Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

kahpia, phun hnih cawhni - (n.) mongrel
kahuh - (v.) gag - Example: He was gagged and died = A ka an huh i a thi
kai - (v.) accede - Example: When did he accede to his position = Zeitik ah dah a umnak hmun ah hin a hung kai?
kai - (v.) attend - Example: Thei attend school = Sianginn an kai
kai - (v.) mount - Example: Prices are mounting = Thil man a kai
kai - (adv.) up - Example: He went up the hill = Tlang ah a kai
kai choter - (v.) upgrade
kai , cunglei i kai - (v.) ascend
kai , kaa - (pron.) myself (first person, reflexive) - Example: I shall be able to defend myself = Kaa rungveng kho ko lai
kai , thingkung kai - (v.) climb
kai ttum lemgmang - (v.) pitch - Example: The ship pitched in the storm = Tilet chungah lawng cu a kai a ttum lemgmang
kaidawn - (n.) rapids, which hinder fish to go up stream
kaih - (v.) increase, raise the price
kaih - (v.) copulate (used only for animals)
kainak hlei - (n.) ladder
kainak hlei i lamhbak - (n.) stair
kaite - (n.) kite (bird), hawk
kaiter - (v.) promote
kaiternak , umternak - (n.) promotion
kak , kah - (v.) cleave
kal - (v.) go - Example: We go to church = Biakinn ah kan kal
kal - (n.) kidney
kal - (v.) leave - Example: Did you see him leave? = A kal kha na hmu maw?
kal - (v.) move - Example: The train moved slowly = Tlanglawng cu duhsah tein a kal
kal - (v.) pass - Example: The parade passed down the street = Ralkap aa cermi kha thlanglei ah an vung kal duahmah
kal bal lonak ram le tih a nungmi hmuni va kal - (n.) adventure
kal bal lonak ram le ttih a nungmi hmun i a va kal minu - (n.) adventurer
kal fial , kal cang ti i fial - (interj.) begone
kal hnawh , veh , va kal - (v.) resort - Example: Many people resort to the seaside in hot weather = Khualinh caan ah mi tampi cu rili kam ah an
kal lengmang
kal i thau aa benhmi - (n.) suet
kal khawh lonak ding ca i lam i dawntu sermi , lam i thingtum rilhmi - (n.) barricade
kal , lamh - (v.) tread - Example: Don't tread on the flower beds = Pangpar cinnak kuang kha lam hna hlah
kal lengmang lio tthial lengmang lio a simi - (n.) transit
kal man , vanlawng kal man, tilawng kal man, baska kal man - (n.) fare
kal , thih - (n.) departure
kal tik i ke a hnuh in hnuh - (v.) shuffle
kal tik i ther durhmarh in kal - (v.) shamble
kal , tthen - (v.) depart - Example: He said good bye and departed = Dam tein a ti i a kal, pial
kal tti hawi , hawikom - (n.) companion
kal tti , kalpi , zulh - (v.) accompany
kal umnak , inn le rawl ralkap pawl pek thiamning - (n.) logistics
kal , vaih - (v.) wander
Kala - (n.) Indian
kalauk - (n.) camel
kalh - (v.) oppose, contradict
kalnak - (n.) tramp - Example: Thge boys took a tramp over the hill = Ngakchia pawl kha tlang cungah an kai
kalnak ca i hman , kalnak ca i lak - (v.) take - Example: We shall take a bus from Mandalay to Yangon = Mandalay in Yangon cu baska in kan kal
lai
kalnak lam , kutka awng - (n.) gateway
kalnak nawl pek - (v.) dismiss
kalning tlangpi , lam kalning , zulhning - (n.) tenor
kalpah i chimmi - (adj.) passing - Example: He made a passing comment which I could not hear = Kalpah in a chim i ka thei kho lo
kalper - (n.) beams running beneath the floor of a house supporting the joists
kalper , pom - (adj.) joint
kalpi - (v.) sweep - Example: A flood swept away the bridge = Tilian nih hlei kha a kalpi
kalpi - (v.) carry along - Example: I shall take your book along with me. - Please take him along with you. - I shall accompany you to the train
station = Na cauk kan kalpi lai. - Amah cu i kalpi. - Tlanglawng dinhnak tiang kan kalpi lai
kalpi , pek chin , lanhter , lanhpi - (v.) convey
kalpi , phorh - (v.) take - Example: We take the flowers to the church = Pangpar kha biakinn ah kan kalpi hna
kalpi ve - (v.) take - Example: Harry wanted to take along his dog = Harry nih a uico kha kalpi a duh
kalpi , zulh , kal tti - (v.) accompany
kalsiam, ruh thawntertu - (n.) calcium
kaltak , chiahtak - (v.) leave - Example: You may leave your books here = Hika ah hin na cauk kha na chiahtak khawh hna
kaltak , chuahtak , hlawt - (v.) abdicate - Example: The king abdicated his throne = Siangpahrang nih a bawi tthutdan a chuahtak.
kaltak , hlawt - (v.) abandon
kaltak , hlawt - (v.) abandon
kaltak , ngei loin um - (v.) forgo - Example: You have to forgo pleasures in order to study hard = Ca fak piin zohnak dingah nuamhnak cu nu
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