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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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kauhter - (v.) broaden<br />

kauhter - (v.) widen<br />

kauhter , puarter , sauter - (v.) expand<br />

kaupi a zohmi , kaupi a hmumi - (adj.) sweeping - Example: He made a sweeping statement about agriculture = Lothlawhnak kong ah kaupi in<br />

a chim<br />

kaupi in aa thek , kaupi in aa samh - (adj.) widespread<br />

kaw - (n.) glue<br />

kaw benh , sengh - (v.) glue<br />

kaw , ca senghnak kaw - (n.) paste<br />

kaw kung - (n.) gum tree<br />

kawfi - (n.) coffee<br />

kawfi chungah siseh lakphak chungah siseh aa tel ciami si phun khat - (n.) caffeine<br />

kawfi sonak um - (n.) percola<strong>to</strong>r<br />

kawfi zawng - (adj.) brown<br />

kawh , auh - (v.) summon<br />

kawh , ttah , au - (v.) cry<br />

kawhnak - (n.) calling - Example: Do not disregard the calling of God = Pathian nih an kawhnak kha zeirel loin um hlah<br />

kawhra - (n.) sweet pota<strong>to</strong>/pota<strong>to</strong><br />

kawi - (n.) male friend<br />

kawi - (n.) best man of bridegroom<br />

kawi - (n.) twist and turn of the road, curve<br />

kawi - (adj.) crooked, not sraight - Example: The road in the <strong>Chin</strong> Hills is crooked = Lai Tlang lam cu a kawi<br />

kawih - (v.) bend (the bow)<br />

kawih - (v.) take somebody for a friend - Example: It's not yet long since we became friends = Amah he kan i kawihnak a hlan rih lo<br />

kawiter , kuaih - (v.) bend - Example: He bends the iron rod = Thir thluan kha a koih, a kawiter<br />

kawk - (v.) peel off, blister - Example: My foot blisters and the skin peels off = Ka ke a kawk<br />

kawl - (n.) goal<br />

kawl - (v.) hunt - Example: They hunted for the lost child = Ngakchia a tlaumi kha an kawl<br />

kawl - (v.) look - Example: I was looking for my hymn book = Ka hla cauk ka kawl<br />

kawl - (v.) search<br />

Kawl - (n.) Burmese<br />

kawl , hawl - (v.) seek, search,, look for - Example: I search for a lost coin (money) = Tangka tlaumi ka kawl<br />

kawlbahra - (n.) sweet pota<strong>to</strong><br />

kawlf , lentecelhnak phun khat - (n.) golf<br />

kawlh - (adj.) barren, bald, bare<br />

kawlh , kolh - (v.) shave, make it bald - Example: His mother shaves his head = A nu nih a lu a kolh<br />

kawlhang , khazianchinti - (n.) <strong>to</strong>ma<strong>to</strong><br />

Kawlholh - (n.) Burmese language<br />

kawlnak - (n.) exploration<br />

kawlnak - (n.) quest<br />

kawlnak - (n.) search<br />

kawltu - (n.) explorer<br />

kawm - (n.) pen, place where domestic animals are kept<br />

kawm - (n.) maize<br />

kawm - (n.) fringe - Example: The fringe of the shawl = A puan tlangkawm<br />

kawm - (v.) hemstitch<br />

kawm - (v.) befriend, associate<br />

kawmh - (v.) associate - Example: He is a good man and it's pleasant <strong>to</strong> associate with him = Mi ttha a si i kan i kawmh a nuam ngai<br />

kawmh , komh - (v.) bind <strong>to</strong>gether<br />

kawmh , komh - (v.) add - Example: Add two and four = Pahnih le pali komh<br />

kawmhnak , komhnak - (n.) fellowship, friendship, joining <strong>to</strong>gether, association<br />

kawmiti - (n.) committee<br />

kawng - (n.) sheath, scabbard<br />

kawng chung i mu a ngeimi pawl , be , ra , pe - (n.) legume<br />

kawng , kawngh - (adj.) bald - Example: His head is bald = A lu a kawng<br />

kawng , kong - (n.) trails of animals<br />

kawngh - (v.) shave the whole head<br />

kawngthun - (n.) dagger<br />

kawntinent - (adj.) continent<br />

kawntinent - (n.) continent<br />

kawp - (v.) associate, be <strong>to</strong>gether, befriend<br />

kawpat - (n.) emery paper<br />

kawpi - (n.) copy - Example: Please give me two copies of the book = Cauk kha kawpi pahnih in ka pe<br />

kawpi hlum , kopi - (n.) cabbage<br />

kawpihlum hnar kir phun - (n.) savoy<br />

kawpza , kapza - (n.) hinge<br />

kawr , kor - (n.) <strong>Chin</strong> sleeveless bluse<br />

kawrhrenh - (n.) safety pin<br />

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