Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

hnawm thianhnak kawrawt ha a ngeimi - (n.) rake
hnawm tiaptuap in a ummi - (adj.) dingy
hnawmhter , cinter - (v.) bedraggle
hnawmhter , melmang thuh ti bantuk , naih , thuh - (v.) besmear
hnawmhter , thurter - (v.) begrime
hnawmhter , thurter - (v.) smirch
hnawmluannak tidongpi - (n.) sewer
hnawmtam , duh lomi rawl hlonhmi , hmunhnawm - (n.) garbage
hnawmtam , pelpawi - (n.) debris
hnawn - (v.) forsake, not desire
hnawn , hnawng - (adj.) be moist - Example: If the wood is moist it cannot burn = Thing cu a hnawn ahcun a alh kho lo
hnawnam - (v.) to go/do things in a hurry - Example: When you go on a slippery road, do not be in a hurry = Lam na kal tikah i hnawnam hlah
hnawr , hnor - (v.) rub - Example: My shoe rubs my small toe = Ka kedan nih ka hngete a ka hnawr
hnawt , hnawh - (n.) erase - Example: You should erase what you wrote. - You should wipe your nose = Na ttialmi kha na hnawh lai. - Na hnap
na hnawh lai
hnawter - (v.) moisten
hnei - (v.) dip (in the water) - Example: Please dip your garment in the water = Na puan kha ti ah hei hnei tuah
hnek - (v.) compel
hnek - (v.) force - Example: He forced him to go = Kal a hnek
hnek - (v.) press - Example: Press him to go to school = Sianginn kai kha hnek ko
hnek - (v.) exert efforts to do work - Example: He is working hard = Rian aa hnek
hnek , hnik - (v.) go on test, try - Example: Try this pair of pants = Hi tawhrolh hi i hruk hnik
hnek , thazang in uk - (v.) constrain
hnekchommi , phuahchommi - (adj.) factitious
hneknak - (n.) compulsion
hneknak - (n.) pressure
hneknak - (n.) stress - Example: Under the stress of hunger he stole food = A rawltam nih a hnek ruangah rawl cu a fir
hneknak , thazang in uknak - (n.) constraint
hneksak - (v.) experiment
hneksak - (v.) test
hneksak - (v.) test
hneksak - (v.) test - Example: Test this camera = Hi camera hi hneksak tuah
hneksak-del , del - (v.) test, try
hneksak lomi - (adj.) untried
hneksakdel - (v.) sound the idea to - Example: Sound this idea to him and let's see how he thinks = Zeitindah a ruah hnga hneksak ve del tuah
hneksakdelnak - (n.) test, try
hneksakmi - (adj.) experimental
hneksakmi pa - (n.) probationer
hneksaknak - (n.) experiment
hneksaknak - (n.) probation
hneksaknak - (n.) test
hneksaknak biahalnak - (n.) quiz
hneksaknak ca i tuahmi a fek ngaingai rih lomi - (adj.) tentative
hnem , khiar - (adj.) mean, miserly, close-fisted - Example: He is too mean to pay his workers well = A khiar tuk i a rianttuantu pawl kha ttha tein
an hlawh a pe duh hna lo
hnem , tangka ngeih duh tuknak , hakkauhnak - (n.) avarice
hnemh , hnangamter - (v.) comfort
hnemh , hnem - (v.) console
hnemh khawh lomi - (adj.) inconsolable
hnemh , thin damter - (v.) placate
hnemhnak - (n.) comforting, consolation
hneng - (adj.) stubby - Example: He is a stubby man = Mi hneng a si
hnengh - (v.) consolidate - Example: It's now time to consolidate our churches = Atu cu kan khrifabu hna hi kan hnengh awk an si cang
hnengh , a tampi kha tlawmte i ser - (v.) condense
hnengh, fek chin in ser - (v.) consolidate
hnengh , nel - (v.) compress
hnenghmi - (adj.) condensed - Example: Condensed milk = Chawhnuk bu thlum
hnenghnak - (n.) compression
hnenghnak - (n.) condensation
hnenghnak - (n.) consolidation
hner - (adj.) unkindly to others - Example: He is an unkindly person to others (thorny) = Amah cu mi hner a si
hnet - (adj.) stable, well-grounded
hngah - (v.) await
hngah - (v.) wait
hngah lengmang hnu ah , a donghnak ah - (adv.) eventually
hngah pengnak , zoh pengnak - (n.) vigilance
hngah , tan (taan) , cam , ruah - (v.) tarry
hngahnak - (n.) wait - Example: John had a long wait at the doctor's = Sibawipa inn ah John nih saupi a hngah
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