label
hnikhnaih hnaak thing tleep; laaihnah sah tleep.
laboratory
thilri zir hmun inn khaan.
laborious
per har; cawl thai roh; baai lo.
labour
naper; naa.
labourer
napertu; thazaang suah ai napertu.
lac
lakh. Thawng zakhat 100000; ting khat.
lac
thalrit.
lace
thil khit hnaak rii; pon hmur kam hnaak pon.
lacerate
thuuk roh in hlo sul (thil san in)
lack
sam hial; om lo.
lacquer
cing hnaai, thuang hnaai etc. thil tleu ruai hnaak ai hmang hnaak sii .
lad
tlangvaal.
ladder
kaaipum.
laden
rit; zaang lo.
ladle
hlawhtlai.
lady
nupang; nupang mi upa.
lag
hnua; dawm roh; khel ah taap.
lagoon
tikhuar al.
lai zalh.
lake
tikhuar; tili.
Lama
Tibet phungki.
lamb
tuufaa.
lame
kawngbaai, kebaai.
lament
kap; kah.
lamp
mai- inn.
lan-yard
phiriit rii.
lance
faipui.
lance
khawh, faipui in khawh, sun.
lance-corporal
ral-kap, palik sanhnih.
land
lairam; khua le ram.
land
tolh; khop. Vaanzuang tolh, khop.
land-holder
ram naitu.
land-lady
inn zawntu nu.
land-lord
ram naitu; inn zawwntupa.
land-mark
hmun le ram hnikhnaihhnaak thil.
land-slide
llaimin; minmin.
lane
lam fiip; kong fiip.
lang syne
(adv) hehlaan ai; ahlun.
language
pong; ponkam.
lanky
rom ai saang.
lantern
hlalang mai inn.
lap
kawng (a song lam)
lap
liak; lai in liak.
lard
vok thau.
large
ngawpui; kaupui.
larva
pangang (lip laai lo) zang.
lash
viit; thawwi,
lass
fenu ngom.
last
hnuataber.
last
hnuataber ah.
last
rai.
lasting
raingai thaa; rai hleen.
Lat. Latitude.
latch
dawngkhaam kalh.
late
hnua; khua hnua.
lately
naai neu ah.
lateral
a siirlam.
lather
satpia phuul.
latitude
a phailam riin (ram zuk ai)
latrine
buruuk; eek inn.
latter
a hnuata sawn; a pahnihhnaak saw.
laud
thangphat.
laugh
hni; hni hiangho.
launch
hlat; lawng ti ah hlat; zuangthai bung kaap.
launch
lawng pui.
laundry
thil sawp hmun.
laureate
laa phuah thiam ti ai riil hnaak mi.
laurel
thingkuung hin khat.
lava
maitlaang kua an suak hnaak nawngbeek ling.
lavatory
hmaihliam tidaai hmun.
law
daan; upadi.
lawless
daan hluun lo; daan nai lo.
lawn
hampa po ruai hnaak tualvaan.
lawyer
thukhan fang ai dinpuitu,bawmtu; sihni.
laxative
songneem sii.
lay
zau; hlim; tii (aar in tii ti bang ); hma, thil hma.
layer
a thuah.
lazy
thazawwng; zaikhai per zuam lo.
lb.
, pound (in weight) (s)
lead
suan; maimu ai hmang hnaak suan.
lead
hoi; kong hoi.
leaden
suan thawn bawn hnaak.
leader
hoitu;kong hoitu; lam hmuhtu.
leading
a thupuiber.
leaf
hnah; thing hnah, laai hnah ti bang.
league
pawwlkom; paati.
leak
zun; far.
lean
rom; hreu.
lean
hngaihngam.
leap
dok zut.
leap-year
ni 336 nai kum ii ai, Februari hla ah ni 29 um.
learn
zir; ling.
learned
mi thiam; thu ling.
lease
thil, ram etc, zawng iing ti hnaak laaipui.
lease
zawng; zawn (inn; ram, etc.
least
tember; beuhber.
leather
saphaw (hman pha)
leave
hlum; feh, suak.
leave
akhuan.
leaven
col; zuu ai hmang hnaak col.
ledge
kefothmun fiip neu.
ledger
tangka cazin
lee
hlivua ber hmun lam.
leech
liit; vot.
leek );hnaak in tam lekhaw, teeth.
lees
a holnawi.
left
( adv) kekeh lam.
left-handed
kehtlak.
leg
ke.
leg-horn
aar hin khat.
legacy
ro thil.
legal
daan bang; upadi bang.
legalize
daan ah bawn; upadi ah bawn.
Legate
Pope palai, kucale..
legend
tluanthu; ngaingai ti ai sang hnaak hlaanthu.
legible
siar baai (laai)
legislature
daan bawntu te; upadi bawntu te..
legitimate
a daan bang ai ihnaak; upadi bang ai ihnaak.
leisure
man teng; naper lo ai om teng.
lemon
tanphaza thai, kuang.
Lend
zawn, thil mi zawn.
length
a saulam; a sau.
lenient
daw. roh zee in ti lo.
leopard
tlavaang cintial.
leper
miphaar.
leprosy
phaar uur.
less
tem .
lessen
tem ruai.
lesser
tem sawn;
lesson
zirhtuh thu;
lest
hlah lekhaw; lo fang in.
let
ruai; siang.
letter
cafang; laaikuat.
lettuce
salat hnah.
level
zawllaai; zawl camparaan; upa ihnaak ah camparaan.
lever
kalhfung; thulh.
levi
aana thawn khuai, ngeen.
levy
vumlam an khuai hnaak tangka.
liable
cang thil; a phalo lam cang thil.
liaison officer
khat lam le khat lam thu hlentu bawi upa.
liar
thu dontu.
lib. Liberal
liberal
zaleen ngaai.
liberate
luat ruai; zaleen ai om ruai; hlat.
liberty
zaleenhnaak; luathnaak.
library
ca-uk inn; calaai buuk.
lice
hik, khahhu.
license
laisin; bawnsiang hnaak laai.
lichen
nau vo.
lick
liak, lai in liak.
lid
asiin; akhuh.
lie
thudon; thulovaang.
lie
thudon reel; don.
lie
zau; khaang ah, khuahluan vuum ah zau.
Lieut-Col., Gen., Gov., Lieutenant-Colnel-General,-Governor.
lieutenant
raalbawi bohnih.
life
nunhnaak; nundaan; khuasak daan; nun song..
life-blood
nunhnaak thisan; nuntu; mer ruaitu.
life-boat
lawngpui hnawm fang ai to tuh ai khawi hnaak lawng neuneu.
life-guard
bawi kiiltu palik, raalkaap.
life-less
nunhnaak um lo; a thii; nuamhnaak umlo; a ro a caar.
life-line
tilaan te seh hnaak riihual.
life-long
nunsong hmuah; sansong hmuah.
life-size
ruang tia; a pumpui tia.(zuk)
life-time
sansong; nunsong.
lift
daang; a saang ah daang.
light
khuavaar; maivaar
light
mai vaar; kuak mai khet;
light
zaang, rit lo; deem deuh.
light-house
vaanpaar mai-inn; tipui ai feh lawng te caa vaar hnaak mai.
lighten
zaang ruai; rit sawng.
lighter
maitalh; maikhiah.
lightning
tleek, vantlingtlaleuh.
likable
daihpha.
like
bang; eg. Like me : kaimah bang.
like
bang in.
like
daih.
likely
ithai dawndawn.
liken
bang ruai.
likeness
bangduun hnaak.
likewise
ciatih bang in.
liking
daihhnaak; sunsakhnaak.
lily
lili papaar ding orh paar..
limb
cawnbaan; ke le baan te.
lime
tanphaza hin te; thun.
lime-stone
thunlung.
limit
a hmuur; a tawpkhumhnaak; riteek; a bohnaak.
limitation
riteek hnaak; tibenlohnaak; saantlaailohnaak; khimlohnaak.
limp
baai; keeng baai.
Lincoln
sal suahtu Abraham Lincoln
line
riin; thil vuum ai riin hnaak riin; aartlaang ( raal thuangtuah fang a rual tlaang ai ding hnaak.
line-man
thiiri (mai rii; telifon rii) siiktu.
lines-man
tenis sal fang ai riin lo siiktu.
linger
taap zeel; thinfuh lo kong vaak.
lingo
pon hincaang.
lingua franca
zaraan hman pong; pong kahpia.
linguist
pon hin dangdang thiamtu.
linguistics
pon zirhnaak.
lining
adan; a song dan (pon)
link
thil pehhnaak thiir kual; pehhnaak; zomhnaak.
link
peh duun; zom duun.
lion
kiosa.
lip
heh; kaahmur.
liquid
atii; a khal lo.
liquor
zuu; sirzuu.
list
thil hming caziin.
list
kaai; lawng pui kehlam, vorhlam ah kaai.
listen
ngaai, bil in ngaai; thu hluun.
literacy
laai thiamhnaak.
literal
cafang ai om bang cekci; ngaan hnaak bang cekci.
literally
cafang bang cekci in; ngaan hnaak bang cekci in.
literate
laai thiam.
literature
laai; caalaai; saapi.
lithograph
lung tleep vuum ai ngaan hnaak laai.
litmus
ti thur ah nim fang ai san thai thil mepian.
Litt.D. L
Doctor of letters.
litter
laang; mi zawng hnaak laang; hnawmborh.
little
temneu; tlawmneu; beuhneu, ciikneu.
livable
hluhpha (inn etc.); nungphuu.
live
nung; om, um; hluh; khuasa.
live
nunglaai;cak hleen laai. Live (laiv) adj. mai nung laai; daat feh teng (ilektik); bawhlung sirh teng TV song an hlat fang in live (laiv)...
live-stock
innzuat sum.
livelihood
nunhnaak; nuncan khuasak hnaak.
lively
songaai; thaa nuamngaai.
liver
thin; kin ruang song ai thin.
living
nung laai;
living
nunhnaak; nuncan khuasa daan.
lizard
hawwngki; dildiit.
LL.B.
. Bachelor of Laws.
lo
siik tu!
lo; zuamduun bat lo.
load
thilrit; phurhrit..
load
sang; bawm songah sang, maimu sang; thun ti bang.
loaded
tangka tam roh naitu; thil phurh hnaak.
loaf
khal; hlom; sanghum khal; sang hlom ti bang.
loaf
vaak meenma; um meenma.
loafer
thazawng vaaivaaktu.
loam
laipha lai uur; lai eek.
loathe
ningdul.
lobby
innleeng khaan kau roh.
lobster
kaaikuang.
locality
; distsik; bial ram.
locate
hmu, tawk; om, um.
lock
thil kalhhnaak.
lock
kalh, thil kalh.
lock-up
misual camkhat song dah hmun thawng.
locomotive
maileeng.
locust
khokhuak.
lodge
a man pe ai mi inn ah tlung.
lodge
khual inn.
lodging
khual tlung hmun inn; zawng hnaakinn khaan..
lofty
saang, niam lo.
log
thing tum; lawng khualsihnaak thu ca-uk.
loggers-head
at loggers-head. Hau; lungkhim duun lo.
logic
khuaruah daan zirhnaak.
loin
eel; taai.
loiter
nuamneu in vaak.
London
England khuapui hming.
lone
mah leek; pakhat leek; a paak.
lonely
leeng; mah leek um maan in thinleeng.
long
sau, com lo.
long
ngaai; caak roh.
long
rai pui,
long. Longitude.
longevity
nun sau hnaak; sansauhnaak.
longitude
a tunglam ai riin hnaak riin, ramzuk ai.
look
siik; mit in siik.
look
hmel.
look-out
raalring hnaak.
lookafter
cing; kilkhawl.
looking-glass
hmel enhmaak hlalang.
loom
thiambu.
loon
ngathur hin khat.
loop
rii mit; rii kual zuun thai.
loose
leng; diip lo.
loose:
(v) leng ruai; hawk.
loot
ruam, thilri sut.
loot
sut; ruam; lang sah.
lop
vaang in saat tan; vaang in thawi.
Lord
Bawipa Pathian,
lore
thuanthu.
lorry
lawri mawtawka.
lose
paai; paai tiar; sung.
loss
paairalhnaak; sunghnaak.
lot
a lot, lots. tampui; n. laipua beuh neu; camfung..
lotion
sam sii; vun sii.
lottery
awngbali.
lotus
ti papaar a hnah baal hnah bang.
loud
cawm roh.
loud-speaker
aw cawm ruaitu ceet.
lounge
vanzuang tolhhmun ai inn khaan kau mi com hmun.
louse
hik le khah-hu (pakhat hnaak ai tam)
lovable
iitkuul; daihkuul; daihpha.
love
iit; tlaak; daih.
love
iithnaak; daihhnaak; tlaakhnaak.
lovely
daihkuul; mawi; pha.
lover
iittu; tlaaktu; daihtu.
loving
iit hnaak, eg. na iit hnaak. Your loving son.
low
niam; saang lo.
lower
hnia ah thum; niam ruai; nauta ruai; man thum.
lower
hniata; niam sawn.
lowland
a niam hmun laipua; (adj) hniata neu; mi zia awi neu; thupui lo roh.
loyal
nun kuung; fel. tiitsa nai.
Lt. Col.,Lt. Com
, Lieutenant Colonel Commander.
Lt. Lieutenant. Bohnih.
Lt..-Gen.,Lt.-Gov, Lieutenant General, Governor.
Ltd. Limited.
lubricate
thau maat.
lucid
linbai; a fian ngai.
Lucifer
satan; Pathian raal satan.
luck
bawng; vaan.
lucky
bawngpha; vaannai.
luggage
khualsi hnaak pontom te.
luke-warm
dap lo saa lo; lum ngom.
lull
nau awi; it daih ai awi.
lullaby
nau awi laa.
lumber
thil bawt tuh ai tan hnaak thing te. Britain ah: tohkham cabuai ropraw te..
lumber
rit ngaai in
lumber- man
lumber-jack. thing vawng thing zuar ai pumcawmtu.
luminary
khuavaar petu ni, hla le aarsi, etc;hmingthang.
luminous
a vaar, a tleu.
lump
a khalpui.
lunacy
amhnaak; am.
lunatic
mi-am.
lunch
suunfaak; suunfaak ai.
lung
cuap; haaihawh hnaaak cuap.
lurk
lo bawh a thupneu in.
lust
hur; hurhnaak.
luster
thil dee.
lusty
hur zee; caak zee.
lute
congcing hin khat.
luxurious
nuam roh; zing om roh.
luxury
nuamhnaak; nunnuam.
lye
`ing; thil nim hnaak `ing.
lynch
zung ah thukhanhnaak phatak um ruai lo pah hawngdiik in reek.
lyre
concing hin khat.
lyric
laa pongkam te.