M.A.
Master of Arts.
m.d.
. Doctor of Medicine; Master of Divinity.
M.I. Military Intelligence.
M.O. Medical Officer; Money order.
M.O.H. Medical Officer of health; Ministry of health.
M.P.
paliman amat; paliman tlaangsuak.
M.P.Member of Parliament: Military Police.
Hlutdaw Kucale; Palik Raalkaap.
M.S. Manuscript; Manuscripts.
M.Sc. master of Science.
M.Th. Master of Theology.
ma
nu, tetu nu.
mac-in-tosh
sialriat kor; rabar kor.
macaroni
khauhsuai hin khat.
macaw
kilaw ngaw pui.
mace
talhtum. Kumpibawi talhtum.
machine
ceet.
machinery
ceet thil.
mad
voi; am.
madam
bawwinu; zuulnaak thawn nupang ko hnaak.
madden
voi ruai, am ruai.
made
bawn. pt of make.
Madona
Jesuh Khrih nu; Mari lim.
mag-pie
keengleeng vaneu.
magarine
thingthai thawn bawn hnaak thawphat.
magazine
mekazin laaibu.
magic
mitkher.
magistrate
upadi bawi; thukhantu bawi nauta ber.
magnanimous
rawl thiam; siang; ninghiothiam.
magnet
thiirhiip; thiir hiip thai thil.
magnificent
mak-sak roh; ropui.
magnify
ngaw ruai ; kau ruai.
mahagony
mahakoni thing; thing hak roh.
maid : maiden
fenu; leeng.
thiir kor; thiir angki; carek ai laaikuat hnaak te.
main
a thupui ber.
mainly
thupui ber ah.
maintain
phaneu in khawi hleen; dah hleen.
maize
niimdeen; kawltung; kawlpu.
Maj. Major.
Maj.Gen. Major-General.
major
mezar raalbawi; bothum hnaak in upa raalbawi.
majority
tamsawn; mi tamsawn.
make
bawn; tii; siam.
make-believe
thu bawn; tibawn.
make-up
mawiruai hnaak; paarhnaak.
maker
bawntu; titu; siamtu.
malady
thinlung tisa nauhnaak.
malaria
kawlfawi, malaria.
male
apa; pasal.
male-factor
misual; thusual.
malice
mi cimhnaak.
mallard
hamlak rampai.
mallet
thing sobul.
malnutrition
tnazaang naihhnaak rongkhamlo uur.
malpractice
thil diklo bawnhnaak.
malt
zuutaai; zuu tuh ai suang hnaak rong mu, faang, niim, etc.
maltreat
liansia roh ai reem.
mamal
hnawitul ramsa.
mamoth
vui ngaw mangtara hin.
man
pasal upa zo.
man-at-arms
maithal le vaang keng raalkaap.
man-eater
kiosa, pawpui; figurative: fenu mawi roh
man-like
pasal bang;.
manage
pervo lang; khuakhaang; hlawhtling; bawn ben, ti ben.
manager
pervo langtu; khawngtu.
Mandarin
Taluk zapui hman pong.
mandolin
mandalin congcing.
mane
hawng hmul; saai hawng hmul ti bang.
manful
pangam; raalpha,
manger
kawlpaw kuang; sum rong pe hnaak kuang.
mango
thahaai.
mangosteen
pahnak thai.
manhandle
reem sia; roh zee in reem.
manhood
pasal ihnaak.
mania
voipui; daihhlaihlawr.
manifest
fiang; cianroh;
manifesto
thubulpui fianruaihnaak, lingruaihnaak.
manifold
tampui; a tlo pui.
manikin
mi pate; mi beuh neu.
mankind
mihing hin.
manly
pasal thinlung bun.
manna
Pathian in Isrial te pe hnaak rong, mana.
manner
sinsak daan, nundaan.
mansion
inn pha inn ngaw roh .
manslaughter
mi thiruaisualtu.
mantis
daardaak.
mantle
zinaan mai inn ai taai hnaak pon; mica.
manual
kut thawn bawnkuul hnaak; kut bawwt.
manufacture
suah; thil bawn ai suah.
manure
lai-eek; dawm.
manuscript
kutngaan laai.
many
(adj. & n) tam; tampui.
map
ramzuk.
marathon race
peng 26 tlaanzuam.
marble
lungcang; lungnaal lungcang.
March
March hla.
march
kal suan rang in vaak,feh.
mare
saai nu.
margin
a rong; thil rong.
marigold
saanglai paar; dawngpui paar.
marine
ti song om; tii lam.
mariner
lawng song napertu.
marionette
maaikha; siangneu a kutke rii in khih ai laam ruai, sinsa ruai thil siang zuk.
mark
hnikhnaih hnaak; ngah hnaak zah ahmaat.
mark
hnikhnaih.
market
dawr; bazaar.
marksman
muuksu; hmuithiam.
marmalade
sahawk kawg, tanphaza kawng etc.
maroon
sandup pianzia.
maroon
mi om lo hmun tikulh ah taang, dah.
marriage
hoiduun hnaak; innkuaduun hnaak.
marrow
hliing; ruh hliing.
marry
paa (pasal nai), nuu nupui nai)
marsh
cirhduup; cirh nawng.
marshal
raalkaap veekseen uktu raalbawipui.
martial
raalkaap lam; raal lam ; martyr (n) mah biahnaak caa thitu, martar.
marvel
ngaihtam.
mas-cot
siam; milian ruaitu ti ai umhnaak siam, khuaziing.
masculine
pasal lam.
mash
zaan ruai; kut in hmet zaan ruai.
mask
hmaaihuphnaak, khantiang thiamtu;
mason
ukkhe tiangthiamtu; payan.
mass
thil hlom, thil khal; mihing tamroh; mizapui.
massacre
mi tamroh reekhnaak.
massage
hmet; ruang hmet sah.
massive
tam hlaihloawr.
mast
aalaan khuam; thantaar khuam.
master
khawngtu, topa; innteekpa; lawng kep`en; tlawng sayapa.
masticate
kial; kam in kial.
mat
phak; hniaphah phak.
match
maikhiah.
mate
ompui, naperpui;.
mate
ramsa, vaneu te pawl duun.
material
thil, thilri; rauhla lam ilo.
materialism
thilri leek ruat hnaak, daih hnaak.
maternal
nupang lam; nupang bang.
maternity
nupang ihnaak.
mathematics
kanaan; thil `uakdaan zirhnaak.
Matric. Matriculation. Phunhaa.
matriculate
phunhaa ong.
matrimony
innkua naihnaak; nupui-pasal ai umkawmhnaak.
matron
siizung;metilah tlawng te bang ai sayamah upaber.
matter
thu le laa; thil ; pakhatkhat bawn hnaak ai hmanghnaak thilri.
matter
poi ruai;
mattress
ihphah sah.
mature
puikim hang; upa ngah hang.
maximum
azah tamber; adj. atam thai tawp.
May
Mei hla.
may
i thaimeen.
mayor
khuapui khuabawi.
meadow
hampa hing loleek om hmun; leen.
meager
temneu; tlawmneu.
meal
rong, aihtuh rong.
mean
ti hiam; a suullam ti hiam.
mean
rawlsia; siangthailo; ninghionailo, puar.
meander
kingkawn in zuu (rawn, ruun etc.)
meaning
asuullam; tihiaamhnaak; a tican.
meantime
teng ah ; cia laai tengah.
measles
hmaihuh uur.
measure
teh; zaizah, zaicam etc. ti teh.
measurement
tehhnaak.
meat
sa; sa zongzong.
mechanic
ceet lam thiamtu.
mechanism
ceet sinsa daan.
medal
tacik; kaangbet tacik.
meddle
hnaaihnok; lo tel ve li.
media
the media : telivizin, redio le thuthang laai te.
mediate
remruai, a hau te rem.
medical
sii lam.
medicinal
sii tel; mi cak ruai thai.
medicine
sii; uur bawlhnaak sii.
meditate
thil pakhat thuuk ngai in ruat; don.
medium
thu reelhnaak, than hnaak thil; a laai ai om hnaak thil; tlah (pol).
meet
tawk; tawk duun; caang; vaai caang ti bang.
meeting
miting; leentai; taitlaang.
megaphone
pong thang ruaihnaak thil.
melancholy
rai roh thasiahnaak.
melody
laa; laa aw.
melon
phazeti; tawntawh.
melt
zur; tii; a khal zur; ti ah cang.
member
songtel; pawlkom somgtel.
membrance
a dandari; vun songta a paa roh.
Memo. Memorandum.
memoir
mah thu ngaan hnaak laai.
memorable
hihkuul hnaak.
memorandum
zung laaikuat.
memorial
hih`io hnaak; haituhlohnaak
memorize
thinlung in ngah; thin songah khawi.
memory
thinlung; hihhnaak.
men-folk
pasal te.
menace
kihpha; laupha; mi hnaihnokhnaak.
mend
daat; rem leh.
menial worker
thazaang suah ai napertu.
meningitis
hluak fuuntu dandari por uur.
menses
nupang hlasiar naih hnaak daan; thiinai.
menstrual
hlasiar daan ihnaak.
mental
thinlung lam.
mentality
thinlung omdaan.
mention
hminglam; hmin telh; ngaan laai in .
menu
rong zuar hnaak a man cazin.
mercantile
pursum lailawn thu sumtuah thu.
mercenary
tangka thawn zawng hnaak raalkaap.
mercerize
mazalaih pon; pupon bang.
merchant
dawr bawntu; sum bawntu.
merciful
ninghio ngaithiamhnaak nai.
merciless
ninghio ngaithiam thailo.
mercury
makiuri; padaa; suan eer tii bang.
mercy
ninghio ngaithiamhnaak.
mere
leek; rongra; a meenma.
merge
nim (ti song ah phuum); kop; thil sam thawn kop.
meridian
laipua bialpui zuk ah a tung ai ngaan hnaak riin; suunkheeng.
merit
phathnaak; aankuul thil.
mermaid
ti song om phuung nupang, a eel tan hnia nga ihnaak phuung fenu.
mermerism
thin zee ruai thiamhnaak; thim am ruai thiamhnaak.
merry
nuam; lunghmui.
mess
hnokhnaak; hnokbialhnaak; zapui rong aih hmun; raalkaap te rong aih hmun khaan.
message
thucah; thuthan.
messenger
thu thantu; thucah phurtu.
metal
thiir; sui ngeen le etc te; taattuh.
meteor
aarsi zuang.
method
atidaan; bawndaan.
metre
thil teh hnaak mita pakhat ; zung 39.37.; a sau a saang teh hnaak rawpeek; rii .
mew
zawhngeu aai; ngeu ti.
mica
aleem neuneu ai om lapua song suak thil hin khat, maikah.
microbe
duurbing leek thawn hmuh thilh uur hik pangang.
microphone
aw cawmruaitu thil.
microscope
thil beuhciriik siik hnaak duurbing.
mid
alaai; laaiteng.
mid-day
ni suun kheeng.
middle
a laaiteng cekci.
midget
mi pate; mi ciik.
midland
ram laaiteng dung.
midnight
seulaai.
midsummer
khaal rengre teng.
midway
hmun pakhat le pakhat lak a laaiteng.
midwife
naudongtu sii sayamah.
midwinter
khuasik cuu laaiteng.
might
ithai hmio; ithai zeel (may pt. might)
mighty
cak miangmo, huthawm cak.
migrant
mivaai; mipeem.
migrate
vaai; khua sam ah peem, tlaan.
mild
deem; rohsia lo.
mile
peng, pi 5280;
militant
raaldaih; mitawnghiam.mi puar.
militarism
raalkaap le tawngduunhnaak lam caaktu.
military
raalkaap lam.
militia
raalkaap thiam khuasong mi.
milk
hnawiti; kawlpaw, sel, mihing hnawiti; hnawiti bang thil ti..
milky
hnawi pawl bang.
milky- way
`hawng-lun vaan aarsi lampui.
mill
faang, etc rialhnaak thil.
miller
faang, etc. rialtu.
millet
faang, laaifaang.
million
1,000,000; thawng thawng siin.
millionaire
milian tangka nai.
mince
cipciar in tan sek.
mind
khuaruah um hmun hluak; thinlung; khuaruah.
mind
zaipoi; poi ti; kiilkhawl.
mine
thil mankhung co hmun kua; thil puakthai.
mine
thil co; sui co ti bang.
mineral
khursongsuak thil.
mingle
rawi; cok rawi;
miniature
beuh neu ai bawnhnaak milim, etc eg. miniature rifle: .22 raifal maithal..
minimize
a beuber a tember ah thum.
minimum
a tember; a beuhber ihnaak.
mining
khur song suak thilri co naper.
minister
vuanzi; Khristian suang,pastor le saya te.
ministry
acozah zung; Pathian naper.
minor
kum nauta; thu nauta; thupui lo.
minority
. mi temsawn; mihin tem te.
mint
tihaang ai hlahpha anhnah hin khat; tangka suhmun.
minus
umcia song an hniar sah hnaak; telh lo hnaak.
minus
hniar sah; lang sah; diir. ( - )
minute
minit; nazi ai minit.
minute
(mainiut) ciikcirik; beuh cirik.
miracle
ngaihsunurkuul; ngaitamkuul.
mirage
zawhmi tlahsaan; khuasaa zee hmun ai tlo mermo ai hmu hnaak thil.
mirror
hmel siikhnaak hlalang.
mis-spell
cafang kom khelh.
mis-spend
hmang khelh hmang sual.
mis-use
hmang sual; hman tuh bang ai hmang lo.
misadventure
bawng siat.
misanthrope
mihing cimtu le mihing hiang ai om hiamlotu.
misapprehend
ling khelh.
misappropriate
hmang sual; a ilo ah hmang.
misbehave
sinsa daan sual; a phalo ai nung.
Misc. miscellaneous.
miscarriage
nauzulh; nauhnawm. Bawn pet thil lo hnaak.
miscarry
nau zulh; bawn ben lo; bawn khelh.
miscellaneous
thil cophnop; thil cokrawi.
mischief
daan phalo.
mischievous
huatsuak; daan phalo nai.
misconceive
ruat sual,ruat khelh.
misconduct
daan phalo; daan hnawm.
misconstrue
a suullam ling sual.
miscount
siar khelh, siar sual.
miscreant
misual.
misdeed
a phalo bwwnhnaak.
misdirect
reel sual; lam hmuh khelh.
miser
tangka leek khawl ai hmang siang lotu; tangka iitzeetu.
miserable
rimsu zee; thin nuamlo roh.
misery
rimsu harsahnaak.
misfire
maithal nung lo; tlolh.
misfit
caalo; caa duun lo; rem duun lo.
misfortune
bawng-siat.
misgiving
thi aicaan hnaak; um sia lo hnaak.
misguide
hoikhelh; a ilopui ah hoi.
misinform
reel khelh; ilopi reel.
mislead
hoikhelh; a ilopui um ruai, sang ruai.
misprint
nem khelh; ilopui nem ngah( laai )
mispronounce
kam sem khelh; awsuah khelh.
misrepresent
a ilopui thu reel, suahpui.
misrule
uksual; a dikcanglo ai mi uk.
miss
kheel lo; khelh (hmuisunghnaak) ; ngaai;
miss
pasal nai lo kohnaak; leeng tica; mah tica..
missile
huat zuangzo hnaak thil, lungto, thingtan te bang; puak leh thai maimu.
mission
rampua ai hlathnaak mihing te perhnaak naper;naper hlaice.
missionary
biahnaak thu reel tuh ai ramsam ah hlathnaak mihing te; eg.siangbawi.
missis: missus
Mrs : nupui, thainu tihnaak.
mist
mawk; ziing ai mairo.
mistake
khelhhnaak;
mistake
khelh; ilopui ai bawn.
mister
pasal hming hlaan ai ngaan hnaak (Pa) ticaa. Mister; Mr.
mistress
sayamah; khawwngtunu; laamlak nupui.
mistrust
um lo; sang lo; rinsan lo.
misty
mairo zeel; mairo tam.
misunderstand
ling sual; a ihnaak bang ai ling lo.
mithun, mithan
sel; inn sel.
mitre
bishop siangbawi lukhuk.
mitten
kutruk; khuasik cuu ai hmang hnaak kutruk.
mix
rawi; kom duun.
mixture
cokrawi hnaak.
mm. millimeter
.
moan
aai ruangro, uur maan in.
moat
inn cingkiim ai luang hnaak tihliar.
mob
mi tampui; misual pawl khat.
mobile
thawn thilh zianzo .
mobilize
hmang thai vual tuh in dah cia.
mock
zohsuam; hnihsan.
model
mi cuuntuh ai dah hnaak, bawn hnaak zaimaw thil.
moderate
tuakteng; roh lo.
moderate
deem ruai; a hau te rem ruai. Moderator (n) mi hau remtu; Pesbyterian kawhhran hotu
modern
tuun san; a thar, sanman.
modernize
san man ruai.
modest
hngal lo; mi kuung.
Mohammed
Masul-man biahnaak pantu
moist
a beh; a hnuum.
molartooth
kapui; kampui ber.
molasses
fuphuul; futi phuul.
mole
zubui kelet; hmai ai po hnaak hnikhnaih haang.; mah ram thu zuartu.
mole-hill
zubui teen.
molest
hnaihnok; nupang sualpui hiam ai tawng dekdo.
moment
mitciip lak neu; camkhat.
momentary
rai lo; camkhat song.
monarch
kumpibawi; uktu lianber.
monastery
phungki inn; phungki tlawng.
Monday
Tlawngkai Nikhat; Nipha Nikhat.
money
tangka; paisa.
money-order
carek an kuat hnaak tangka.
mongoose
ruul-raal; vawrvok.
monitor
tlawngta upa; saya bawmtu ; zaibang ii ti cuultu; lo siiktu.
monk
phungki; siangbawi; saangbawi.
monkey
zawng;zawng hin caang.
monogamy
nupui pakhat leek nai, pasal pakhat leek nai daan.
monopolize
pakhat leek in hap sek; pakhat leek in huap sek.
monopoly
pakhat leek in hapsekhnaak, dawr bawn teng ah.
monotheism
Pathian pakhat leek biahnaak.
monotone
aw saang le niam thuul lo ai suah hnaak aw.
monotonous
thuul ti om lo; amah keel.
monsoon
Asia ram hlanglam ah fuur le khaal song sii hnaak ruah.
monster
suah tuh keel ai suak lo hnaak mihing le ramsa .
month
hlasiar; eg. one month : hla khat.
monument
haituh lohnaak; hihtiotuhhnaak aibawn hnaak thil.
moo
sel, kawlpaw lawi te rung aw.
mood
thinlung umdaan; thin song ai `uat daan.
moon
hlaa; hlaapa; vaan vum ai hlaa.
moose
Sakta Amerika ram om kihho hin khat.
mop
thil nuulhnaak pon.
mop
nuul.
moral
apha le aphalo thinlung lam; ziaza.
moral
thuanthu ihlahlekhaw, tawk le hmuhnaak an ngah hnaak thil cuunpha.
morale
rinsan duun hnaak; haalhahhnaak.
morals
ziaza nundaan
more
tam deuh, tam sawn. adv. ..rih.
moreover
cia hlai ah; ciacung ah.
morning
ziing; ziinglam.
morning star
vaartin aarsi.
morose
thinsui lo.
morphine
bing thawn bawwn hnak mitmuh sii.
morrow
thaininghla; thanghla.
morse
mai laileuh; ni laileuh; aw thawn kuat hnaak thiirri lai.
morsel
kaakhat; baarkhat rong; rong temneu.
mortal
thithai.
mortar
pukpui maithal beuh pawl; mawta pukpui.; sum, faang, etc. deeng hnaak sum.
mortar
thun, ruunsiat le tii rawihnaak nawngbeek.
mortgage
pawng hnaak thil; tangka zawwngtu ai tlan leh tuh in pe hnaak thil.
mortify
thin uur ruai; zakthi ruai.
mortuary
mithi luang dah hmun inn.
mosque
Masulmaan biakinn.
mosquito
thosem; kawlfawi petu thosem pawl.
moss
hamhnam; nauvo.
most
ber.
most
tamber; a haatlam hnaak in tamsawn
mostly
a tamber ah;
moth
zaan fang ai zuang thai peengpelep hmul nai.
mother
nu; tetu nu; metilah upaber. mother country : sul phum hmun ram.
motherless
nu nai lo.
motion
thilmerdaan; reel tuh ai thu thun hnaak.
motivate
sinsa ruai; mer ruai; so.
motive
sinsa tuh ai sotu; mer ruaitu; ti ruaitu thinlung.
motor
thil ver ruaitu thazaang, etc. electric motor.
motor-car
maw`awka.
motor-cycle
mo`or bike. mawtaw saikal.
motto
hluuntuh thusirhsan; eg. union is strength.
mould
thil buur hnaak kuang; eg. suan buur hnaak kuang, etc.
mould
thil uu; rong khing uu tibang.
moult
hmul kolh.
mound
mualbawk neu; laipua pum hnaak.
mount
tlaang; mual saang.
mount
kaai, nuamneu in kaai; saai vum kaai; zuk taar.
mountain
tlaang, mual.
mountaineer
tlaang kaai thiamtu.
mountainous
tlaang tam.
mourn
kah (mithi)
mouse
buthi;
moustache
hmuurhmul.
mouth
kaa; ka mom hmun kaa; uum kaakua� palang kaakua; etc.
mouth-organ
kaa in tum hnaak baaza.
mouth-piece
kaa song ai rolh hnaak thil; hlung tum fan g ai kaa song rolh hnaak bang te.; thuthang laai, etc. misam caa ai pongtu; thu suahtu.
movable
thawnthilh,
move
thawn; merthilh.
movement
merhnaak; thawnhnaak; sinsahnaak.
movie
zuknung; baisakup.
moving
thawn teng;sinsa teng; thasia thai.
mow
aat, saat (vaang kawn thawn fang aat, hampa thawi )
Mr. Mister. U, Pu; Pa.
Mrs. Missis. Mistress. Innsungnu; Nu; Pi.
much
tam roh; tampui.
mucus
hnaphnaar; hmaihma hnaai.
mud
nawng; nawng beek.
muddle
hnok ruai; buai ruai.
muffle
op; ponlum thawn op.
muffler
hawngvelh ponlum.
mug
mak khuat; khuat haai.
mulberry
puu kuang.
mule
laak ( saai kahpia )
muleteer
laakkhaal; laakkhortu.
multifarious
hin tam roh roih hnaak.
multilate
hliik; tan, hlaai.
multilateral
ram tampui tel .
multiple
hin tampui tel.
multiplication
zaai hnaak ( X ) eg. 2 x 2 : 4.
multiply
zaai; tam ruai.
multitude
mihing rual; thil tam meeng-mo.
mum
pong lo; dapneu ai om.
mummy
nu tihnaak.
mumps
biangbop uur.
munch
ai ruapro.
mundane
he laivuum.
municipal
khuapui lam.
municipality
mahneu thunai khuapui; sipiintayayi.
munition
raal thilthuam (maithal; zaamdawng tec.)
mural
bang vum ai ngaan hnaak zuk.
murder
mi- reek.
murder
reek; mihing reek hrim.
murmur
cam; kamham in cam thinkhim lo maan in.
muscle
tiit; baan tiit, kawng tiit ti bang.
muscular
tiit khal nai; tiitsa khal nai.
muse
khua ruat.
museum
pu-pa thilhlunte dah hmun inn.
mush-room
paa; suuntlung paa, paa uithin ti bang.
music
awmawi.
musician
awmawi tumthiam.
musket
laai maithal.
Muslim
Islam biahnaak sangtu.
must
teengteeng; rori; hrimhrim tu tihnaak. eg. You must go : feh tu hrimhrim.
mustard
pakaap.
mute
pong thiam lo.
mutiny
raalkaap te raaltho; uktu tawnghnaak.
mutton
tuu sa.
mutual
khat le khat ruatsah duun hnaak; mi pahnih hlawm ai bawn, tihnaak.
muzzle
ui, mehleng te hnaar, hmuur.
my
ai, i. eg. my father : I pa. this is my book : he laaibu heh kaimah ai ii.
myriad
siarzohlo.
myrrh
a hmui roh thing hliing.
myrtle
thing niam hin khat.
myself
kaimah lala; kaimah le kaimah.
mysterious
ngaihtam kuul; lin har.
mystery
ngaihtam pha; thulinhar; thil thupruuk.
mystic
linhar; thupruuk; thuthup.
mystify
ngaihtam ruai, ngaisun uur ruai ling thilo maan in.
myth
hehlaan lai ai Karik te thuanthu, khuaziingpa leziingnu thuan thu; phuahfawm hnaaak thuanthu.
mythical
linhar ; phuahfawmhnaak.
mythology
linhar thuan-thu zirhnaak.
mythun
sel, inn sel.