Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

hlasak tik i pa aw a sang bik - (n.) tenor
hlasaknak aw tanbo - (n.) staff
hlasaknak lei i vuak cheu - (n.) half-note
hlasakthiam , awdawh tumthiam - (n.) musician
hlasatu - (n.) singer
hlasatu pawl a bu in a kalmi khi - (n.) troupe
hlat , hla - (adj.) far, distant, remote, away - Example: Our village is far away from your village = Kan khua cu nan khua in a hlat ngaingai
hlat , hlathlai - (v.) investigate - Example: I shall investigate whether or not he is (at home) = A um maw um lo ka va hlathlai lai
hlathlai , hlat - (v.) investigate - Example: I shall investigate whether or not he is (at home) = A um maw um lo ka va hlathlai lai
hlatpi - (adj.) far away - Example: I shall go to a far away country = A hlatpi ram ah kan kal lai
hlau , hlao - (v.) arouse - Example: Has he waken? = Aa hlao cang maw?
hlauh - (v.) surprise - Example: His coming surprised us = A rat nih a kan lauter
hlauh, hlaoh - (v.) startle, scare - Example: I startled a monkey = Zawng ka hlauh
hlauh , thawhter - (v.) rouse
hlauh , tthangh - (v.) awaken
hlaw - (v.) deny, disown, forsake, discard - Example: You should not forsake your friend = Na hawi kha na hlaw lai lo
hlaw , al - (v.) repudiate
hlawh - (v.) flop - Example: The fish flopped on the bank = Nga cu titlang ah a hun i hlok
hlawh - (v.) jolt
hlawh - (v.) skip - Example: Lambs skip in the field = Lo ah tuufa an i hlok
hlawh - (v.) earn (a wage) - Example: I earn one hundred kyats in one day = Ni khat ah tangka za khat ka hlawh
hlawh , hlok , hlawk - (v.) bounce - Example: 1. The baby bounced up and down on the bed - 2. The ball bounces very high = 1. Ngakchia cu
ihkhun cungah aa hlok lengmang - 2. Pumpululh cu sangpi aa hlok
hlawh , hmuh - (v.) earn - Example: He earns K 20 a day = Ni khat ah K 20 a hlawh
hlawh , peh - (v.) spring - Example: The dog springs at the thief = Uico nih mifir kha a hlawh hnawh
hlawhchamhnak , pamtulnak tlolhnak - (n.) flop - Example: His plan was a flop = Aa timhmi cu a hlawhcham
hlawhhlan - (v.) play a harlot/prostitute - Example: It is now one year since she played a prostitute = Hlawh a hlannak kum khat a si cang
hlawhhlang - (n.) harlot, prostitute
hlawhhlangnu - (n.) harlot
hlawhhlangnu - (n.) prostitute
hlawhhlangnu - (n.) whore
hlawhhlangnu a kawh piaktu - (n.) pander
hlawhhlangnu hawlpiaktu - (n.) pimp
hlawhhlannak - (n.) prostitution
hlawhlang sinak - (n.) prostitution
hlawhnak - (n.) jolt
hlawhtlin - (v.) prosper
hlawhtlin - (v.) succeed - Example: His plan succeeds = A khuakhannak a hlawh an tling
hlawhtlin , nun , karh , tthan - (v.) thrive
hlawhtlin , tlinter , lim - (v.) achieve
hlawhtlingmi , a rummi - (adj.) prosperous
hlawhtlinnak , awngminnak - (n.) success
hlawhtlinnak , rumnak - (n.) prosperity
hlawhtlinnak , tlinternak - (n.) achievement
hlawi - (v.) peel off slightly - Example: He peels off the skin (of a cow) with a knife = Namte in a cuar a hlawi
hlawi - (v.) try - Example: I shall try your car = Na nawttawka ka hlawi lai
hlawk - (adj.) profitable - Example: Your work is not profitable = Na rian a hlawk lo
hlawk , hlok , hlawh - (v.) bounce - Example: 1. The baby bounced up and down on the bed - 2. The ball bounces very high = 1. Ngakchia cu
ihkhun cungah aa hlok lengmang - 2. Pumpululh cu sangpi aa hlok
hlawknak - (n.) profit, profitting
hlawm - (v.) rescue - Example: He rescues a dying person = A thi dengmi kha a hlawm
hlawm - (v.) pick up (assist) a baby in birth as by a midwife
hlawm - (v.) be caught up in the rains - Example: He was caught up in the rains and he felt very cold = Ruah nih a hlawm i a khua a sik
hlawmh , hlonh - (v.) bridle a horse - Example: Could you bridle the horse? = Rang kha a chak na hlawmh kho maw?
hlawn - (n.) jewelry
hlawn , ttamhnak - (n.) ornament
hlawnh - (v.) disown a relative - Example: He was disowned by his father and mother = A nu le a pa nih an hlawnh
hlawnh , hlonh - (v.) throw away - Example: Throw away the garbage = Hmunthur kha va hlawnh
hlawptlo - (adv.) do something with enthusiasm, enthusiastically - Example: He sings enthusiastically = Hlawptlo ngaiin hla a sa
hlawptlo lo , nunnak ngei lo - (adj.) inanimate
hlawptlo ngaiin umnak , ka thaw ngai i ei - (n.) zest - Example: The hungry man ate with zest = Ka thaw ngaiin a rawl a tammi pa nih a ei
hlawptlonak - (n.) gusto
hlawr - (v.) choose and select - Example: You will chose and select the best = A ttha bikbik kha na khawr lai
hlawrh - (v.) exalt - Example: We exalt Gud = Pathian kan hlawrh
hlawrh , hlorh - (v.) throw up in the air - Example: They throw a ball in the air = Pumpululh an hlorh
hlawt - (v.) forsake
hlawt - (v.) renounce
hlawt , a si lo ti ; al - (v.) gainsay
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