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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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khal , khalh - (v.) tend, watch, take care of, shepherd - Example: He is tending the cows. - He does not feel like tending cows = Caw a khal hna. -<br />

Caw khalh a zuam lo<br />

khal , ti hna a khal khi - (v.) solidify, freeze , turn in<strong>to</strong> curd<br />

khalh , khal - (v.) tend, watch, take care of, shepherd - Example: He is tending the cows. - He does not feel like tending cows = Caw a khal hna. -<br />

Caw khalh a zuam lo<br />

khalnak , hahnak - (n.) solidity<br />

kham - (v.) stave<br />

kham - (v.) s<strong>to</strong>p - Example: A big box s<strong>to</strong>ps the way = Thingkuang nganpi nih lam a kham<br />

kham - (v.) sustain - Example: The sea walls sustain the waves = Rili kam vampang nih tilet kha a kham hna<br />

kham - (v.) block road; dam water - Example: The road is blocked. - They dam the river = Lam an kham. - Tiva an kham<br />

kham - (n.) cream<br />

kham , dawnh - (v.) hinder<br />

kham , doh , al - (v.) resist<br />

kham , dohn - (v.) curb<br />

kham , donh - (v.) prevent<br />

kham , donh - (v.) stem<br />

kham , donh - (v.) deter<br />

kham , donh - (v.) keep - Example: They could not keep him from goin = kal an dawn /kham kho lo<br />

kham , donh - (v.) obstruct<br />

kham khawh lomi , tlaih khawh lomi - (adj.) irrepressible<br />

kham khawhnak le donh khawhnak nawl ngeihmi - (n.) ve<strong>to</strong><br />

kham lo , donh lo - (adj.) free<br />

kham lomi , chek lomi , donh lomi - (adj.) unchecked<br />

kham , onh lo , thlauh - (v.) ban<br />

kham , sum sumter - (v.) restrain<br />

kham , thlauh - (v.) prohibit<br />

kham , tuah hlah ti i kham - (v.) interdict<br />

kham , tuah khawh ding a ri khiahpiak - (v.) restrict<br />

khamh - (v.) save, rescue - Example: I fell in<strong>to</strong> the river and my friend saved my life = Ti chungah ka tla i ka hawipa nih ka nunnak a ka khamh<br />

khamh khawh a si lomi , chanh khawh a si lomi - (adj.) indefensible<br />

khamh , khon - (v.) save - Example: He saved one hundred kyats last year = Ni kum ah tangka zakhat a khon<br />

khamhbawi - (n.) saviour - Example: Jesus is our saviour = Jesuh cu kan khamhbawi a si<br />

khamhnak - (n.) salvation<br />

khamhtu - (n.) rescuer<br />

khamhtu - (n.) saviour<br />

khami - (adj.) bitter - Example: Quinine is bitter = Kuinin cu a kha<br />

khamnak - (n.) restriction<br />

khamnak , donhnak - (n.) obstruction<br />

khamnak , donhnak - (n.) prevention<br />

khamnak , ngolternak , donhnak - (n.) s<strong>to</strong>ppage<br />

khamnak , thlauhnak - (n.) prohibition<br />

khamnak , thlauhnak , donhnak - (n.) embargo<br />

khamtu - (n.) that which blocks, an obstrutction, obstacle<br />

khamtu , breik - (v.) brake<br />

khan - (n.) rate - Example: He can go at the rate of four miles an hour = Suimilam pakhat ah khan li khan in a kal kho<br />

khan - (n.) ratio - Example: He has sheep and cows in the ratio of ten <strong>to</strong> three = Caw le tuu a ngeihning cu tuu pahra ah caw pathum khan<br />

lengmang in a si<br />

khan - (n.) mile<br />

khan - (n.) indication of past time - Example: While I was young = Ka ngakchiat lio ah khan<br />

khan - (v.) <strong>to</strong> lay beam across<br />

khan - (v.) <strong>to</strong> herd and bring home animals<br />

khan , dal - (n.) room<br />

khan hawttu - (n.) beater<br />

khan , meng - (n.) mile - Example: One mile = Khan khat<br />

khan tung - (n.) miles<strong>to</strong>ne<br />

khang - (n.) a plot of land for growing vegetables<br />

khang , khan - (v.) <strong>to</strong> lay beams across<br />

khangca , khangca bantuk lung i aa benhmi zong khi - (n.) fern<br />

khangh , hman dih , ei dih , din dih , hrawh - (v.) consume - Example: Fire consumes his house = Mei nih a inn a kangh dih<br />

khangh , khang - (v.) burn - Example: Do you want <strong>to</strong> burn papers? = Chaku khangh na duh maw?<br />

khangh thawinak - (n.) burnt offering<br />

khangh , tlawmpal tein hrem - (v.) singe<br />

khanghmi zihmui - (n.) incense<br />

khanghnak - (n.) burning<br />

khanh - (v.) precede, preempt<br />

khao - (v.) solidify<br />

khap - (n.) span (hand) from thumb <strong>to</strong> middle finger; roughly six inches<br />

khap - (v.) <strong>to</strong> measure by the span<br />

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