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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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i titer , i lawhter - (v.) simulate<br />

i titer lo tein a ummi , a taktak a simi - (adj.) sincere<br />

i titernak - (n.) pretence<br />

i titernak zeihmanh a ngei lomi - (adj.) unpretending<br />

i tlak - (v.) match - Example: Her dress matches the colour of her hair = A angki le a muisam kha an i tlak ngai<br />

i tlak , aa tlakmi - (adj.) suitable<br />

i tlak lonak , i rup lonak - (n.) incongruity<br />

i tlaknak - (n.) pertinence<br />

i tlang in dir - (n.) file - Example: A long file of people waited for the bus = I tlang in a dirmi hna mawttawka an hngak<br />

i tluk - (n.) draw - Example: A game is draw when neither side wins = I zuamnak ah an i tei lo ahcun an i tluk a si<br />

i tluk lonak , i ruan lonak - (n.) inequality<br />

i tluk tein - (adv.) equally<br />

i tluk tein - (adv.) equally<br />

i <strong>to</strong>n thannak , i fonh tthannak - (n.) reunion<br />

i <strong>to</strong>nnak , i pumhnak - (n.) meeting<br />

i <strong>to</strong>nnak inn , i pumhnak inn - (n.) meeting house<br />

i tthangh , i hlauh - (adj.) awake<br />

i tthen hlah u , i naih tein um peng u - (v.) stick <strong>to</strong>gether<br />

i tthen i cheu , bu chungin chuah - (v.) secede<br />

i tthen lai thlahnak bia - (n.) valediction<br />

i tthencheunak , bu chungin chuahnak - (n.) secession<br />

i tthennak - (n.) breach - Example: Disagreement produced a breach between two partners = Lungrual lonak nih riantthuanti hawn panhin kha a<br />

tthen hna<br />

i tthennak , i komh lonak - (n.) disunion<br />

i tthennak , tthennak - (n.) segregation<br />

i tthitum - (v.) wed<br />

i tthitumnak - (n.) wedding<br />

i tthitumnak - (n.) wedlock<br />

i tthitumnak he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) nuptial<br />

i tuai ur in umnak , hnahnawhnak - (n.) turmoil<br />

i tuai ur le au ur in umnak - (n.) uproar<br />

i tuaibur in umnak, hnahnok luri ngaiin umnak - (n.) commotion<br />

i tuk i dohnak , ral i dohnak - (n.) hostilities<br />

i tuk i dohnak , ral i dohnak - (n.) hostility<br />

i tuk , ralkapbu le ralhapbu i tuk , i doh - (n.) battle<br />

i-uat - (v.) <strong>to</strong> stand unstable, bending forward and backward ane more often than not, fall <strong>to</strong> the ground<br />

i ukning , bu i hruaining - (n.) polity<br />

i varh nawn i a hung ummi thil - (adj.) sporadic<br />

i vehl i vuak len , aukhuan len i sik len - (n.) brawl<br />

i vel lengmang - (v.) circulate<br />

i velh i tuai len - (v.) scuffle<br />

i zam khawhnak - (n.) elasticity<br />

i zam khawhnak a ngei i a ningte a si kho tthanmi - (adj.) resilient<br />

i zam khawhnak , ainak - (n.) resilience - Example: Rubber has resilience = Khairiat cu i zam khawhnak a ngei/khairiat cu aa zam kho, a ningte a si<br />

kho tthan<br />

i zat lomi , i that lomi - (adj.) insufficient<br />

i zat lonak - (n.) insufficiency<br />

i zuam chung , zuamnak - (n.) bout - Example: A wrestling bout = Paih i zuamnak<br />

i zul diahmah in kal - (v.) dile<br />

ia - (interj.) yes, <strong>to</strong> answer in the affirmative - Example: Are you coming? Yes I am coming = Na ra lai maw? Ia ka ra lai<br />

iak - (v.) squawk (as a fowl when caught)<br />

ial - (adv.) quite a lot - Example: I like it quite a lot = Ka duh ial<br />

ian - (v.) compete, contest (mainly in poems)<br />

iang - (n.) charm, beauty<br />

iang a ngeimi , aa dawhmi - (adj.) charming<br />

iap - (v.) superseed - Example: Lian Tling supersedes them all = Lian Tling nih a iap dih hna<br />

ih , bawh , zau - (v.) lie - Example: He lies down on the grass = Ram cungah a it<br />

ih , it - (v.) sleep<br />

ih lai i i hrukmi angki - (n.) nightgown<br />

ihcaan - (n.) bedtime<br />

ihhmu - (n.) snooze, sleep, drowsiness<br />

ihhmu ku ngaiin - (adv.) sleepily<br />

ihhmu kun i ngut , ngut - (v.) doze<br />

ihhmu kut - (adj.) sleepy<br />

ihhmu kutnak - (n.) sleepiness<br />

ihkhun - (n.) bed<br />

ihkhun cung lawngah tho kho loin a ummi , a ngormi - (adj.) bedridden<br />

ihkhun kam, ihkhun pawng - (n.) bedside<br />

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