o.k.
pha ii; lungkhim um.; (v). lungkhim.
O.K. all correct; agreed. A dik. A hmaan; lungkim.
O.T. Old Testament. Thukam Hlun.
o�clock
nazi teek acuu; nazi tikcuu.
oak
khiil thing. Hlokhli thing.
oar
lawng hlauhnaak thingtleep.
oasis
neelrawn lak ai cirh.
oat
ot faang; miraang faang hin khat.
oath
siatti; mawh lo ing ti ai kamduunhnaak.
obedience
thuhluunhnaak; thungaihnaak.
obedient
thu ngaai thai, thu hluun thai.
obelisk
hmaili nai lungto saang pui.
obey
thu ngaai, thu hluun.
obituary
mithi um thuthan.
object
daihsah lo; lo kal.
objection
daih lo hnaak; kalhnaak.
objectionable
daihphalo; kalpha.
objective
mah bul hiamhnaak daihhnaak tel lo.
objective
sunghnaak; bawntumhnaak thil.
objector
lo daihlotu; lo kalhtu.
obligation
bawnkuul teengteeng hnaak; bawn lo cang lo.
oblige
kuul ruai.
oblique
a sawn, a kaai ngio.
obliterate
zaikhai taang lo baang lo ai hnawmruai sek.
oblivion
hai kio hnaak; pakhatkhat um ii ti linglohnaak.
oblivious
ruat lo hnaak, ling lo hnaak.
oblong
a zawl; a kaulam hnaak in a saulam sausawn thil.
obscene
hmuhsia; hmuh mawilo.
obscure
hmuh har; laangsia lo; linhar.
observance
lo cuul hnaak; siikhliohnaak.
observant
thil hmu thiam, thil lingthiamthai.
observation
phaneu in lo cuulhnaak.
observatory
ni,hlaa, aarsi te cuul, siik hmun inn.
observe
phaneu in cuul,siik; uul , puai bawn (suahnia etc.)
obsolete
hmang lo hang; san man lo.
obstacle
hlaankhatu; lo kalhtu.
obstinate
thinlian, lunglian; mah thu leek bawn hiam, thu thuul hiamthailo.
obstruct
lo kham, lo dawn,
obtain
lang, thilri lang ti bang.
obtuse
thuling har; lungmu hnuakfual. (aning) dikari 90 le 180 lak ning.
obvious
fian; hmuh thilh lin thilh ai fian.
occasion
thil pakhatkhat canghnaak tikcu caan; puai neu.
occident
Nitlahmun lam ram.
occupant
umtu; inn,hmun ai omtu.
occupation
naper; pumcawmhnaak naper.
occupy
um; mi ram lang ai om fawm.
occur
cang, thil cang.
ocean
tipui; tipithuanthum.
October
Oktuba hla; Dawng hla.
octopus
kut pariat nai tipui song um thilnung.
odd.
nambat paak, eg. 1, 3,5, 7, 9..nambat 2 thawn a bo in zem thilo hnaak nambat; tumce mihing, thil.
ode
laa; thilpha cuanhnaak laa te.
odour
rim.
of
ai. eg. a friend of mine : kaimah (ai) rual . students of the Z. T. C. : Z.T.C. ai tlawngta te.
off
an eg. he fell off the horse : saai vuum an tlok; awl,bal eg. the wedding is off : mohoi puai awl leh.
off-hand
dauzaal, mi hngal.
off-shoot
a peem; thing peem, hampa peem ti bang; a kaak peem .
off-spring
faa te (mihing, ramsa faa te).
offence
mawhhnaak; sualhnaak; mi thintokhnaak.
offend
mi thintok ruai; thinraw ruai
offensive
zoh suamhnaak tel; thinrawruai thai; raal hmun lam ah nor.
offer
pe; ahlu pe; bawmhiamhnaak laar ruai; pumpe..
offeratory
ahlu; biak khawm fang ai pehnaak sum le saw.
offering
peekhnaak; hibawlhnaak.
office
zung, acozah zung; naper..
officer
raal bawi; thunaitu bawi.
official
zunglam thu ai (reel hnaak; bawn-hnaak ); (n). zung bawi.
officiate
zung caa pervo lang.
offing
(idiom ) in the offing : cang rang tuh; cang dawndawn.
offside
sports. Bawhlung saltu riiteek kaan.
often
de, eg. kawi de, kap de, etc.
ogre
thuanthu ai mi sa aithai bilu ( laukuul mihing bang ramhuai lian pui)
oh
aw ti hnaak.
oho!
aw haw! ti hnaak.
oil
thau; thau zongzong; siti, ramsa thau, etc.
oil
thau noih; thau pawh sah.
oily
thau tlor.
ointment
noihpha thau, sii.
okra
zungmadi; mehnaal.
old
hlun; hausa; tar.
olden
a hlun ai; khuahlaan ai.
oligarchy
mi tlawmneu acozah.
olive
awlif kuang.
olympic
kum 4 ah vaikhat laivum hmuah sal zuamduunhnaak.
omega
Karik cafang hnuataber.
omelette
arti cawk hnua ai kio hnaak; aarti kio.
omen
siat le phat hmuhhnaak.
omission
telh lohnaak; lon hnaak.
omit
telh lo; lon.
omnibus
khualsii phurtu maw`awka lian pui.
omnipotent
huthawm zongzong naitu; cia mi heh Pathian ii.
omniscience
zaizongza linghnaak.
omniscient
zaizongza ling thai.
omnivorous
zaizongza ai thai.
on
vuum ah;
on
hleen, eg. play on: sal tu hleen ih.
on-coming
kawi laai hnaak.
on-looker
lo siiktu.
on-rush
rinlopui ai merhnaak; ti luang huho bang.
on-slaught
mi tawnghnaak.
once
vaikhat; vaikhat laai ah; he hlaan ah.
one
pakhat, 1.
one
noun tumruul ai hmang hnaak, eg. I forgot to bring my pen. Can you lend me one?
one-self
mah lala; mah le mah.
onesided
hmai khat nai; khat lam leek bawm thai.
onion
khahsuat san; pias.
only
leek, eg. pakhat leek ti bang.
onward
hlaanlam ah.
ooze
peet; uum keh an tii peet ti bang.; zun.
Op.cit.
in the work cited.
opal
lung mankhung hin khat.
open
zai inkhai kulh lo hnaak; hmun lawng pui; zapui lin; laang liang.
open
hong; a siin hong, dawng hong ti bang; kau, laaibu kau.
opener
honghnaak thil.
opening
hmun lawng; a panhnaak;
openly
zaikhai thup lawk lo in; langhma in.
operate
per; bawn; sinsa; tiksa aat uur bawl tuh in.
operation
perhnaak; bawnhnaak; tiksa aathnaak (siizung ah)
opinion
ruahhnaak; thin song thu.
opium
bing; riithai bing.
opponent
tawngtu; thu eeltu.; khatta lam bawmtu.
opportune
a rem-caang; a cuu pha.
opportunity
a cuu remcaang; tikcu rem.
oppose
eel; tawng; daih lo; raal..
opposite
hmaiton; hmai hoih duun;bangduun lo; zaangtaak duun.
opposition
eelhnaak; raalhnaak; raaltu.
oppress
nem; reem; rim ruai.
oppressive
mi nem thai; mi reemthai; rim pethai.
optic
mit lam .
optical
khua hmuhhnaak lam
optician
mitkharh bawntu le zuartu.
optimism
thil apha lam ai ruat, hmudaan.
optimist
thil aphalam ai ruat le hmutu.
optimistic
apha tuh lam ai ruah hnaak.
option
riiltuh; mah neu ai riil thil hnaak.
optional
riil thil; daih riil.
or
ihlah lekhaw; hlahlekhaw.
oral
kaa in; ponkam in; laai ngaan ilo.
orang-utan
Borneo le Sumatra ram om zawng baan sau roh.
orange
siisuun.
oration
mi zapui hmai ai thureelhnaak.
orator
thureeltu; thiam ngai ai thureeltu.
oratory
mi zapui hmai ai thureel thiamhnaak.
orb
a bial.
orbit
laipua,ni te khiah a bial ai ni veelhnaak kong.
orchard
thingthai vuan.
orchestra
awmawi tumhnaak thil hin tampui hmang ai laasatu mi pawlkom.
orchid
thingkep paar; bawkkham; hmuifu, senhri te.
ord-nance
pukpui bang maithal lian ngaw hmuah.
ordain
Pathian Napertu cang ruai; Pathian thu pe.
ordeal
harsa ngai hniksakhnaak; cuulhnaak.
order
thupeek; thupehnaak vuumlam upa ai thupehnaak.
order
thu pe; bawn tuh tengteeng in thu pe.
order
ruai; thil cah.
orderly
laai saantu raalkaap; siizung song napertu; adv. : a rem neu in; daan bang neu in.
ordinance
thupeek; daan.
ordinarily
a meen meen ah; ikeel bang in.
ordinary
a meenmeen; a meenma.
ordination
Pastor canghnaak puai; kutsuang puai.
ore
thiir ;etc. cangtuh lungto laipua te. eg. iron ore : thiir cangtuh lungto..
organ
miraang hlung; hlivua hmut ruai hnaak hlung; sinsa ruaitu kin ruangpui khan (`hen ).
organization
pawlpui; pawlkom.
organize
pawl sawm; khawl khawm.
Orient
nisuahhmun lam ram; ie. Asia rampui.
Oriental
Asia ram lam.
orientate
lingciang ruai ai reel; a ii hmunlamtuh ah mer ruai, hoi ruai.
origin
thawhkeh hnaak; aham ahnuuk.
original
a thawh aimi; apan aimi; cuung leh hnaak lo.
originate
thawh; hampan.
ornament
paarhnaak tilthuam, bilvuh, huk, nguun, cumci te bang.
ornithology
vaneu thu zirhnaak.
orphan
nu le pa nailo; ngaak`ah, farah.
orthodox
mi zaraan sanghnaak um ai saang ve thiam.
orthography
cafang komdaan.
ostracize
khua le ram an hnawn; khua le ram in lon.
ostrich
awstik vaneu; kala-uk bang vaneu.
other
a sam; a dang.
otherwise
lam dang in; a dang in;ihlah lekhaw.
otter
saham; saihrem.
ought
kuul, ti kuul; bawn kuul;
ounce
awngsah pakhat; thilrit the daan; pawng khat ai 1/6 rit.
our
kinmah ai; kin.
ours
kin ai.
ourselves
kinmah lala; kinmah le kinmah.
oust
hnawn; suah.
out
suumpua ah; inn ah om lo;
out-break
rinlopui in laar suak.
out-burst
puak khoihnaak; thinraw puak ruai hnaak.
out-cast
mi hneen tel lo; hnawn hnaak.
out-class
hlaih sawn; phasawn.
out-come
ngahhnaak; a man.
out-distance
hlum, kheel.
out-do
neh; phasawn in bawn.
out-door
suumpua lam; inn pua lam.
out-fit
thilthuam.
out-flank
a hianglam an kaan, kheel.
out-flow
leet; ti leet.
out-going
a suaktu (naper an) a fehtu.
out-grow
khan kheel; khang sawn.
out-last
rai sawn.
out-law
upadi suumpua ai om ruai hnaak; hnawn hnaak.
out-lay
thil pahkat caa hmang hnaak tangka ham.
out-let
apua suakhnaak (ti).
out-line
a rong riin; thu hawlpui.
out-live
rai nung sawn.
out-look
khuaruah daan; thil hmu daan.
out-lying
suumpua lam om; a hiang ai om.
out-number
tam sawn.
out-of-date
san man lo; hmang nawn lo hnaak.
out-patient
siizung to lovai siizung an siik hnaak mi-uur.
out-play
neh; phasawn in sal thiam.
out-post
raal bawh hmun.
out-put
suahzah; thil suah hnaak zah.
out-rage
thinraw; zapui thin tok ruaihnaak thi bawt.
out-rageous
thinraw thai roh.
out-rank
naper upa ngah kheel.
out-right
thin song om hmuah in; suup lo in;vaikhat pah.
out-run
kheel kio
out-set
( idiom ) apanhnaak; athawhhnaak.
out-shine
vaar sawn; tleu sawn.
out-side
suumpua
out-sider
suumpua mihing; misam.
out-skirts
hnaarpua.
out-spoken
suup nai lo thin song om hmuah pong thai.
out-standing
misam hnaak ai cuang sawn, thiamsawn; pe laailo hnaak bawn laai lo hnaak.
out-stay
rai zee leeng.
out-strip
phasawn ai bawn; ngawsawn.
out-wardly
apualam in tu.
out-weight
rit sawn.
out-wit
fiimneh.
outer
a pualam; a hiangta lam.
outing
nunnuam bawn tuh inn an suak; piknik feh.
outlandish
lam-dang; aisu ai thu cuuk lo hnaak.
outward
apualam;
oval
aarti bang ai zawl bial.
ovation
kut beeng le au ai aanhnaak.
oven
sang emhnaak beelpu.
over
khat lam in khat lam ah; leh fawn, eg. do it over : bawwn tu leh fawn.; over and over again : vai tam ngai.
over
vuum ah; cung ah; eg. aangki vum ah; lu cunglam ah.
over-balance
liir ai sawn tlap.
over-bearing
mi neh zee; mah daihnaak bawn ruai zee.
over-board
lawng pualam ti song ah.
over-burden
thil rit zee phurh.
over-coat
puata silh kor.
over-due
a cuu luan zee; a rai zee.
over-eat
ai tam zee.
over-estimate
tam zee ai `uat; saang zee ai ruat.
over-flow
leet hliaihlo.
over-grown
khang zee; ngaw zee.
over-hang
vum ah khaai liangluang.
over-haul
a veek in siik leh, rem tuh in.
over-head
lu vum; vuum lam ah.
over-hear
zaa sual rinlopui in.
over-indulge
a luan zee in nuam; nuam hlaihlawr .
over-joyed
aang hlaihlawr.
over-land
laaipua vuum an.
over-leap
dok zee.
over-load
phurh rit zee.
over-look
zuk siik; ling ngah lo; hmu ngah lo; cawh lo in ngaithiam.
over-night
zaan khat song.
over-power
neh; khuk sek, thaa le zaang thawn; buur.
over-produce
tam zee in suah; tam zee bawn.
over-rate
pha zee tuh in ruat.
over-ride
mi ruathnaak zaisiar lo ai om; thupui sawn ai dah.
over-rule
thu reel cia hnaak bal ai a thar in reel leh.
over-run
neh; cil dekdo.
over-sight
dauzaal hnaak; ling haihnaak.
over-sleep
it rai zee.
over-state
a torh ai reel.
over-stay
rai zee om.
over-step
feh kaan zee.
over-strain
thaa hmang zee; naa per zee.
over-take
man; hlaan ai vaaktu man;baan.
over-throw
lon; naper an lon.
over-time
tikcu vaal; tikcu hlai.
over-turn
bungbalet.
over-weight
thau zee.
over-work
roh zee in per; a hlai in per.
overall
pualaam ber ai sil hnaak kor fual.
overcast
mairo kaai, khua niim.
overcharge
tamzee ngeen ( thil man )
overcome
neh; tuarneh.
overcrowd
mi tam zee; mi teet zee.
overdo
bawn luan zee; bawn hlaifuan zee.
overdress
thuamduun zee; thuam mankhung khung sil.
overseas
tipui kaan lam ai ram; ram sam.
overseer
naper khawngtu; kuli khawng.
overwhelm
neh dekdo;rawt dekdo.
owe
baa; bat baa.
owing
peek tuh;
owing to
maan in.
owl
simbu vaneu.
own
nai.
owner
naitu.
ox
tilreh cia kawwlpaw cang.
ox-hide
kawlpaw phaw.
oxygen
oksijen hlivua daat.
oyster
kep,
ozone
oksijen daat leek khawm hnaak hlivua pon sahpui; ozoun.