‘Thlawi mah mah hmêl tha!

Thuhma: MHIP Special Assembly 30th August, 2012-a neih chuan "Mizo khawtlâng nunah hmeichhia pasal sûn/then/vanduaina avanga kawppui nei lote hi nawmnah taka 'nuthlawi' 'hmeithai' tih hi chîn tawh loh ni se kan ti" tiin resolution an passed a. Nuthlawi/hmeithai te dinhmun hauhsak a, siam that tum anga lang si hian kawng lehlamah an mawng an hlîmsak ve thei tlat. Eng vangin nge nuthlawi/hmeithai an nih avang ngawta mipaten an chhaih nawmnah ang a, an zuam bîk kher ang? Nuthlawi/hmeithai tih hming an put avanga zahawmna hloh ta angah an inngai em ni? ‘Nuthlawi’/‘hmeithai’ tih hi hmânlai atang tawha pi leh pute lo hman thin, hming mawi tak a ni. A hming leh nihna avang hian an hmuhsitawm hran lo va, an sih hnip ta viau lah a ni hek lo. A dika dik chuan anmahni an inngaih hniamna avanga heti ang dinhmuna ding hi an ni mah zâwk maithei asin.

Nuthlawi/Hmeithai: Nuthlawi – Pu Buanga ‘Dictionary of the Lushai Language’-ah chuan “a young woman (especially one who has been a mother) who is either divorced or widowed; a young unmarried woman who has been a mother” tiin a indah a. Hmeichhe pasal sûn/then tawh emaw, pasal nei lova fa pawm; nu leh pa bul/mahnia awm ‘lêng leh’ kan tih ang chi hi an ni. A awmzia takah chuan pasal neih leh pawh inhuama ‘inti-nula tha leh’ pawh ti ila a sual lutuk lo maithei.

Hmeithai – Pu Buanga ‘Dictionary of the Lushai Language’-ah tho “a widow or divorced woman or spinster living by herself (i.e. without any adult males in the house)” tiin a dah ve thung. Pasal sûn/then tawh, fate nên/mahni chauha khawsa, mipa puitling midang rin tûr nei lote hi an ni. Hmeithai te hi chu an ‘inti-nula’ ngai vak tawh lova, fa an neih chuan an fate enkawl puitlin kha an hna pui ber a ni. Mi thenkhat erawh chuan pasal te pawh an nei ve leh tho bawk thin. Ama’rawhchu, a tlângpuiin ‘hmeithai’ kan tih takte hi chuan an fate an ‘tûlpui’ tlângpui a, anmahni chauha awm pawh ni se, an ban tlang law law duh tlângpui.

Eng ang mizia nge an nih? ‘Nuthlawi’ tih hming ringawt hian chêksawlhna, diriamna, zuamna leh dah hniamna a kâwk hran lo. ‘Eng ang mize pu nge an nih?’ tih hi a pawimawh ber fo. Nuthlawiah kher lo pawh, tleirawl leh nula thleng pawhin mize lepchiah deuh leh lerh deuhte chu mipaho hian an kuahin an biangah an piai duh châwk! Nuthlawi an nih avanga chhaih nawmnah an ni hran lo a, an mizia avang zâwkin mipa thenkhatin an lo chhaih mai thin.

Mipa ten kan iai hran lo! “Nuthlawi mah ni la ka iai lo che, Lei mawina tinrêng paw’n an iai bîk lo’ng che” tih hlate pawh kan sak ve rawng rawng thin tak kha maw le! He hla atang ringawt pawh hian an iaiawm lohzia a hriat theih âwm e. An thlawi dânin a zir loh erawh chuan mipa thenkhat ninhlei deuhten an taksa/hnute khawihsak phêt an tum thin. ‘Thlawi duhawm leh fel, pasal tha tak tak nei leh ta hi an tam khawp mai. Thihna emaw harsatna eng emaw avanga ‘thlawi lêng leh te hi an nundânin a zir phawt chuan mipate hian ‘fate nu’ atân kan iai hauh lo!

Zahawm rawh se: Zahawm taka mi a nun phawt chuan tu man ‘nuthlawi tharlâm’ tiin an au nawmnah ngam ngai lo. Nêlawm tak, mahse zahawm tak sia awmdân an thiam a tûl. Eng emaw hlekah an hming a chhe hma bîk êm êm a, mipate mit tlung tûr pawhin an fîmkhur lehzual a tûl thin. ‘Zahawmna’ hi an kâwngah hrêng a, an bânah leh an ke-ah bun a, an lu-ah an khum reng a tûl. ‘Thlawi kûr zut te hian zah an kai lo va, ngaihnêp an hlawh fo bawk thin. Zahawmna nunpui hi an ni tin hna pui berah an neih reng a tûl.

Hmingchhiat a awl bîk: Nuthlawi thenkhat, an nundânin a zir loh avanga kan hmuh hê tâk tlat hi an tam asin. Chuti ang mite chu a ni lo’m ni mipa thenkhat lepchiah ve tak tak ten fawh phêt an tum chu? Fate an neih tawh phei chuan nula pangngai te awmdân anga an awm ve a rem lohna chen tam tak a awm ang. ‘Lêng leh’ intih avanga ‘kei ber’ emaw intih te hian hmingchhiatna a thlen fo. Chumi avanga in kiltawih tûr ka tihna erawh a ni lo. Nula pangngai ang maia an awm ve a rem lohna chen a awm thin ka tihna zâwk a ni.

Nuthlawi kan hmuhdân a dik tâwk lo: Nuthlawi hi thenkhat chuan kan hmu nikhua lo nghâl ngawt thin. Tihsual avang liau liaua sâwn pawm/pasal sûn/pasal thente te pawh an awm ang. A enga pawh chu lo ni se, an ‘thlawina chhan hi a pawimawh ber fo. Lerh kawh hrim hrim avanga ‘thlawi te hi chu mipate hian hmangaih hauh lo hian an ‘hope’ ve fo thin. Nu pangngai tak, eng emaw avanga ‘thlawite erawh an duhawm tulh tulh thung! Mipui mimir hrim hrim hian nuthlawi zawng zawng ‘thlawi hrât-i’ – ‘thlawi tharlâm-i’ ti a, “A kâk leh tawh” – “Va tang ve” kan ti thla zen hi chu a fuh chiah lo. Thiam loh chantîr a, lunga dêng hmasatu nih kan inchuh thin hi chu sim hmak chi.

Tlângkawmna: Pi leh pute chuan “Nuthlawi lêng leh antam pâr zûna uai chu a na e” an lo ti mathlawn lo va. An zêm ât tawh te lah phuar beh ang tlut an ni lehnghâl! Thiltihtheihna nasa tak an neih hi an hman thiam a tûl khawp mai. Thenkhatte erawh chuan chu ‘thiltihtheihna’ chu dik lo takin an hmang a, an thlawi zung zung a, chumi avang chuan an thlawipuite hming thlengin an tihliau thin. “Nuthlawi chu lasi pasarihin an vêng a, an hmêl a tha tulh tulh thin” tih te pawh pi leh pute khân an lo sawi thin nia! An dinhmun hi a tha lerh lawrh khawp asin!

Nuthlawi nih hi thil zahthlâk a ni hran lo, vanduaina avanga lo thleng thin a ni. Lepchiah deuh avanga thleng te pawh a awm ngei a, chu zawng anmahni mawh a ni. Vanduai rau rau, vanneihna insiam thiamte hian nun hlutna an hmuchhuak a, ropuina an khum thin. Nuthlawi nih avanga mite hmuh hniam nia inngaih tlatna ‘thinlung ngêt’ hi i paih daih ang u. Nuthlawi dinhmun siamtha a, timawi theitu chu nuthlawi te bawk an ni. Hmuh hniam, chhaih nawmnah leh diriam nia an inngaih chhûng chuan eng tik khaw tikah mah anmahni phuar bettu ‘hmuhsitna’ hrui hi an tâl chat thei ngai lo vang. ‘Nuthlawi’ tih hming te hi mawi vet vet tak asin! ‘Thlawi hmêl tha leh felte lah mipate hian kan iai mawlh si lo. “Thlawi mah mah hmêl tha!”

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