English thumal thar

February 29th, 2012 6:00 am by Henry Vangchhia

Mizo ṭawng kan tihtak ber, Lusei ṭawng chuan hausak lam aiin dazat lam a pan tulh tulh a, English erawh chuan hausak lam a pan mek zel si. English thumal thar deuh deuh ṭhenkhat kan tarlang ang e:

Beer jacket: zu ruih vanga vawt hriat lohna sawina a tan hman a ni (The supposed insulating effect created by being drunk).

Bubbling: Dutch house music genre.

Cankle: Ngal (ankle) lian tak nei sawina.

Dringle: Thing dawhkan emaw lehkhaah emaw no huh-in a tihvâl sawina.

Dunandunate: ṭawngkam hman ngai hmang sek sawina.

Ear-worm: rilru a chamreng thei thil ngaihthlak.

Face palm: lunghnur tak emaw a hmai hup sawina emaw (an expression of exasperation or disbelief)

Floor-drobe: pindan chhuatvel a thuamhnaw dah zel zul nan a hman sawina.

Furgle: ipte chhung a pawisa nawi emaw dap fuh sawina.

Guy liner: mipa eyeliner sawina hairehai :P

Kiss and cry: Figure skating titute leh an coach ten an score an nghahna.

NSFW: Not suitable for work

LOL: laughing out loud

Unplugged: electronic hmanrua tel lova khawsakna sawina.

Sprummer: Spring leh summer hriat harsa taka nikhat emaw lum thut a nidang vawt leh thut ṭhin sawina.

Wibble : zah vang emaw ṭah chhuak taka awm vanga hmui hnuailam khur der der sawina.

Bonus: American slang-ah hian flunk tih hi nalh tihna riau ka nei tlat nia mawle.. English pangai chuan ‘fail’ tihna mai a ni hairehai :)

A hria hria-in sawibelh zel ang aw :)

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54 Responses to “English thumal thar”

  1. 1
    caribou Says:

    Mizotawng pawh hi, duh fir viau hlawm thin lo ila chuan, word thar a piang hnem asin maw le. Eg pehteh.

  2. 2
    caribou Says:

    Chhim lam leh hmar lama kan thumal thenkhat a inang lo zeuh zeuh thin te hi, fiamthu atan leh inhnial nana hmang liam mai mai lovin, tawng tihausatu ah hmangin pawm hmak ila a duhawm hle. Eg. Nuhnun leh thingfanghma, changkhen leh kawhtebel, laui leh lamkhuang, etc.

  3. 3
    chawnghilh Says:

    Portmanteau word kalhmangin mi fate chuan word thar an coin ang bawkin, Mizote pawh hian kan lo ching ve tawh thin.

    Tin, British leh American English hi hriat hran theih he he tak chu a ni. ” … are the same country, divided by the same language ..” ti khan Sir Winston Churchill-a’n US leh Britain a lo sawi fiah ngial tawh kha.

    ZOPPEN Club khan thumal tharlam a chher chhuak ngheng mai a, nuih pawh a za duh lek lek. Hmang zui tam zel tak maw?

    Tiang + kawm = tiangkawm (hockey stick).

    GOOD POST (Y)

  4. 4
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    Tihpalh lutuk, source ka dah theihnghilh daih. National Geographic magazine, December 2011 issue ami a ni e.

    chawnghilh, ka lawm e.

  5. 5
    Tete-i Says:

    Good post… ka hriat loh a awm nual mai….Thil ka hriat/zir thar phah leh ta..Post tangkai tak a ni..

  6. 6
    Soberboy Says:

    Unplugged khi a thar tho ami ? :-S

  7. 7
    aduhi Says:

    earworm, unplugged, LOL, NSFW tih te khi chu ka hre tawh a, beer jacket pawh hi idea chu nei deuh rei ruai a.

    “There was a huge dringle on my coffee table” ti ta ila mi tamtak chu an hawi hu ang. I furgled today and bought a guy liner and then listened to bubbling music which stuck like an earworm. Ehhhh

  8. 8
    chhangteval Says:

    Mizo tawng kan tih hian a hranpa a sawifiah leh kher a tul in zu han hre lovi a, ka chiang tlang vek in ka hria 🙂

  9. 9
    TuaiSialA Says:

    Dunandunate ho hi an ninawm a nia aw.. 😀

    Nia, ZOPPEN Club ho khan thumal thar thahnem lutuk an chher chhuak a, kan pawm ta lem lo chu a nih kha. Thenkhat phei chuan kan nuihzat liam mai mai ringawt a, tawng tihhauhsak nana thil tha leh pawimawh a nih teh vei nen. Kha’ng ho kha zawm zui ta vek ila chu kan tawng hi a intodelh ve tawk ang a, hmasawn lam a pan tawh ang.

    A bengvarthlak khawp mai. (Y)

  10. 10
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    Soberboy #6 word pangai angah an lakluhnaa la reilo ani mahna. #4 khi han chhiar chhin teh khai 🙂

  11. 11
    aduhi Says:

    Tawng thumal thar te hi chu amaha lo evolve ve chi niin ka hria, ZOPPEN ho siam ang te kha chu a nuihzatthlak na chu tuma la hman ngai loh kha “Hei hi lo hmang tawh rawh u” an rawn ti ringawt a, a thumal pawh hriatfuh hleihtheih loh laia han hman lehnghal kha chu har tak a ni.

    Chutih laiin tawngkam amah rawn insiamchho ve ringawt, eg CK tih te, chhas bem tih ang chi te hi tuman official takin tawngkam thar a ni e, an ti lo. An lo awm ve tawp mai.

  12. 12
    roseparvul Says:

    MEH tih kha hman deuh khan a awm sia, ka rin aiin an uar lo

    MEH! = ei lo lutuk ang expression

  13. 13
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    chhangteval #8 Mizo tawng chi hrang hrang a awm ie:Hmar, Lusei, Thadou, Ralte, Paite, Hrangkhawl, Zahau, Lai, Mara adt. Khitiang tawng hrang hrang hmangte hi Lusei vek kan nih loh avangin ‘Lushai’ (Lusei) tih a tangin Zohnahthlak zawng zawng khaikhawm nan kan identity (Mizoram chhungah) Mizo tih kan nita a ni.

    Lunglei leh Aizawl bial velah Lusei tawng hi kan tawng tualleng ber, Mizo hnam hrang hrang ten kan hmang tlanlawn ber a ni a. Mizo tawng hrang hrang atanga thumal lak khawm anih vang pawh ania’ng e, Mizo tawngah tawng hausa ber anita reng a ni.

    Chuvangin, Lusei tawng hi ‘Mizo tawng’ tih a sual lova, a dik em em laiin Mizo tawng dang hote hi Mizo tawng nilo ang dawn dawn a ngaihna erawh a dik hauhlo bawk.

    aduhi #11 i sawi khi ka hmuhdan ve tho a ni awm e. hairehai 🙂

  14. 14
    TuaiSialA Says:

    Tuna kan thumal hman tam tak hi a nuihzatthlak zawngah chuan nuihzatthlak tak a ni. Zak (nâk chung) te, chithlum, chini, chibai adt. a tam lutuk. Tunah chuan keimahnin kan phuah belh loh chuan amahin a rawn piang mai mai lovang, tawng dangin min chiahpiah nasa lutuk. Thumal tin deuhthaw hi hriat tirh chuan a nuihzatthlak a, hman than erawh chuan a nuihzatthlakna a bo mai a ni. Kei paw’n ka zawm rih lem lo nachungin, thuziakah zawm thei zel ila a tha ngawt ang. A bu ka nei a, hman tangkai âwm a ni. Hmang lo mah ila, Saptawng thumal hrim hrim hi ka hmang tlem viau, a Mizo tawng awm angah hi chuan hman loh hram hram ka duh thin.

  15. 15
    chawnghilh Says:

    Coffee ring: Thing dawhkan emaw lehkhaah emaw no huh-in a tihvâl sawina atan kan hman thin a ni a.

    Dringle hi DRUNK + SINGLE kaihkawp a ni.

  16. 16
    chawnghilh Says:

    History of English Literature han chulnel chin chhunah, WORD an lo ngahna chhan hi LOAN WORDS an hreh lo. TRAFFIC tihte pawh etymology lam hawia thlek phei chuan tunlaia kan hman dan nen chuan inmil mar nalh tak chu a ni tawh bik lo.

    Scientific nomenclature phei chu Grik, Latin thumal hawh khawm hi a ni ber mai. Grimm’s Law kalphung hre chiang tan phei chuan thumal rawn pian chhuah dan kawngkal a hai theih loh viau.

  17. 17
    chawnghilh Says:

    NSFW, LOL, WHO ang duang hi chu word a ni lo va, acronym tia hriat an ni mah zawk.

    Verner’s Law atangin awphawi lam ve thung …

  18. 18
    Dr Mahminga Sailo Says:

    Post tha leh tangkai tak a ni… (Y)

    Flunk tih khi college kan kal laiin, paper har deuh kan tih apaing hian Naga pakhatin a hmang teh fo va. Chuta tang chuan ka hre ve. Chukchu Nite-a ThanKS-i te nufain boring awmzia an rin hriat ngawt ai chuan ka lo ring dik zawk a… 😀

  19. 19
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    chawnghilh #16 a dik lutuk,English tawng ti hausatu hi tawngdang an lakleu atangin a tam khawp mai. Chutih karah chuan Shakespeare-a khan thumal 1700 laiin English tawng ati hausa thei tlat mai.

    Ani Shakespeare kha chuan noun verb-ah a thlak a, verb kha adjective ah te a siam a, khita mi ang deuh khian thumal 2 a zawm thul… prefix leh suffix-te a zawm a. A thawnthu atan thumal thar a phuah teuh bawk.

    Ziami lar tak nilo sela, a thumal hmante kha hmanlar anilo ang a, English tawngah sengluh pawh anni kherlo maithei a ni. Chuvangin <baduhi sawi ang khian thumal uar chhuahsa tehi tawng tihausa theitu anni fo awm e. 🙂

    Dr Mahminga Sailo #18, tlat mai a hairehai 😀

  20. 20
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    chawnghilh, LOL (laughing/laugh out loud)tihte, BFF (best friends forever), IMHO (‘In My Humble Opinion’), TMI (‘Too Much Information’) leh OMG (Oh My God)hi word ah an senglut hmaks alawm hairehai 🙂

    http://www.mindfullofenglish.com/new-english-words.html

  21. 21
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    TS,#11 a ‘chini’ i sawi khian ka Hmar tawng zirtirh minti hrechhuak mange 😛

    Chi (salt) kha ‘machi’ anih si avangin chini sawi nan khan ‘ma’ tih leh ‘thlum’ tih telhve ila a dik mai tura ngaihna ka nei pek a. Dawrah chini lei turin ka kal a, chini lei tumin, “Machithlum” kanti chiah mai chu, dawrnghaktu Hmar pitarin dir char charin min nuih kiah kiah mawle. Ka then ve tha ringawt hairehai 😛 😉

  22. 22
    PKfanai Says:

    Aduh, enge CK chu? ni thei ava tam ve. Chhungkhat, changkha, chhangkhat, chhawkung, adt. 😉 E taka adt. hi tu tihchhuah nge kha, tihian kan hmang ta reng mai a.

  23. 23
    aduhi Says:

    pu PK, CK chu CK a ni tawp mai hairehai …

  24. 24
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    aduh #23 sual em mai, hrilhve mai la ti nia hairehai 😛

    Khita thumal thar hmang khian sentence kan siam dawn teh ang:

    Hmeichhe cankle hian nalhlo riaua inhriatna an nei fovin ka hre tlat, an ngaihtuahna mai a ni. 🙂

  25. 25
    chawnghilh Says:

    CHK leh CK hi mi ziak ka hmu ve ta fo, a awmzia ka zawh veten min la hrilh thei lo, ka la bangbo cheu.

  26. 26
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    Ch.K = Changkang
    C.K.= Chhas kumar (flirty/ to flirt) MiRC a Dalnet hmanga Aizawlchat awmlai atanga uar chhuah a niin ka hria…ka ‘blue_floyd/merzer’ nick hmanlai hairehai 😉

  27. 27
    PKfanai Says:

    Aduhi hi ivan sual reuh e. Chhas bem i sawi a, Cb ani mai a, C chu chhas ani turah lo ngai ta ila, K tak kha ka la buai deuh a?

  28. 28
    chawnghilh Says:

    #20 Initialism ho chi hi chu texting atan chuan word chu an ni, spoken word chu a ni rih em ni?

  29. 29
    PKfanai Says:

    Hv, Thanks. Ka rin loh lam daih anih chu.

  30. 30
    Dr Mahminga Sailo Says:

    Engatinge Pu PK-a hi in lo CK san vel a… 😀

    Nia, nula tu emaw han biak ve deuh hian, in CK min ti leh ngawt zel :-O

  31. 31
    Asteric™ Says:

    TTYL= Talk To You Later pawh hi an hmang lar khawp mai.

    Khawvel hi a changkang kan ti dawn nge Information Technology hi a chak lutuk kan ti dawn, sap nu leh pa pawhin an hriat pui tawh lemloh, an ṭhalai te ṭawngkam hman lar ṭhenkhat tuipui ral aṭangin kan lo hriat khalh zung zung tawh mai 😉
    Movie pakhat ka en ah pawh, an fate ṭawngkam hman ṭhin (Slung leh short form) an nu leh paten an hriatthiamloh thu vel kha awm a…..

  32. 32
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    #31 i Google chhuak zung zung zel alawm hairehai 😛 😉

  33. 33
    Asteric™ Says:

    #32 hahaha….Pu HV an min ngaisang lutuk hi awm dan pawh ka thiam lo 😛 Ka thil hriat hi Google thluak amaw ti zel lehnghal a 😀
    Ka computer aṭang Google hi ka delete daih tawh lawm 😉

  34. 34
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    #33 Google i Block ani lawmni hairehai 😛

  35. 35
    chawnghilh Says:

    Tun hma deuh tawh khan love letter tawp lamah ITALY kan ziah thin kha, Pu HV … i hrat viau em?

  36. 36
    Alejendro Says:

    American slang chhuakthar hi chu urbandictionary.com ah hian nitin a awm. Subscribe ve ula nitin tawngkam chhuakthar an rawn thawn reng mai ang che u.

  37. 37
    malsta27 Says:

    Bengvar thlak khop mai (Y) (Y) …………….Nia, tawng hi a hausak chhoh na chu usage/hman tlanglawn atang hian a ni deuh ber a, evolve chhohna tur dal tum ang deuh va a dik/diklo lo tih vak2 hi chu thil tha ni lemin a lang lo. Hmun khat atang lo hmang ve tawh rawh u, tih a lo awm chhuak ngawt chi a ni lem lo. Mi in a awm zia an hriat atanga an duh thu leh nuam tih avanga rawn hman chhoh zel leh inherit a hausa chho a ni tlangpui awm e. Tawngsual palh te, ziah sual palh te adt adt atanga tawngkam rawn chhuak ta hi a tam ber a tih theih awm e.

    ‘Weinch’ tih te poh hi a la tel lovang tih a sawi theih miah loh :-)………..a diklo lo ti ve ngot don se, a dikloh na poh a om hran lem in a lang lo weinch hahahahaha

  38. 38
    Asteric™ Says:

    ^^ hei hi Google bih hrat chu nih hi. Pu HV …slang sipel pawh slung ka tih khi, google aṭang hmuh a ni lo ti chiang tu nih khi 😀

  39. 39
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    Chawnghilh #35 WILLS: Women in London loves S…
    JAPAN: jumping and pumping at night 😛

    Asteric™ #38 sipel sual vel ta ngei a hairehai 😉

  40. 40
    century child Says:

    Bengvarthlak e (Y)

    Hisap + ngaihtuah = hituah 🙂

  41. 41
    Sony Says:

    Tawng hlui: Sexy=hurherh
    Tawng thar: Sexy= Nalh, hmeltha

  42. 42
    TuaiSialA Says:

    #37 @malsta: ‘weinch’ tih kan telh dawn chuan A AW B kan thlak/siamthat hmasak a ngai ang.

    Ka lawm e.

  43. 43
    DXBFreak Says:

    South africa ah pawh Traffic Signal hi – Robot an ti hem mai

  44. 44
    chawnghilh Says:

    Red = STOP,

    Yellow ……….

    Green = GO-able!

    American-ho ka tihnuih vena pakhat!

  45. Asteric™ Says:

    #44
    Red = Stop
    Yellow = Slow
    Green = Kal mai teh

    Tumah ka la tihnuih lohna!

  46. Lamji Says:

    Beer jacket khi Tuikuk jacket atanga an adopt ani chiang mai. :P :D

  47. ChhanaPa Says:

    asl te pawh kan hman ve thin kha maw le!

  48. Jacka Pi Says:

    Cool tih tawngkam pawh kan hman dan leh a tawng neitute hman dan a in zul ve ta tan deuh alawm…hmanah chuan ‘cool’ tih a mi emaw thil emaw an sawi chuan ti deuh ruih,kulmuk deuh sawi nan an hmang thinin ka hria, chuvang chuan cough syrup ruihtheih ho pawh kha ‘cool’ an tih phah ni maw te ka tiat!

  49. maxizz Says:

    Mi thu sawi emaw thil dil emaw ngaipawimawh lo tak leh tih hlawhtlinsak tumlo taka chhang sawina. — KAL MAI TEH!!!

  50. sheldon170 Says:

    Post BVT tak ani. Hetiang te hi han ti fo teh u. Hriatloh kan hriat belh leh ta. LOL na na khi chu kan hriat vek hmel..hairehai

  51. 51
    Saitawk Says:

    ‘Detailment’ He thumal lar tak hi a awmzia diktak hriat tumin dictionary hrang hrang ka hmuh phak chin ah ka zawng hrep tawh thin a, tun thlengin ka la hmulo. An la hmang reng thung lawi si!!

  52. 52
    Ruata Pachuau Says:

    Helaiah chuan blue_floyd a inpuang nawlh mai? Insawi ve dawn lo rengss :-P ………… Lawngtlai ho tawng ‘tri tri phang phang’ tih hi nalh ka ti ve tlat. :-D

    Pu hi ‘Sir’ sawi nan kan hmanga, Tlangval pawh kan pu mai thin. Nihleh Madame hi Pi tih a rem ve tho em? Nula kha kan Pi dawn em mi niang? Ziaka dah atan a remlo deuh hu in ka hria……

  53. 53
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    Saitawk, #51 ‘Detailment’ enge tan a hman nge ningai a. English word/thumal anih chuan kei ve teh tlawng hriat ngailoh tawp a ni. Entailment chu ka hria.. :-S

  54. 54
    zualbonez Says:

    beer jacket :-P

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