Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

khar - (v.) close - Example: Close the door = Innka khar
khar - (v.) buy wholesale - Example: I bought rice wholesale = Facang ka khar
khar , chinh - (v.) shut - Example: Shut your eyes = Na mit chin
khat - (num.) one - Example: One, two, three = Khat, hnih, thum
khat - (adj.) to be filled, full or brimful - Example: The house was filled with the aroma of the perfume = Inn cu zihmui rim in a khat dih
khat cicek tein , tling tein - (adv.) fully
khat , khah - (v.) fill up, be filled - Example: When your can is filled, come = Na thawl kha a khah in ra te
khat , khah - (v.) to be the same - Example: Their words are the same, their words match = An bia aa khat
khat lak in a ummi - (adj.) replete
khat le khat rualter - (v.) balance
khatpi in chiah - (v.) heap - Example: She heaped food in his plate = A pakan ah a khat tein rawl a chiah
khattalei ah - (adv.) yonder
khattelei - (n.) the other side - Example: The other side of the river. - On the other side = Khattelei ral. - Khattelei kam
khattelei dongh in khattelei dongh tiang - (prep.) through
khattelei donghnak in khattelei donghnak - (n.) extreme
khattelei kam i chiah - (adv.) aside - Example: He put the book aside = Cauk kha kahtlei kam ah a chiah (a rel ti lo)
khattelei kam in khattelei kam i kal - (v.) traverse
khattelei kam niamter deuh - (v.) tilt - Example: You may tilt the cup when you drink water = Ti na din tikah na hrai kha khattelei kam niamter
deuh (na hrai kha ling)
khattelei kamah a tlu - (v.) cock - Example: His hat was cocked over one øje = A luchin kha khattelei mit cungah a tli
khattelei kap i tan - (v.) side with somebody - Example: His friends always side with him = A hawile cu amah lei kap ah an tang zungzal
khattelei khattelei i a tanglomi - (adj.) neutral
khattelei khattelei i i mer i thawn lengmang , fek loin um - (n.) vacillation
khattelei khattelei i tanlonak - (n.) neutrality
khattelei kil in khattelei kil in rinmi tlang , paisah in - (adj.) diagonal
khatter - (v.) make it bitter - Example: A certain herb makes the vegetable soup bitter = An phun khat nih tihang kha a khatter
khaubawi , cawkhal - (n.) cowboy
khaubawk - (n.) locust
khaubawk - (n.) grasshopper
khauh - (adj.) strong and stout
khauhsuai bantuk a simi rawl - (n.) macaroni
khaukhih - (v.) predestine
khaukhih - (v.) preordain
khaukhihnak - (n.) predestination
khautazik - (n.) cricket
khaw , khua - (n.) village, town, city, habitat of man
khawfingcat - (n.) dawn
khawh - (v.) finish, complete - Example: Would you be able to finish/complete your weaving today? = Na thiam nihin ah na lim khawh lai maw?
khawh - (v.) peel off the skin or bark - Example: Can you peel off the bark? - The shoe rubs my little toe and peels off the skin = Thinghawng na
khawh khawh lai maw? - Kedan nih ka hngete a ka hnor i cuar a khawh
khawh chungin - as much as ... can - Example: Come as quickly as possible = A ran khawh chungin ra
khawh , khawt - (v.) throw a spear at somebody or thing - Example: Saul threw a spear at David (to kill him) = Sawl nih David cu fei in a khawh
khawh , kho - (v.) able - Example: He is able to come = A ra kho
khawh , tuah khawh - (v.) can - Example: He can go to church = Biakinn ah a kal kho
khawi , khoi - (interj.) an expression used when the speaker wishes to do or say something like this: Khawi, keimah nih tuah ning = Come on, let
me do it!
khawk - (v.) to speak out loudly and harshly
khawkhen - (n.) incurable disease like leprosy
khawl , khawlh , kholh - (v.) collect - Example: We are collecting money = Tangka kan khawl
khawlh , khawl - (v.) collect - Example: We are collecting money = Tangka kan khawl
khawlh , kholh - (v.) bathe, take bath - Example: It's nice to bathe with cold water in hot weather = Khualum caan ah tikik khawlh a nuam
khawlhnak - (n.) bathing
khawlhnak - (n.) collecting
khawm - (v.) gather - Example: We gather the sheaves = Facang phal kan khawm
khawm - (v.) worship together
khawm - (adj.) knock-kneed - Example: He is a knock-kneed person = A khup a khawm
khawma - (n.) comma
khawmh - (v.) go to worship - Example: We shall go to worship (in the church) = Khawmh ah kan kal lai
khawmh , khomh - (v.) gather - Example: The gathered the left over twelve baskets = A ttiltawt rel hleihnih an khamh
khawmh , pumh - (v.) compile
khawn - (v.) knock - Example: He knocked his head against the wall = A lu vampang ah aa khawn
khawn - (v.) hurt - Example: I hurt my leg against the table = Ka ke cabuai ah kaa khawn
khawn - (v.) shake the dirt off the feet
khawn - (v.) thump with the feet - Example: He thumped his feet = A ke a khawn
khawn , khon - (v.) save money or thing - Example: You should save some money in a year = Kum khat ah tangka tlawmpal cu na khawn awk a
si
khawnden sual i i thlop hmasa biknak - (n.) first aid
khawndennak in a phingmi , a bo - (n.) bump
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