnaak raal thilri.
border
ramri, a rong.
bore
ret, thil san thawn ret; rim .
born
suak, nu pum song an suak.
borrow
zawng, thil zawng.
bosom
kaang, hnawi um hmun kaang.
botany
thingkuung le hampa thu zirhnaak.
both
a kop in, a pahnih in.
bother
hnoksak ruai, harsa ruai;
bottle
palaang thawl, ti thawl, ti uum.
bottom
a hniata ber, a hol.
bougainvillaea
sa-rawn papaar.
bough
thing tlaang, a nge po hmun.
boulder
lungsuang pui.
bounce
cunglam ah dok.
bound
rii duun,kulh.
boundary
rii, ram rii.
boundless
tong thil lo, rii om lo
bourgeois
bow
bow
bowels
riil, pumpui zomtu riil.
bowl
hleeng, hleeng kuum..
box
thingkuang, tikuang; kuang.
box
cuum, thong kuttum in.
boy
pasal naupang kum 18 hnia.
brace
thil rethnaak luanbu.
bracelet
nguun, baan ai nguun.
braid
phiar, samphiar bang ai phiar.
brain
hluak; khuaruah.
brainy
hluak pha, fiim, thiam.
brake
thil mer comruaitu, mawtawka ai brik bang te.
bran
faanghii, vaikuung.
branch
thing kaak, thing nge.
brand
hnikhnaih hnaak tacik.
brandy
barendi zuu.
brass
daar.
brave
pangam, raalpha.
bread
sanghum, pawnghmuk.
breadth
akaulam,
break
ek, keh, khoi.
breakfast
thaifaak.
breast
kaang, hnawi um hmun kaang.
breath
haihawh,
breathe
haihawh.
breed
zua, vul, sum-aar vul.
breeze
zilhli, hlivua neem.
brew
zuu suang .
bribe
nawthuh pe, sumruuk baar.
bribe
nawhthuh, sumruuk.
brick
khawnlung, phahlai.
bride
mo, pasal nai mothar.
bride-groom
mohoitu, mo naitu.
bridge
lai, ruun lai.
brief
a com neu, sau lo,
brigand
damiah, mi thil sut thai ruko.
bright
dee, tleu; mi thiam, hluak fiim, vaar..
brighten
vaar ruai, tleu ruai.
brilliant
vaar roh; thiam roh.
brine
citii, ti al.
bring
koih, hnen ah koih.
bring up
cawmdawl, kilkhawi, thu cuuk.
brinjal
bokbawn, bawnbok.
brink
a rong, cabuai rong ti bang.
brisk
zuanzaang.
bristle
hmul ling.
Britain
England, Wales le Scotland ram thum kop hming.
British
Britain mi, miraang
brittle
kehbai, khoibai.
broad
kau, fiip lo.
broad-cast
thu than, redio thawn thu than.
broker
thilri zuar hlawhtu.
bronchitis
dangkhun uur, kaang uur.
bronco
thil phur zirh lo hnaak saai.
brook
rawnfeem.
brook
tuar ben, ngaithiam.
broom
phunphiah.
broth
sa tihaang.
brother
uu
brow
mitku.
brown
sandup, khawfi pianzia bang.
bruise
thiidup, thil ai suhnaak maan ai dup.
brush
thil nawthnaak sahmul, palastik.
brush
nawt, kiat.
brutal
zaisuanglo, ramsa thinlung nai.
brute
khuaruah nai lo, mihnang.
bubble
pupu, ruah sii fang ai suak hnaak ruah pupu.
buck
kiho cang.
bucket
ti khaihnaak pung.
buckle
taikap sih.
bud
a mum, papaar mum ti bang.
Buddha
Buda pathian.
budget
tangka ngah tuh le hmang tuh `uat daan.
buffalo
lawi, malawi.
bug
faifa, khuahluan ai faifa.
bugle
tawtawrawt.
build
sa
builder
satu; bawwntu.
building
inn.
bulb
mai-bawl, ilektic ai.
bulbul
berhbai bang vaneu.
bulge
puar keeng, peu keeng.
bull
tilrehlo kawlpaw, sel.
bullet
maithal mu.
bulletin
zung thuthan.
bullock
kawlpaw cang neu, sel cang neu.
bump
sutlap, thil su ngah.
bun
sannghlom.
bunch
a hnaar, banhla hnaar ti bang.
bundle
a teel, dii teel ti bang.
bung
a hu, kuang hu, palang hu ti bang.
bungalow
bangla, thuah khat nai inn.
burden
thilrit, phurhrit, tuarhar hnaak.
burglar
mi inn bal ai thil rutu.
burial
mithivui,
Burma
Kawlram.
Burman
Kawl.
Burmese
Kawl pon.
burn
kaang, mai in kaang.
burrow
ramsa kua, zubui kua ti bang.
burst
puak dumdo.
bury
vui, phuum.
bus
mihing phur mawtawka.
bush
hamphung.
business
naper, sumtuah, dawr bawn.
bust
zak vum lam zuk. hnawi
busy
man lo, naper tam.
but
inapui khaw.
butcher
sarotu, sazuartu.
butt
maithal kawng.
butter
thawphaat, cawhnawi khirh eer.
butterfly
pengpelep, pelep.
button
korsih, kepsih.
buy
lai, thil lai.
by
hiangah, nongah; in, amah in: by him.
by-pass
kaan teu, zaisiar lo.
bye-bye
it tuh fangai hnuksat hnaak pong; mangpha ticaa.
bye-gone
a ii cia, a bo cia, a luan cia thu.
bye-law
hluuntuh daan.