LAIMAL 'AW' LEH 'O' KAAL

 

"K'on tung pah di”

“Hon kuanta ve”

“Hon mulou na mo?"

 

Hiai a tung a kigelhte etsakna ahi. Hilehle huai bangsim a zang om sek hi.

 

"K'on tung pah di" leh "Hon kuanta ve" chia gente naupangchikte kia hi nawnlou in, nungak-le-tangval hialte bang leng huchi dan a pau om uhi. Huai phet leng hilou in college, Sunday school leh school khawng a sinsaktu bang a pang thei pawl bang leng om zomah diing uhi.

 

"K'ong" sik a "k'on" leh "hong" sik a "hon" zang i chih tangpite AD 1990 (?) nung a piang a khangthak zodeuhte hi un theih theih hi. Tuate tu in kum 30 bang valta uhi. A kum un graduate khin in Masters bang leng zou thei hita uhi.

 

Tuate sang a khawk zolai ahihleh, "Hon mulou na mo?" chia gelhte hi ua, amaute 'O' leh 'AW' zatna theibuaite hi uhi. Hiai 'AW' leh 'O' zatna theibuai i chihte a tung ate sang a upazote hi zosim uhi.

 

Hiai 'AW' leh 'O' zatna theibuaite'n lai a gelh chiang un 'victory' bang 'zawhna', 'paying a visit' bang 'hawh' chi'n gelh heihawi mai uhi.

 

Hiai 'AW' leh 'O' zatdan dik in gelh lehang 'victory' bang 'zawhna' chia gelhlou in 'zohna'; 'paying a visit' bang 'hawh' chia gelhlou in 'hoh,' chia gelh diing hihang.

 

PLS in 1967-68 kum a laimal 'O' gindan bawllem a, 'O' gindan leh 'AW' gindan i kibatsakkhak ziak ua theibuai pawl ki-om hi di'n um ing. I sim chia 'O' gindan leh 'AW' gindan kibangsak hinapi; 'O' pen 'tomgin' diing leh 'AW' pen 'saugin diing chih i behlapna uah, a behlapna kimangngilh sek bang hi.

 

~ Sumthanlian Suantak  

Nisim: 2022 kum Ziingkha 25 ni (25th May 2022)