Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

a laifang bik , ceunak a vaa tonnak hmun , mit aa ton dihnak hmun - (n.) focus - Example: The pretty girl was the focus of all eyes =
Ngaknu dawhte cu mit vialte aa ton dihnak a si
a laifang chuah tak , hawi he i lawh lo , sining tawn bantuk i si lo - (adj.) eccentric
a laifang in lenglei ah a chuakmi - (adj.) centrifugal
a laifang in va phak tawk kulh kha radius cu a si - (n.) radius - Example: The explosion of a bomb could be heard within a radius of two miles
= Bomb a puah thawng cu khan hnih chung aa thei kho
a laivuang sawhsawh , a ttha tuk lo a chia tuk lo - (adj.) mediocre
a laivuang sawsawh sinak - (n.) mediocrity
a laivuang thil - (n.) medium
a lakin , man loin - (adj.) gratis
a lan , caan a lan - (v.) elapse
a lang bikmi , uktu a simi , biapi bik a simi - (adj.) dominant
a lang khomi , hmuh khawh a simi - (adj.) noticeable
a lang lomi , aa thupmi - (adj.) latent
a langh khunnak hmun , a ceu khunnak hmun - (n.) limelight
a langmi , a fiangmi - (adj.) evident
a langmi , a fiangmi - (adj.) manifest
a langmi , fawi tein hmuh khawhmi - (adj.) conspicuous
a langmi , minthangmi - (adj.) prominent
a langsar lomi - (adj.) inconspicuous
a lawng a simi , chungah zeihmanh au um lomi - (adj.) empty
a lawngmi - (adj.) vacant
a lawngmi hmun/thil , a chung i thil zeihmanh a um lomi - (n.) vacuum
a lawngmi rian - (n.) vacancy
a lawngmi, zeihmanh a chungah a um lomi - (adj.) blank
a lawngpi a simi - (adj.) void
a lehpek a simi - (n.) extremist
a leiba kha hlohpiak , hloh , hnawh - (v.) write off
a leng - (n.) surface - Example: The surface of a pot is smooth = Um a leng cu a nal
a leng a langhnak ah - (adv.) seemingly
a leng a si lo , a hlei a si lo - (prep.) within
a leng i a langmi ziaza - (n.) conduct
a leng i hlonhmi - (n.) outcast
a leng i hrenh kanh , donh - (v.) preclude
a leng lang menmen a simi , a puanlaumi , a thuk lomi - (adj.) superficial
a leng langin , a fiang tein - (adv.) evidently
a leng zohnak i a hman ko a lomi - (adv.) apparently - Example: Apparently they are good friends = Aleng zohnak ahcun hawi ttha an si ko
a lenglei - (n.) exterior
a lenglei - (adj.) external
a lenglei - (n.) outside
a lenglei - (n.) outward
a lenglei ah - (prep.) outside - Example: They stood outside the door = Innka lenglei ah an dir
a lenglei i ttha ngai a lo i a chung zeihmanh a si ttung lomi thil - (n.) trumpery
a lenglei in a laifanglei ah a lutmi - (adj.) centripetal
a lenglei kap a vel chum - (n.) perimeter
a lenglei mi - (n.) outsider
a lenglei thil a simi - (adj.) outside - Example: The outside doors have locks = Lenglei innka cu tawh an ngei dih
a let - (n.) fold - Example: Tenfold = Let hra
a let hnih - (adj.) double
a let hnih in karh tthan - (v.) redouble
a let hra - (adj.) tenfold
a let kua - (adv.) ninefold
a let li - (adj.) fourfold
a let nga - (adj.) fivefold
a let nga , panga phir - (adj.) quintuple
a let nhih - (adj.) twofold
a let ruk - (adj.) sixfold
a let sarih - (n.) sevenfold
a let thum a simi - (adj.) threefold
a let thum , phun thlum komh - (adj.) triple
a lettalam in chiah - (v.) invert
a lettalam in chiahnak - (n.) inversion
a lettalam in chiahnak , DCBA cu ABCD a lettalam a si - (adj.) inverse
a liam cangmi caan , hnulei - (adj.) past - Example: He was sick for the past few days = Kan hnulei ni tlawmte chung cu a zaw
a lian , a kau , a za , a ngan - (adj.) ample
a lian , a phing , a ngan - (v.) swell - Example: His head is swollen. - The river is swollen = A lu a phing. - Tiva a lian
a liannganmi thil - (adj.) kingly
a lin - (adj.) hot - Example: The sun is hot = Ni cu a lin
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