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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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I<br />

i - (pron.) pron. sing/pl of you or we or they - Example: We shall help one another. - You shall pray for one another. - They help one another =<br />

Pakhat le pakhat kan i bawm lai. - Pakhat le pakhat thla nan i campiak lai. - Pakhat le pakhat an i bawm<br />

i - possesive case - Example: The book is mine = Cauk kha keimah i a si<br />

i - (conj.) and (connecting words and clauses) - Example: He/she/it arises and goes = A tho i a kal<br />

i - (pron.) reflexive - Example: They fight among themselves = An i vel<br />

i al - (v.) contradict<br />

i al khawhmi thil - (adj.) debatable<br />

i al lengmangmi a simi - (adj.) controversial<br />

i al lomi - (adj.) undisputed<br />

i al , ruah tti , ceih tti - (v.) debate<br />

i alnak - (n.) contradiction<br />

i alnak - (n.) controversy<br />

i awh , a hnok , i foih - (v.) entangle<br />

i bangh , sahlawh rualchan lei in i pehtlaih , i lawh - (adj.) akin<br />

i beh peng , tlaih peng - (v.) adhere<br />

i biakchawnhnak - (n.) salutation<br />

i biatak ngaiin tuahmi , lungtho ngaiin tuahmi - (adj.) fervent - Example: Fervent prayer = Biatak tein thlacam<br />

i biataknak lungthin , lungthawhnak - (n.) fervour<br />

i bochan , zohcho - (v.) look up <strong>to</strong><br />

i bualh , nawncek chung i i bualh - (v.) wallow<br />

i can - (v.) form - Example: Form a circle and join hands = A kulh pakhat ah i cang u law nan kut i sih u<br />

i can , ser - (v.) form - Example: Ice formed in the pail = Baltin chungah ti kha tikhal ah a cang<br />

i cawh - (v.) intermingle<br />

i cawh , hmunkhat i umti - (v.) mingle - Example: He is very shy and does not mingle with others = Mi ningzah thiam ngai a si i mi dang he an i<br />

cawh lo<br />

i cawh nelnul i a ummi - (adj.) promiscuous<br />

i cawhnak - (n.) intermixture<br />

i cawhnuk a um i kalnak hngalhnak a harmi hmun - (adj.) labyrinthine<br />

i cawk i zuarh - (v.) traffic<br />

i cawngor i um - (adj.) hesitant<br />

i cawngor i um - (v.) stagger<br />

i ceih ti , i ruah ti , chim - (v.) discuss<br />

i ceih ttinak , i ruah ttinak , chimnak - (n.) discussion<br />

i chap chin lengmang , karh - (v.) accumulate<br />

i chawh - (v.) promenade - Example: He promenaded in the garden = Dum chungah aa chok<br />

i chawh lengmang - (v.) pace<br />

i chawnh tik i holh ttha i hmanmi, mah lei a si ahcun 'ning' tinak, mi lei a si ahcun, nem tein tuah fial - (v.) may - Example: May I come<br />

in? = Rung lut ning<br />

i cheunak - (n.) partition<br />

i cheunak i tthennak - (n.) schism<br />

i chiah , i nganh - (v.) reserve<br />

i chingchiah awk tlak ngaiin - (adj.) notably<br />

i chirnak , i ngaihchihnak - (n.) compunction<br />

i chuahkeh pimi duhnak - (n.) propensity<br />

i chuahkeh pimi lungthin in thil umtuning hngalh khawhnak, hnahnawk ngaiin ruah lem lo i hngalh khawhnak i chuahkehpimi - (n.)<br />

intuition<br />

i chuahkehpi - (v.) endow - Example: She was endowed with beauty = Mui dawh cu aa chuahkehpimi a si<br />

i chuahpimi thil a simi - (adj.) inherent<br />

i chuahpimi tinvo - (n.) birthright<br />

i chuhnak , dohnak , ernak - (n.) rivalry<br />

i chuih i rilh - (v.) trip - Example: He tripped on a s<strong>to</strong>ne = Lung aa chulh i a ril<br />

i cinken awk a tlakmi thil - (adj.) memorable<br />

i co thon , i pek <strong>to</strong>nhmi - (adj.) reciprocal<br />

i comcawroi loin , a beibang loin , a biling a balang in - (adv.) helter-skelter - Example: The children ran helter-skelter when the dog rushed at<br />

them = Uico nih a zuan hnawh hna tikah khan, ngakciha cu a beibahlang loin an tli<br />

i cuh , teitu si i zuam - (v.) vie<br />

i dan , i lawh lonak - (v.) differ<br />

i dan khawhnak , i thlen khawhnak - (n.) variability<br />

i dang chimmi bia vun lak, vun chim - (v.) cite<br />

i dannak , i khan lonak - (n.) discrepancy<br />

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