wade
) ti rah.
wafe
bisikut sang.
wag
merh; mai merh.
wage
nihlawh; perman.
wager
kam; tangka in kam.
wagon
thilphur leeng sau.
wagtail
vaphi; sasadiik.
waif
naupang vaakvaai; siiktu thiathai nailo naupang.
wail
aai ruangro.
waist
eel, taai.
wait
iang. wait on sb: cabuaiqhu; rong pe.
waiter
iangtu; cabuai`hu.
waiting
ianghnaak.
waitress
cabuai`hu nupang.
waive
kut zaap; vaaihla.
wake
phawk; mitmu phawk.
wakeful
mitmu sul; mitmu uur lo phawkthai leklo.
waken
phawr mitmu phawr.
walk
lamleeng.
walk
lam vaak.
wall
bang.
wallet
paisa dip.
wallow
bual; nawng ah bual.
walnut
titcia kuang.
walrus
nga honai.
waltz
Miraang laam hin khat.
wan
daadu.
wand
mitkher thiam hmang hnaak faikiang sau.
wander
tumhnaak nai lo vaak meenma.
wane
hlaa paai.
want
daihhnaak; hiamhnaak; nuam-hnaak.
want
daih; hiam; nuam.
wanting
sam hial; khim lo.
wanton
salhiam; tlaan dekdo.
war
raal; tawngduun hnaak.
war dance
raal laam.
war-like
raal tawnghiam.
warble
(vaneu) laasa.
ward
siizung mi-uur khaan; zatkuat; tlaang.
ward
ward sth off. Hmun sam ah dah teu (thil phalo; laukuul).
ward-robe
kongvon pon te dah hmun bizu.
warden
thil pakhat khat kiiltu.
warder
thawng inn kiiltu.
ware
thil bungseng.
ware-house
thil bungseh dah hmun.
warfare
raal tawngduunhnaak.
warm
lum; ,khua lum.
warm
lum ruai.
warmth
khualum.
warn
raalring ruai; tiamkho.
warning
raal ringhnaak.
warrant
aana;acozah hnen ai peekhnaak thil bawwn thilhnaak thu.
warrior
raalkaap; raal tawngtu; raalpha.
wash
som; ti thawn som.
wash
takhlu.
washer
thilsawphnaak ceet;tlawngkheen daantu saphaw; thiirtleep.
Washington
U.S.A. khuapui.
wasp
khoibeel; khoingal te.
wastage
ro raam ruaihnaak; heuhnaak.
waste
roraam ruai; heu; heu ruai.
wastefull
roraam thai. Heu roh.
watch
kil ngio; kaihsuan.
watch
ngelkhih nazi.
watchful
khuatang
watchman
kiltu; kaihsuantu.
water
ti, tidap. (pass port) vum ai khen hnaak ramdang luut thilhnaak tacik.
water
ti burh.
water-colours
ti roih thai pianzia hin caang.
water-course
ti zu hmun.
water-fall
tingamtla. (Miraang ) bawi upa hming.
water-fowl
ti-aar.
water-lily
ti lili paar.
water-logged
ti beh zee;beh tikawk laipua.
water-mark
khuavaar ah siik fang dian ai hmu thai laaihnah song ai hnikhnaih.
water-melon
phaze thai.
water-pot
ti beel.
water-proof
tikhaan pon; muka.
water-shed
rawnti hnaar khan hmun ram.
water-spout
tipuut.
watery
tidim.
watt
ellektik thaa.
wave
lep hleethlo.
wave
tilep.
waver
dinhmun kho lo;aaicaan ai om.
wavy
(sam) kawn hngeuhhngo.
wax
hla dee; khang rianro.
wax
khoihnuun;
way
lampui; lamkhung; kong; bawndaan.
way
hlaa roh ah.
way-farer
khualsi.
way-lay
lam lak an bawh.
way-side
laam rong.
wayward
thucuuk har;
we
kinmah, kin.
weak
thaa niar;thaa zong;cak lo;`awn`ai.
weaken
thaa niar ruai; thaa nau ruai; zong ruai.
weakling
mi `awn`ai; mi thazee.
weakness
thaazee hnaak; caklohnaak; `awn`aihnaak.
weal
vual; rihual vihmaa.
wealth
sumsaw; liathnaak.
wealthy
thilnai milian.
wean
hnawi fawp awl, rong ai pan. (nau )
weapon
fai le vaang, maithal raalthuam te.
wear
feeng; vong; khu, dawl, diar kaai.
wear
kongvon; hnikpon.
wearisome
cawl rimsukuul.
weary
cawl rimsu.
weary
thinlung le ruangpui zanzaai, rim.
weather
nikhua.
weather
tuar pet; tuar suak.
weave
thiam tak; thil saa; kaubawm saa ti bang.
weaver
thiamtaktu.
web
mombu; rampai kezung lak ai vun pader.
wed
nupui hoi, pasal nai.
wed-lock
hoiduun hlaan ai thutiam hnaak.
wedding
hoiduun hnaak mopuai.
wedge
khetfee; kheentio.
Wednesday
Tlawngkaai Nithum.
wee
temneu.
weed
hampa; paam.
week
zarh khat, ni 7.
week-end
Cani le Nipui Nia.
weekly
zarhsiar.
weekly
zarhcaang in.
weep
kap; thasia kap.
weevil
nimdeen nget; fang nget.
weigh
teh; rit le zaang teh.
weight
a rit; khiing.
weighty
rit; zaang lo.
weir
rawn khawkkham.
welcome
caang; hmuak; saang, cohlaang.
weld
thiir peh, a linghler teng ah.
welfare
nuncakhnaak; aanghnaak le nunnuam.
well
namkum; tikhur.
well
cak, uur lo; pha.
well-known
mi zongzong lin hnaak;hming thang.
well-nigh
nong roh hang
Welsh
Wales pon; Wales miphun.
wen
tisa hlaifuan.
went
past tense of go : feh zo.
westerly
nitlahmun lam an.
western
nitlahmunlam
westernize
ni tla hmunlam mihing nunphung cuung.
westward
ni tla hmun lam ah.
wet
beh; ro lo .
whale
huil nga.
wharf
lawng thil hma hmun khaangdawh.
what
zai, ziang eg. what do you want? Zai na daih ii?
whatever
zaikhai.
whatsoever
zaikhai ituseh.
wheat
sangvut kuang; lawti.
wheel
leengke.
wheel
leeng thawn feh.
wheel-barrow
kuttuul leeng.
wheelright
leeng bawntu.
whelk
kawngzawl.
when
zaikom.
whence
kon in, kon an.
whenever
zaikom inkhai.
where
kon ah.
whereabout
kon dungah.
wherever
konah khai.
whether
ni maw?
whetstone
lungtaat.
which
kon mi?
whichever
konmi khai.
while
tengah; laai ah.
whim
thindaih.
whimper
uur aai hlerhlo.
whimsical
thu daih reel thai.
whine
awfeem neu in aai.
whip
ruapeek, savun rii.
whip
ruapeek maw savun rii thawn viit.
whirl
ver; ti ver; hlivua ver.
whirl-pool
tiverver.
whirl-wind
hlivua ver; siimpai.
whisk
lang vual ai thiar teu.
whisker
bianghmul; kahmurhmul.
whisper
hiohio in reel.
whistle
phiriit tum.
whistle
phiitphiit; phiriit.
white
raang; ngo.
white-ant
laikha.
white-gourd
maimbi.
white-lie
thudon; mi tthin uur thailo thudon.
white-wash
thun raang le tidap rawi hnaak.
white-wash
thun raang maat.
whither
kon ah.
whitlow
kut tin hmaihma.
whiz
rang ngai ai feh.
who
aisu, su.
whoever
aisukhai.
whole
a veek; a pumpuluk.
whole-sale
a hlom a tom ai zuar daan.
wholesome
rong pha rong thiang; nun cakhnaak (rong )
wholly
a veek in.
whom
aisu (object of the verb).
whooping-cough
khuh-hiip.
whose
aisu ai.
whosoever
aisu khai.
why
zaimaan in.
wick
maica; phazawngden a laairi.
wicked
thin phalo; thin sia; sual.
wide
kau, fiip lo.
widen
kau ruai.
widow
nuhmai.
widowed
pasal thi.
widower
pahmai, nupui thi.
width
a kaulam.
wife
nupui.
wig
bawncop sam; sam lukhuk.
wig-wam
North America om Indian te ponbuuk.
wild
deem lo; phio.
wilderness
hampalak.
wile
zawl thiam hnaak.
wilful
thinlian; lungruh.
will
tuh.eg. I will go: feh tuh iing.
will
daihhnaak; rocah.
will
daih sah.
will-o-the-wisp
khua vaang maivaar.
will-power
huhaam.
willing
hiam; paih.
willingly
hiam ngai in.
willow
thing him khat.
win
neh.
winch
thiirri rin hnaak ceet.
wind
hlivua, hli.
wind
merh; nazi tawh mer ti bang.
wind-break
hilivua khamtu; hlivua kartu.
wind-fall
bawng-van; hlivua ai tlok ruai hnaak thing thai.
wind-gauge
hlivua thaa the hnaak thil
windbag
pongtam.
windless
hli dap; hlivua zuang lo.
windmill
hlivua ai her hnaak ceet.
window
kotka.
windpipe
hlivua feh hmun dang ri; hli dawng.
windscreen-windshield
mawtawka hlaan lam ai hlivua kartu hlalang.
windward
hlivua zuanag hmun lam.
windy
hlivua tam.
wine
cabitti, thingthai ti.
wing
ko; vaneu ko ti bang.
wink
mit khep.
winner
nehtu.
winnow
zaap; fang khaap.
winsome
mawi; mi hiip thai.
winter
khuasik cuu.
wipe
nuul; mithli nuul ti bang.
wire
thiirri.
wireless
thiirri tel lo laai kuat; redio.
wireless
redio.
wisdom
fiimhnaak.
wise
fiim.
wish
daihhnaak; saduhthathnaak.
wishful
daihsah hnaak; isehlai ti hnaak.
wit
fian roh ai ponkam hmanag thiamhnaak; thiamhnaak.
witch
hnam; nupui hausa hmelsia..
witch-craft
hnam le dawi thiamhnaak.
with
thawn in; thawn; eg. kaimah thawn.
with-hold
pe siang lo.
withal
a dang hmuahhmuah thawn; ciabang in; cia cung ah.
withdraw
khel tawi; lel leh.
wither
voi ai ro.
within
cia song; a song an.
without
lo in.
withstand
a tong tian tuar ben.
witless
fiimlo; zaai linglo.
witness
lingtu, hmutu; teetti.
witness
hmu ai ling.
wittingly
fiim thiam ngai in.
witty
fiimthiam; ngian nai.
wive
nupui.
wizard
mitkher thiamtu; dawithiam.
wobble
rampai bang in vaak kurhko.
woe
thasiahnaak; thusia.
wolf
ram ui.
wolfish
ram-ui bang.
woman
nupang.
womb
nau inn.
won’t
short form of will not : tuh lo. eg. I won’t come: kawi tuh lo ing.
wonder
ngaihtampha.
wonder
naihtam; ngaihsun uur.
wonderful
ngaihsun uurkuul; ngaihtamkuul.
wonderous
mangbang thai.
woo
fenu, nu hiam ai zawl hlelhlo.
wood
thing, a kawng tel lo; thing tam po hmun (tuu hnaak in ciik )
wood-cock
valang ?
wood-craft
thing daaithiam.
wood-pecker
vacek.
wooden
thing thawn bawwn hnaak.
woodland
thing ram.
wool
tuu hmul.
woollen
tuhmuul thawn tak hnaak.
woolly
hmul tam; tuu hmul bang.
woolly
hmul sah.
word
pongfang; tongfang; thu; reelhnaak.
wording
ponkam hmang daan.
wore
pt of wear.
work
per, naa per. mah naper per.
work
naper; thil bawnzo hnaak pakhat.
work-house
nu le pa nai lo naupang cawm hmun inn.
work-room
naper hmun khaan.
work-shop
thil bawn hmun inn.
workable
perthilh.
workaholic
comnia nai lo ai naa perthai mihing.
worker
napertu;
working
naper hnaak.
working
naper daan.
workman
thazaang suah ai napertu.
workmanship
per thiam daan; ti thiam daan.
world
laivuum; khawveel.
worldly
laivuum lam.
worm
huut;caaingeen .
worrisome
thincawl thai; dontamkuul.
worry
thin cawl; don tam.
worry
thincawlhnaak.
worse
a phalo aam.
worsen
phalo ruai ta aam.
worship
bia; Pathian bia.
worst
phalo ber; hnawm ber.
worth
man; phuu.
worthy
phuu;eg. hauh phuu; aan phuu ti bang.
wound
liam maa.
wound
maa liam ruai.
wove
pt. of weave. tak.
wraith
mithi rauhla; a thi hlaan a thi hnua ai hmu hnaak a thitu rauhla.
wrangle
aw cawm roh in hau.
wrangle
hauhnaak.
wrap
fuun; nausen fuun bang in.
wrapping
fuun hnaak thil.
wrath
thinrawhnaak.
wreak
thinrawhnaak suah.
wreath
zuunngaih paar; thihken papaar.
wreck
hnawm; hnawmcan.
wreck
hnawmcan hnaak thilri .
wren
vaneu hin khat.
wrench
cangkam; thil merh duuk hnaak.
wrench
merh in duuk.
wrest
sut; kun ai mi sut.
wrestle
buan; buan tawng.
wretch
mi bawwngsia; mi ningdulkuul.
wretched
aanglo; lungawi lo.
wriggle
khatlam khatlam ah merh zutzo; eel merh.
wring
pon beh suur bang in merh ai suur.
wrinkle
sawng; vun sawng; hlep sawng in sawng.
wrist
zawngngeel.
wrist-watch
ngeel khih nazi.
write
laai ngaan.
writer
laai ngaantu.
writing
laingaan.
written
laai thawn ngaanhnaak.
wrong
hmaanlo; ilo;khelh; mawh.
wrong
khelhnaak; mawhhnaak.
wrong-doer
a hmaanlo bawntu; thukhelh bawntu.
wrong-doing
thil hmaanlo bawnhnaak; thil khelh bawn hnaak.
wrongful
taza lo; thu khelh pui; hmaanlo pui.
wrought iron
pum suk thilh thiir.
wrung
pt. of wring.
wry
zohsuam thah ai hni.