Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

khawnferen , aa ralmi bu pahnih i pumhnak - (n.) parley
khawng - (v.) shake off the dust - Example: Please shake the doormat off the dust = Kehnawhnak kha hei khawng tuah
khawng - (v.) strike, hit, beat aganist something - Example: I hit my leg against the table = Cabuai ah ka ke kaa khawng
khawng - (v.) flap the wings - Example: Birds cannot fly without flapping their wings = Vate nih thla khawng loin an zuang kho lo
khawng - (v.) sell - Example: Today I can sell ten bags of rice = Nihin cu facang tun hra ka khawng kho
khawng - (n.) supervisor - Example: He is the supervisor of the coolies = Amah hi kuli khawng a si
khawng , khawngh , khongh - (v.) supervise, oversee - Example: I am supervising the coolies = Kuli ka khawng hna
khawngh , khawng - (v.) supervise, oversee - Example: I am supervising the coolies = Kuli ka khawng hna
khawngsil chung i aa telmi - (n.) councillor
khawnh , khonh - (n.) leave of absence - Example: I got a three-day leave of absende = Ni thum khawmh ka hmu
khawnnak , hmaitonh in i khawnnak - (n.) collision
khawnsat , hlasak puai - (n.) concert
khawp , khop - (adj.) to be satisfied (with food) - Example: I am very full = Rawl ka khawp ngai
khawpi tuah - (v.) copy
khawr , khor - (n.) pit, hole - Example: They are digging a pit = Khawr an co
khawrh - (v.) to eat away the bank of the river by the water
khawrh - (v.) dig up the crabs - Example: We are catching the crabs = Cangai kan khawrh
khawrh , khorh - to carve, to make a depression in the ground
khawri , khuari - (n.) thunder - Example: Thunder and lightning = Khuari le ttektla
khawt - (v.) move upward - Example: Move upward (towards your head) = Na lu leiah i khawt
khawt , khawh - (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
khazianchinti , kawlhang - (n.) tomato
khazin , rawl einak hailengte - (n.) fork
khe - (n.) spare (part), supplement
khedan , khehdan - (n.) pencil
kheek - (v.) bleat (used for monkeys, sheep or goat)
kheh , khek - (v.) peel the skin (of orange/banana) off
khei - (n.) bright red powder made into paint
khek , kheh - (v.) peel the skin (of orange/banana) off - Example: I cannot peel off the skin of the banana = Banhla ka khek kho lo
khel - (n.) hips
kheldomh , domh - (v.) stand akimbo - Example: He stands akimbo = A khel aa domh
khelroh - (n.) hip bones
khem - (v.) dry up - Example: The puss of his wound has dried up. - His eyes dried up (= he is blind) = A hma a khem cang. - A mit a khem
khen - (v.) to forbid a young woman from marrying her fiance - Example: Her parents forbid her from marrying him = Amah he i umh ding kha a
nu le a pa nih an khen
khen , kheng - (v.) hit the mark
khen , kheu , kheuh - (v.) spring, sprout, germinate - Example: Plants spring from seeds = Thingkung/ramkung cu an ci in a kheu
kheng - (adj.) full - Example: We waited for a full hour = Suimilam pakhat kheng kan hngan
kheng - (n.) dish - Example: We eat food in the plate = Kheng in rawl kan ei
kheng - (n.) crowm of the head - Example: He is bald = A kheng a kolh
kheng - (adj.) exact, not less than - Example: He gave me twenty kyats only (exact) = Tangka kul kheng a ka pek
kheng , khen - (v.) hit the mark - Example: He shot a deer but missed it = Sakhi a kah i a kheng lo
kheng putnak ca i hmanmi , kheng a kaumi , meidap chiahnak kheng - (n.) tray
kheng tawlnak le ti thletnak pakankuar nganmi - (n.) sink
kheng tlang , lukhuh tlang , hrai tlang - (n.) brim
kheng ttuang i a tlak i a thawng khi - (n.) crash
khengkuar - (n.) bowl
khengkuar bantuk a simi khor - (n.) crater
khenh - (v.) drive, nail, hit with a hammer - Example: Drive the nail in the board = Thing ah thir kha khenh
khenh - (v.) seal the document or envelope with a seal or sealing wax
khenh - (v.) echo - Example: The boom of the gun echoes far and wide = Meithal aw cu a khenh in aa kkehn
khenh , ttial , ker - (v.) engrave - Example: His name was engraved on a stone = A min cu lung cungah an ker, an ttial
khenhchih , thir a fongmi khattelei le khattelei in khenhchih , hrenh - (v.) clinch
khenhfial , fahenh - (n.) wedge
khensar zawtnak - (n.) cancer
khepiat - (n.) eraser
khepkha - (n.) stingy, miserly person
kher - (v.) pry into, delve, burrow, gnaw, gorge out as with knife
kher - (v.) spin - Example: She spins on a spinning wheel = La a kher
kher , khir - (n.) scab
kherh - (v.) to return something which has been given, to give back, to refuse
kherh , khirh - (v.) refuse, reject
kherhlai - (v.) inquire into, ask questions to get information from somebody
kherkher - (adj.) particular - Example: Mrs. Jones is so particular about her house work that no one wanted to work for her = Mrs. Jones cu a inn
rian kong ah a ti kherkher tuk caah ahohmanh nih a rian ttuan an duh lo
khethuan - (n.) extra, reserve
kheu - (v.) cutting teeth - Example: He is cutting teeth = A ha a kheu
kheu - (n.) sprout, shoot, young plant - Example: A young corn plante = Fangvoi kheu
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