hmr: Phierhnungkhir

en: to bind or tie the hands behind the back

pos: v


hmr: Sorkar

en: a Hindi originated term for government

pos: n


hmr: Inhrukna puon

en: a towel, a cloth for wiping off perspiration


hmr: Vanlaizawl

en: the wide open sky, the expanse sky


hmr: Sahrang

en: the generic name of the more ferocious wild animals (tumpang, nghalchang, tiger, lion, elephant, etc)


hmr: Chite

en: very small, very little (in size), very tiny

pos: adj


hmr: Bahla

en: to be hindered, something which makes one fails to accomplish what one ought to be or accomplish, shortcomings


hmr: Inkungkei

en: to have a connection with each other


hmr: Káng

en: to be raised off the ground, to be lifted off the ground


hmr: Un la

en: an adverbial suffix of commanding words

pos: adv


hmr: Sawngka

en: the platform in front of a Hmar traditional house


hmr: Supari

en: a Hindi originated term for betel nut


hmr: Insunhlum

en: a suicide by way of piercing oneself with a knife


hmr: Sangdawn

en: a portion of a bride price given to one of the bride’s elder sister


hmr: Tuivamit

en: a small pool of water in a jungle not far from stream


hmr: Insan

en: to strain, to puff out the stomach


hmr: La hmang

en: to remove, to take elsewhere, to take away


hmr: Lem

en: a model, an image, a picture, imitation


hmr: Huoisuol

en: to become septic or get poisoned


hmr: Painar

en: pioneer; road construction worker of the 1980s and 1990s


hmr: Inhnai

en: close, near to each other; to have a pus (on injured body)


hmr: Hemzang

en: a splitter mostly used when cutting wood


hmr: Thlèngpui

en: a large plate used for eating meal in the Hmar traditional family or during feast


hmr: Mawk

en: invisible (moon); dark, an attractive colour


hmr: Pom

en: to embrace, to take hold of, to accept, to obey, to give heed to


hmr: Sunhlum

en: to kill by piercing with pointed weapon


hmr: Haw haw

en: a verbal note or sound of encouragement


hmr: Lungril

en: the heart, the mind, the thoughts


hmr: Rêm

en: to stop, to abate, to fade, to stop flaring, to extinct


hmr: Nghal

en: immediately, straightway, while about it


hmr: Inkhang

en: to places (anything long) in a more or less horizontal position


hmr: Thin thrawng

en: to be startled, to receive a shock by bad news, etc


hmr: Tawm

en: to shrink, to crouch, to be crumpled, to be contracted, (as the finger, arm or leg)


hmr: Khawfingchat

en: daylight, the first break of dawn


hmr: Parlak

en: to harvest by cutting off the ears of grain and leaving the stalks standing


hmr: Finkhawm

en: to mix together, to add together


hmr: Sura lieng thlak ang

en: to change one’s direction before reaching one’s destination as Sura while carrying a load on his shoulder change it from right to left shoulder and then foolishly change his direction too

pos: phrase


hmr: Tuituo

en: to make tasty, to give a flavour, to flavour, to season


hmr: Khawvar

en: early dawn, daybreak, day, daylight


hmr: Phierru

en: to plot against secretly, to conspire secretly


hmr: Kotkhar bulah

en: near the doorway, at the door, at the threshold


hmr: Chìl

en: crashing or thrashing with leg, to tread out ‘as grain’, to stamp


hmr: Kopza

en: a Hindi originated term for hinges of a door or window


hmr: Pheisam man

en: winning a ‘pheisam’, caught hold of ‘pheisam’ or a sudden and unexpected luck or prosperity (Pheisam - a one-legged ghost often falls down while walking. Those kind hearted human who help him stand up to walk again are blessed with whatever things they wish for. Hence, the term ‘pheisam man’ is coined when someone who unexpectedly and in a short period of time becomes rich.


hmr: Inzapui

en: feeling ashamed of, to be ashamed of


hmr: Lieng

en: a handle (of pot, spoon, etc), a wall plate


hmr: Sakhuo

en: religion, religious rites and customs


hmr: Fak rongbawltu

en: one who prepare food, a cook


hmr: Zillawkna

en: warning, caution against danger


hmr: Pum zapna

en: the pistons of a blacksmith's bellows


hmr: Mi vervek

en: a treacherous, a deceitful person


hmr: In hna

en: a variety of thorny leaf used as roof in a traditional Hmar village hut


hmr: Pungkhawm

en: to assemble, an assembly, gathering in large number


hmr: Ieng lem am

en: which one?

pos: prn with interrogation mark


hmr: Kapmar

en: to wedge open straight (to the limit)


hmr: Hnawk

en: to push or sweep on one side; to aggressively make other accept


hmr: Nerthleng

en: to succeed in going through (a difficult test)


hmr: Kem

en: to get or take at the same time, at the same time


hmr: Insahla

en: getting oneself involves in an issue uninvited


hmr: Biel

en: round, spherical, square, spherically


hmr: Nghawng

en: the neck of a four-legged animals (always reserved to be given to the maternal grandfather or uncles of the one who kills the animal)


hmr: Her

en: to turn round, to revolve, to gin (as cotton)


hmr: Rèl

en: a Hmar basket made of finest cane where woman’s finest clothes are kept


hmr: Hmul phawina

en: a tweezer for pulling out hairs


hmr: Bêl sunga sa

en: expression of something which is sure to come or happen


hmr: Thla lak

en: to take picture, to shot camera, to take photo


hmr: Thral vaekchar

en: the hottest and driest time of the dry season


hmr: Thlatlum

en: to be at ease at a place or with someone else


hmr: Khêk

en: to defer, to hoard, to save for the future, etc


hmr: Vokluphan

en: a sacrificial post upon which the skull of a domesticated pig is exposed


hmr: Hlan

en: a ladder, a support from one tree to another


hmr: A ni leh thla a dang nawh

en: used to express a short period of time


hmr: Buchip

en: a period when children are still in infant stages


hmr: Kom

en: miserly, stingy, mean, to be miserly, etc


hmr: Zawl sazang

en: meat of the back or hind of an animal meant for ‘zawl’


hmr: Vêng

en: a village, vicinity, neighbourhood, a neighbour


hmr: Sinate

en: a sub clan under Banzang clan of Hmar Darngawn


hmr: Sùn

en: to take after, to resemble (parents, etc)


hmr: Khilai

en: a Hindi originated word of giving something to someone free-of cost, a treat


hmr: Innghirngho

en: to quarrel one with another, to be at loggerheads, to be at enmity


hmr: Insawk

en: to relieve one another, to take turns, one after another


hmr: Tuipui kam

en: the sea cost, sea shore, beach


hmr: Khuptong Valte

en: a sub clan under Hmar Lawitlang Varte


hmr: Zing

en: an affix denoting continuity, frequently, repeatedly, continually, without a break


hmr: Leitrangsen

en: the name of a species of squirrel


hmr: Thler

en: a street between two rows of houses


hmr: Aihretil

en: the shoot or sprout of edible ‘aihrie’


hmr: Thawkrim

en: to labour, to toil, to work hard


hmr: Lenglai

en: the time of life before marriage


hmr: Hnuk suktlai

en: to pamper one's self with all kinds of food


hmr: Kuthnung

en: the work of one’s hand or something which signals somebody’s hand or work


hmr: Nihliep khum

en: to hold an umbrella, to use an umbrella


hmr: Insukthienghlim

en: to clean or purify oneself


hmr: Thilthek

en: name of wild plant the leaf of which is used for roofing in traditional Hmar house


hmr: Saisuo kawr

en: the stem of "saisuo" which is a much-loved curry item


hmr: Luoithli

en: poetical term for tear or tear drop


hmr: Sailai D

en: poetical term for one’s current young lover


hmr: Luok

en: to scoop out from a container, to lift anything on a tray, to take out from any container by using spoon


hmr: Thring

en: stale, cold, not eaten the same time as cooked, to get stale, cold, etc


hmr: Dam san

en: life’s purpose, that which makes life worth


hmr: Unau hmelhai

en: conflict between brothers & brothers (n) the time after sunset and complete darkness when it is even to difficult one’s brothers or sisters


hmr: Tirdakum

en: detestable, abominable, disgusting, loathsome, nauseous


hmr: Kangdar lukhum

en: a name given to various kinds of hats or helmets


hmr: Triek

en: to come to an end, to finish (a meeting or gathering)


hmr: Chie hnip

en: to soften by soaking or dipping (in liquid)


hmr: Changthleng

en: a variety of Hmar indigenous bird trap set on tree branches


hmr: Hnuk chat

en: an imaginary cord which is supposed to snap at death; to die


hmr: Sel

en: brave or tolerant under suffering, to endure patiently


hmr: Chawkrawl

en: a small piece of woods used to light the bigger ones


hmr: Inthlada

en: to let the active momentum loosen and relax over it, careless, negligent


hmr: Hnawm tin phur

en: one who took all the negative vibes and accusations


hmr: Sahatra

en: a variety of wild tree with non-edible fruit


hmr: Pawl khawng

en: to search for the left behinds of a harvest, to glean on the finished harvests


hmr: Paijama

en: a Hindi originated term for loose pants


en: to say, to tell, to inform, to teach, to express


hmr: Chât

en: dry, parched, to dry, to be dry, (human body), etc


hmr: Phong

en: to take off (as a cover, hat, etc), to come or fall off, to open up a bit


hmr: Ar chuk tlak loa insiem

en: to make someone or oneself worthless, disgusting or distasteful


hmr: Thinglubul

en: a short undeveloped tree believed to be haunted


hmr: Dûm chengkol

en: a variety of edible snail found inundated in wet fields


hmr: Thlantuibuok

en: a traditional ritual performed by a family member of a death person for those who could not attend the burial program


hmr: Riral

en: to be spoiled, to become useless, to pass away


hmr: Keng

en: to take, to bring, to hold, to have with one or upon one's person


hmr: Samal

en: hind leg of animal flesh given by a man to his sister in a Hmar tradition


hmr: Kopthap

en: to stick firmly to something else (a wall)


hmr: Âwngthlâk

en: hole of a floor where waste items are dropped


hmr: Inhlukhum

en: a woman forcing herself to a man’s house to be his wife without being legally married; to enter the enemy’s fortress and siege


hmr: Inhmur

en: to sulk, to show a sulky face with the lips stretch out


hmr: Făm

en: a liquid substance that is about to drop very slowly


hmr: Phunchong

en: the name of a tree yielding a cotton reel flower that mostly grows on flat and plain areas and often regard as a by-product of obedience


hmr: Zangna dom

en: to compensate, to atone to one for having done one wrong, to make amends


hmr: Rêm

en: to stop, to abate, to fade, to stop flaring, to extinct


hmr: Ditthlang

en: to make a choice, to choose, to select


hmr: Inhlut tuo

en: respecting or giving regards to each other


hmr: Sawng ang saw

en: like that, like those, that kind, that sort

pos: prn


hmr: Sáwn man

en: fine paid by a man to a woman for impregnating her out of wedlock


hmr: Thungrul

en: return one’s due, to repay, to avenge


hmr: Hlawhlâm

en: anything sold (by poor people who are unable to cultivate jhum) in order to make beer, tobacco, baskets, meat


hmr: Intak

en: late, not on time, behind schedule


hmr: Sikinhning

en: to shiver or tremble because of body temperature or fever


hmr: Tak

en: appreciable in size or quality (for plants such as potatoes, yam, etc)


hmr: Meng

en: to wake, to be awake, to open (as eyes)


hmr: Inzom

en: to connect, to join to, to subscribe, to be joined together, to be contiguous


hmr: Aibu

en: name of creeper with strong odour used to catch fish


hmr: Inthri

en: to frighten, to startle, to make someone scare


hmr: Tluok

en: and expression of a very sticky particles (chirhak inhnak tluok = a very sticky mud)


hmr: Tlungte

en: a sub clan under Hmar Lawitlang Hrangchal


hmr: Awktalaileng

en: one that has been captured


hmr: Chawtol

en: big bowl used in kitchen for washing, etc


hmr: Thingai

en: a pile of firewood, a wood stack


hmr: Ranglong

en: name of a Hmar kindred tribe settled in Tripura


hmr: Tuivalawng

en: the name of several species of water birds


hmr: Khir

en: arduous, difficult, hard, burdensome


hmr: Thlankhar

en: the piece of wood or bamboo with which the recess at the bottom of a Hmar grave is closed to prevent refilled soil from direct contact with the corpse when the grave is filled in


hmr: Theiriel

en: the name of an edible fruit bearing tree


hmr: Chuonchung

en: the lower part (of a village, jhum, etc)


hmr: Thrut

en: the foot of (mountain), bases, the stand (lamp)


hmr: Kawlhrawng

en: bold with plenty of nerve, robust


hmr: Ngei

en: to be acclimatized, to agree with, which is matching and growth oriented to the mind and body


hmr: Fe malam

en: to buy or get or visit while on the way


hmr: Trongvai

en: to talk in sleep or in delirium


hmr: Thei chang sien

en: had it be possible (a wish)


hmr: Hrang hrang

en: different kind, different type


hmr: Nulam

en: a man’s brother in-law who married his wife’s sister; men whose wives are sisters


hmr: Inkûi

en: to roll down (some or round spherical object)


hmr: Imu suok

en: wanting to sleep, to feel sleepy


hmr: Sa thithun

en: sausage like pudding made with blood and spices filled in the large intestine (pig, dog)


hmr: Hnung tieng

en: behind, backward, afterwards


hmr: Rethei

en: poor, unfortunate, miserable, tired, afflicted, miserable, unfortunate


hmr: Láng

en: to become unpopular, to lose the esteem of others, to come into disrepute, to give place to, to float


hmr: Za

en: poetical term for ‘together’ (khawm or tlang are the regular or normal term)


hmr: Thil dangah

en: in other respects, in other things


hmr: Fieratui

en: the water of a small stream proverbially used to denote crystal clear water


hmr: Thlei bik nei lo

en: impartial, just, fair


hmr: Thawlawm dawl

en: to collect offerings in the Church


hmr: Trin

en: a tin; a unit of measurement of un-husked paddy mostly in the hill villages and is equivalent to some 15 kilograms. The size of jhumland is also calculated from the amount of paddy that can be grown or planted in it


hmr: Pang

en: the body, the flank, the side (of a mountain, etc)


hmr: Hoklak

en: in the prime age, in the youthful stage


hmr: Fân

en: elastic, to stretch, to be elastic


hmr: Suonginsam

en: to run out of rice or food for cooking


hmr: Inthlong

en: to move something from one container to another


hmr: Tlangsin

en: a public work in which the whole villagers are expected to take part


hmr: Rawtrek

en: fire crackers (associated with festivals)


hmr: Tlaran

en: to be impoverished, to be depleted, to be exhausted (by oneself)


hmr: Thing thiem

en: one who is smart in tree climbing and others related with trees


hmr: Sak tieng

en: eastern, eastward, upwards, towards the east


hmr: Phahram

en: the name of a reed, elephant grass


hmr: Insukchau

en: to weaken oneself or each other


hmr: Lungrunpui

en: a term used to call one’s lovers


hmr: Thruonawp

en: fragile, weak, in bad condition


hmr: Phordawk

en: to take out, to exhume, to reveal


hmr: Inthlung tir

en: to host a stranger, to play host to


hmr: Thlor

en: to distil, to leach, to sprinkle, to make saltpetre or lye


hmr: Vuokdûp

en: name of a fruit-bearing creeper plant


hmr: Khuong ang khu

en: those kind of (down there)


hmr: Sàm ang zâl

en: to lay on the ground like cut grass


hmr: Hre hmang

en: to keep away, to keep out of sight


hmr: Chîng

en: to plant, to sow, to be in the habit of using


hmr: Khum betna um

en: to be bed ridden with illness


hmr: Ngaia nei

en: to become accustomed, to get accustomed to, to take things for granted


hmr: Hrâtkhawkheng

en: famous or renowned for bravery


hmr: Vobik

en: to favour one more than the others


hmr: Ruteng

en: a variety of wild plant used to catch fish


hmr: Pakhat khom

en: none, not even one, not a single one


hmr: Chutaka inthok chun

en: from thereon, since then, from that place


hmr: Lainat

en: to feel sorry for, to compassionate, to sympathize


hmr: Inhnawm

en: to relief oneself from nature’s call


hmr: Tîm

en: to be careful, to be wary, to beware, to be cautious, careful, wary, cautious, etc.


hmr: Umlai

en: the name of the personification of death, supposed to be the author of death and sickness


hmr: Vangduoi-Vangnei

en: a lucky escape from a terrible situation, meeting misfortune accompanied by a compensating factor


hmr: Lamtluong lam

en: name of one of the eight dances performed during Sikpui festival


hmr: Hawiher

en: demeanour, movements, manner, etc


hmr: Sakeizangziepuon

en: a Hmar traditional shawl


hmr: Bu chil

en: crashing of paddy using the feet


hmr: Mitdawivai

en: to conjure, to deceive the eyes


hmr: Intel

en: to wriggle (due to pain), to move about, etc


hmr: Konkawna

en: poverty, destitution, indigence


hmr: Ran tlatna hmun

en: grazing ground, pasture land


hmr: Kop

en: to stick to, to be attached, to adhere


hmr: Thla

en: the moon; a month, lunar month; spirit, ghost; wings; shadow, photo; a descendant, posterity


hmr: Zawllei

en: a fine imposed on those who commit sexual offences


hmr: Inkot

en: to carry a load on each end of a stick the centre of which rests on the shoulder


hmr: Thralthro

en: inflamed and swollen of the groin


hmr: Bau themthiem

en: eloquent, one who speaks fluently


hmr: Ramri

en: boundary, frontier, border, demarcation line


hmr: Tra

en: term for a woman to refer to all her brothers and male cousins or relatives


hmr: Intok

en: the name of a game played with a top, to play at the above game, to collide


hmr: Fawn

en: to surge, to move up and down (as water), to wave


hmr: Vul lai

en: the time of being in full bloom, the time of being in height of glory