F.B.A.
Falam Baptist Association; Fellow of the British Academy.
fable
ramsa te telh hnaak thuanthu com.
fabric
ponthaan.
fabulous
ngaihtam kuul; thuanthu song leek ai om hnaak.
face
hmai; kin lu ai hmai; thil hmai.
face
tawk , thu phalo, thil phalo tawwk.
facility
thil pakhat khat bawn tuh hnaak ai pe hnaak thilri, bawmhnaak, etc.
fact
a cang taktak hnaak thil, thu.
faction
pawlpui song ai pawlkhan neu; hauhnaak..
factor
cangruaitu; suakruai tu.
factory
thilri bawn hmun; ceet zung.
fade
daadu; thaa nau; voi, papaar voi.
fahrenheit
asaa le adap tehhnaak thil.
fail
sung; ti ben lo;hlawwhtling lo.
failure
sunghnaak; ti benlohnaak.
faint
fian lo; lu am.
fair
tiksa ngo; a caa a mawi; a mawiteng; sih mawi..
fair
bazaar; sum-aar le thil daangdang zuar hmun dawr.
fairway
lawng feh thil tizir; kauhti thawi hmun lampui.
fairy
phung fenu; lasi.
faith
sanghnaak.
faithful
sangkho; mikuung; kuung.
faithless
sanghnaak nai lo; kuunglo.
fake
ilo pui,a ibang ai bawn mi zawl thiam; zawl thil.
fakir
Kala Hindu phungki.
falcon
mu`hi hin khat.
fall
bah; tlu;sawn; tlok..
fall
bahhnaak; tluuk hnaak; tlok hnaak.
fallible
tlokthai; bahthai; tluthai.
false
ilo; dik lo;
fame
hming thanhnaak;
family
innkuaza; songkhat.
famous
hming thang.
fang
haa; ui haa, ruul haa ti bang .
fantastic
voi belh; ngaihtampha; a ngaw roh.
far
hlaa; nong lo.
far-off
lam hlaa pui.
far-seeing
a hlaa pui hmu baan thiaam.
far-sighted
hmailam thu hmu thiam.
faraway
hlaa pui; a hlaa pui.
fare
to man; maw`awka, maileeng, lawng ti bang to man.
fare-well
cak neu in ti caa
farm
lo; hlaam ah sum-aar te zua ai um hmun lo.
farmer
lovai; lo ah umtu.
farmstead
lo hlaam.
farther
hlaa deuh.
farthest
hlaa ber.
farthing
Miraang (Britain) tangka hming.
fascinate
aai zeel;
fashion
thil ti daan; thuamtuah daan.
fast
rong uul; rong ai lo ai om.
fast
rang; fuung lo; kho roh.
fasten
heen, rii thawn; peen.
fat
thau, sel thau vok thau ti bang.
fat
thau; rom lo.
fatal
thithai; bawngsiat.
fate
vaan-bawng; nu laairitan.
father
pa; tetu pa.
father-in-law
pasal ai a pa; pu; nupui ai a pa..
father-land
mah sul phumhmun ram; mah ram.
fatherless
pa nai lo;
fatherly
pa bang; pa thawn bang hnaak.
fathom
pi ruk (6) sau; pi ruk thuuk; ti thuuk teh daaan.
fatigue
cawl hniam.
fatten
thau ruai.
fatty
thau tam;
fault
khelhhnaak; khimlohnaaak.
fauna
ram song ai um ramsa te.
favour
daihhnaak; thinkhimhnaak; hmaipedeuhhnaak; ninghio peekhnaak.
favourite
daihber hnaak.
fear
kihhnaak.
fear
kih.
fearful
kihkuul.
feast
conlaam ;puai.
feather
vaneu hmul; aar hmul ti bang.
feature
hmuihmel;
February
Fepruari hla.
federal
a kophnaak acozah; ramkulh kop hnaak acozah um daan.
federate
ramkulh kopduun.
federation
ramkulh kopduunhnaak.
fee
man; thil bawn man; nihlawh.
feeble
thaniar; cak lo; tawntai.
feed
rong pe; rong baar; rong cawm.
feel
ling; thinlung in ling; tiksa in limg; tuar..
feeler
daaitu; neeltu; khokhuak ki; kawngdaar ki bang te.
feeling
linhnaak; tuarhnaak; anhnaak.
feet
ke te; pi a saulam.
feign
thubawn.
felicitate
aangpui; lawm.
fell
vawng, haihpui thawn vawng; tlu ruai; sawn ruai.
fellow
rualpui; leenpui; koppui.
fellowship
komduun hnaak.
felt
past tense of feel.
felt
sahmul ponsah.
female
nupang.
feminine
nupang lam.
fence
pal; inn pal.
ferment
kai; zuu kai.
fern
cavi;khangca.
ferocious
hraang roh; puar roh; mi kai thai.
ferry
ti tan hnaak lawng.
fertile
lai-eek uur; rampha.
fertilize
rampha ruai; lai-eek uur ruai; dawm pe;
festival
zapui hmanghnaak puaipui; lamsawm, dawngpui ti bang.
festivity
nunnuam.
festoon
papaar teel.
fetch
lang; caang
fetters
hreengtum; misual khihhnaak hreemg.
feud
songkhat le songkhat cim duunhnaak.
fever
ruangsaa uur.
few
tem; tam lo.
fianc�
nu tuh aai thawlthan cia hnaak fenu.
fibre; fiber
vorii; kungdip rii.
fickle
thinlung zuangzam; tuun le tuun thinlung thuul thai.
fiction
phuahfawm hnaak thuanthu.
fiddle
tazaw tingtang.
field
lo; lolai; phul ram; ram lawng pui; thu zir hnaak ai huap hnaak.
field-glass
durbing; a hlaa ngai siik hnaak hlalang.
field-marshall
British raalbawi upa ber.
fierce
a heeng roh; puar roh; thinsia, hraang roh.
fife
lilu.
fifteen
hlainga.
fifteenth
hlainga hnaak.
fifth
pangahnaak.
fiftieth
sawm nga-hnaak.
fifty
sawmnga.
fig
thai; aihpha thai.
fight
tawng; hau,
figure
kut zuk hnaak; riin hnaak;ruangsuah.
file
laai khawlhnaak; laaikawp; thacaang thiir rawt hnaak.
fill
thun; dim; dim ruai.
film
zukhnaak filim;
filth
ningriim.
fin
nga ko.
final
abohnaak; a tawphnaak.
finally
a tawphnaak ah.
finance
sum; zapui sum.
find
tawk; khul.
fine
pha, a pha.
fine
cawhkuan.
fine
cawh; cawh kuan ruai.
finger
kutzung.
finish
bo; bo ruai.
fir
faar thing hin khat.
fire
mai, kaangthai mai.
fire
kaap; maithal kaap;mai taai;
fire wood
zaanthing; tihpha zaanthing.
fire-brand
mai thingthu.
fire-fly
dumde.
firearm
maithal le zaamdawng te.
firelight
mai vaar; mai de.
fireman
kaangmai kiltu.
fireproof
mai ai kaang thilh lo.
firm
khongai; kho roh.
first
pakhathnaak.
first-born
faatir; hmasaber suak.
first-class
a phaber; hin phaber.
first-hand
a lingtu hnen an, reelsiin hnaak lo.
firstly
a pakhat
fish
nga; ngate.
fish
nga dawi, nga sio.
fish-monger
nga zuartu.
fist
kuttum.
fit
a tuakteng; kaih `hiah; phuu; itlaak.
fit
merai uur; thihtlut; thasat.
fitter
thil buntu; a rem ai buntu..
five
panga, 5.
fix
bun; a hnawm rem leh; a cuu teek.
fixture
bun hnaak; a cuu teekhnaak.
flag
thantaar; aalaan.
flake
tleep neuneu; a kep neuneu .
flame
mailai.
flannel
sahmul pon. .
flare
mailai vaar.
flash
mai dezut; vantling tleleuh.
flash
mai thawn deet;
flashlight
daatmai.; maideet.
flask
hlalang uum; palaang.
flat
peer; pum lo.
flatten
peer ruai;
flavour
a rim le a uurdaan.
flaw
khelhnaak; khim lo hnaak; sam hnaak.
flax
anthur ; hniim..
flea
uihik, vok hik.
flee
tlaan; hmun khat an hmun dangah tlaan.
fleece
tuuhmul.
fleet
lawng rual khat; khawngtu pakhat hnia om lawng te..
flesh
tiksa; a tiit.
flexible
a neem; rin thilh; kho hak tio lo.
flight
zuan (zuang);
flight
(n) tlaan-hnaak.
flighty
rinsan tlaak lo; thin thleng thai leklo; zauzam..
flimsy
thupui cel lo;rom-zaang.
fling
sep zuangzo.
flint
mailung; lungraw mailung.
flirt
daih bang tlaak bang ai om; ruat napui thuuk roh in ruat haang lo.
float
ti vum ah laang; ti in laan luaklo.
flock
rual; sel rual, kawlpaw rual ti bang.
flog
ruapeek thawn viit, thawi.
flood
ti in lawih; ti lawi.
flood
tilawi.
floor
khaang; inn khaang.
flora
thing le hampa te.
florist
papaar bir ai zuartu.
flour
sangvut; vaikeh.
flourish
tam ngai karh; hlawhtling.
flow
zu; ti zuk zu.
flower
papaar.
flowery
papaar bang; papaar dim.
flu
vaibuur uur.
fluent
naal dengdo (pong fang in)
fluid
atii; a khal lo,
flush
hmaisan; ti thawn phiah ciang tuh in..
flute
lilu.
flutter
ko zaap; pelep bang in ko zaap.
fly
thothi.
fly
zuang; dawp terto; tlaan.
flyer
flier. Vanzuang mawngtu.
foam
buanbara; aphuul.
fodder
hamro; sumhnam rong hampa ro.
foe
raal; cimtu; remlotu.
fog
mawk; tikhu; mairo.
fold
hlep; pon hlep ti bang.
fold
pal kulh; me te bang zua hmun khawk.
foliage
sawl; thing-hnah sawl hnah..
folk
mihing.
folk-lore
thuanthu.
folks
suahpui unau te.
follow
hluun, khelleh an hluun;lingthil; hluun ben .
follower
hluuntu.
folly
voibelh; voihnaak.
foment
tilum thawwn huam; tisaa thawn som; puarso; hnaihnok ruai.
fond
caak; daih roh.
fondle
iit ngai in kuah.
food
rong; aihtuh ti le rong.
fool
mivoi
foolish
voi; fiim lo.
foot
ke (ke pakhat )
foot-mark
keniah.
foot-path
ke lampui.
foot-rule
lambawi hman pidaan phun khat.
foot-soldier
ke-raalkaap.
foot-step
ke kalsuan.
foot-wear
kedawl.
football
bawhlung.
foothold
kefot.
for
caa, hrang; (conj). zaimaan in tifang in;
for-bear
cihlattu; pupa.
for-bid
kham, dawn,
for-get-me-not
pa-paar hin khat.
force
thazaang;thil per ruaitu tha;
force
thazaang hmang ai ti ruai; tai ai ruai.
forceps
siibawi hman cehrep.
ford
ti tanhmun.
fore
hlaanlam; hmailam.
fore-arm
zawng-ngeel le kiing lak baan.
fore-cast
reelcia; hlaanvom ai lo ling hnaak reelcia.
fore-father
pu le pa te.
fore-finger
zung kawk.
fore-foot
ramsa hlaan ke.
fore-head
cal; lu ai cal.
fore-leg
hlaanlam ke.
fore-noon
suunhlaan.
fore-runner
kong hoitu; suulsutu.
fore-see
hmu cia; ling cia.
fore-skin
zang vun.
fore-tell
reel cia; ling ruai cia.
foreign
ramsam; vairam.
foreigner
ramsam mi; vai.
foreman
naper khawng-tu; kulikhawng.
foremost
a hmasa ber; a thupuiber.
forest
tuu; thingluu hmun.
forester
tuu kiiltu palik.
forever
kum zaangza in.
foreword
thu konghoi (ca-uk ai )
forfeit
liam, cawhkuan cancaa in liam.
forget
hai kio; hih lo.
forgetful
thuhaithai; thu hihthailo.
forgive
ngaithiam; mawh hlat; sual hlat.
forgiveness
ngai-thiam hnaak; mawh hlathnaak; sualhlathnaak.
fork
a kaak; thing kaak; rong thurhnaak thiir zung.
form
ruang suah; pungsaan; hmel.
form
hmunkhat ah khawm;cang ruai; bawn.
formal
a daankeel; zunglam thil tidaan; a meenma lo.
formation
hmunkhat ai khawmhnaak; thil bawndaan.
former
a hmuasa sawn ai.
formidable
laukuul; kihkuul; nehtuh har.
formula
hluun tuhhnaak daan; thil pakhatkhat bawnpet thai hnaak tuh thil tidaan; thil cokrawi daan.
fornication
mi nupui ihpui, mi pasal ihpui sualhnaak.
forsake
hlum tlap; bawn awl, tin awn lo; maa.
forswear
siatcam.
forthnight
zarh hnih; nipui hnih.
forthwith
vaikhat pah.
fortify
raalving bawn.
fortnight
zarh hnih; nipui hnih.
fortunate
bawngpha.
fortune
bawngvaan; tangka tampui. hlawnthil.
forty
sawmli (40)
forward
hlaanlam ah; hmai ah;bawhlung sirh ah hmailam an saltu.
forward
hmailam ah kuatsiin; khangso tu seh ti ai bawm.
fossil
hlaan puutarang san lai ai ramsa le thingthii hnaak te lungto bang cang hnaak; lungtocang thil..
foster
cawm; mah faa bang ai cawm.
foul
nam; uih; rim sia.
foul
saal fang ai daan khelhhnaak.
found
tawk, pt. find; khua to; hampan;khuasaat.
foundation
a ham-panhnaak.
founder
hampantu; khuasaattu
foundry
thiir eer hmun.
fountain
cirhti; tipuut; fountain pen: cati fung laai ngaan hnaak.
four
pali (4).
four-footed
kelinei ramsa, etc.
fourscore
sawmriat
fourteen
hlaili (14).
fourth
palihnaak.
fowl
aar;vaan va; vaneu.
fox
mehleng.
foxy
awkrawl mehleng bang.
fraction
a nawi; a men neuneu.
fracture
ruhkhing.
fragile
khoi baai; keh baai.
fragment
a khoiher; a khoibaang.
fragrance
rimhmui.
frail
`awn`ai; hnawmtaam.
frame
bawwn; thilbiang. eg hlalang cingkiim ah thing tleep neuneu dah, kheen.
frame
thingtleep, hlalang te bang cingkiim reenhnaak thil; inn ruhkuang.
frame-work
inn ruh khihtuahhnaak.
frank
thintluang; thinsong khawinailo.
frankincense
fren-kinsen zihmui.
fraternal
unau bang.
fraternity
unau bang ai umhnaak.
freak
tumce; mi bang lo; a ituh bang ai um lo.
free
luat; heenhnaak lo; zaleen; man,
free
hlat; luat ruai.
free-spoken
pon suup nai lo; thin song um hmuah pong sek thai.
free-will
mah hiamhnaak; daihdaih riil thil hnaak.
freedom
luathnaak; zaleenhnaak.
freely
tlong ngai in, tlongtla ngai in; zaleen ngai in.,
freeze
khal; khal ruai.
freight
leeng le vanzuang phur hnaak thilri.
frequent
a tuun le tuun; leklo.
fresh
a thar; suak thar; suah thar; rong thar bung song ai dah hnaak lo.
fresh-man
tlawwng luut thar; tlawngta thar.
fresh-water
ti al lo; ti thiang..
friction
nuaiduun hnaak; nawt duun hnaak.
Friday
Nipha Ninga.
friend
rualpui; rual.
friendly
mi komthiam.
friendship
rual duunhnaak.
frighten
lau; phawng sut; lau ruai.
frightful
laukuul; kihkuul.
frigid
dap zee; pasal kom caak thailo.
frivolous
thupui cel lo; voibelh.
frock
nupang korfual.
frog
eu; dokkeeng.
from
an; a kon an ti bang.
front
hmailam; raal hmai; tawngduun hmun raal hmai.
frontier
ramri; ram pahnih lak ai ram.
frost
naidawh; naidawh khal.
froth
a buan; cil buan; aphuul.
frown
mit hmai thuur; hmai sia
frugal
thil tin thiam; nunthiam.
fruit
a thai; thing thai.
fruitful
thaithai; a thai naithai; phahnem.
fruitless
thai nai lo; hnempui lo.
frustrate
benthai lo ai lo hnaihnok.; so lo; thapelo..
fry
kio; thau thawn kio; theu.
frying-pan
pai; thil kio hnaak ukaang beel;
ft. foot, feet. Pi.
fuel
tih thing; a kaangthai; daatsi; maihol te bang.
fugitive
misual ramrelh, pom tuh lau ai relhtu.
fulfil
bawnben (naper; tiamhnaak, etc.)
full
dim; a dim; khim.
fully
a dim in; a veek in; a khim in.
fume
akhu; daatsi, zinaan khu te .
fun
nunnuam; nuamhnaak.
function
mihing, thil pakhat ai a bawn a per tuh hnaak.
function
bawn , per.
fund
sumbur; tangkakhon.
fundamental
a thupui ber; aham. n. thu ham; hluuntuh thu.
funeral
mithivui.
fungi
thil uu; thil uu vum ai po hnaak , paparh.
funk
kihhnaak; lauhnaak.
funnel
kadawh; cimbaak caat hnaak thil; a ham kau ai a hmurlam fiip rianro thil zawl.
funny
hnihsakuul;
fur
ramsa hmul; savek hmul bang te.
fur. Furlong.faalung
furious
thintok roh; raw roh.
furl
zual; pon te bangin zual.
furlong
faalung; pi 660 sau.
furlough
khuan; naper hmun an awlcomhnaak.
furnace
maitih hmun;
furnish
tohkham te dah ; pe.
furniture
cabuai le tohkham te.
furrow
cal riin; cal vun sawng; lo vaai hnaak riin kuar.
further
a hlaa deuh ah; a rai deuh.
further
khangso ruai; phahnem ruai.
further-more
cia vum ah; ciacung ah.
fury
thinraw zee.
fuse
daatmai mu song ai thiirri feem neu; thil puak tuh ai mai petu thiirri, laihnah zual ti bang. (v). zur sek.
fuselage
vanzuangl eeng ruangpui.
fusion
thil dangdang cokrawihnaak.
fuss
kuul lopui ai thincawlhnaak.
futile
phahnem lo; bawn suak lo.
future
hmailam thu; a hleng tuh laai hnaak acuu.