Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

kheu , kheuh , khen , kheo , kho , khoh - (v.) spring, sprout, germinate - Example: Plants spring from seeds = Thingkung/ramkung cu an ci in
a kheu
kheuh , tak thak i kheuh , huah - (v.) scratch
kheuhnak - (n.) germination
khi - (pron.) that - Example: I like that book = Khi cauk khi ka duh
khi - (adj.) at that time, from that time (future tense) - Example: At that time. - Thenceforth, from that time = Khi tikah. - Khi thawkin
khi bantuk pawl khi , sam temnak hri , ca ttialnak seh hri - (n.) ribbon
khi hna khi - (pron.) those
khi-ing - (n.) bell, cowbell, a small bell worn around the ankle
khi tikah , cun , cu a si ahcun , kha caan ah khan - (adv.) then
khiah - (v.) break something not round - Example: I break my pencil = Ka khehdan ka khiah
khiah , khiak - (v.) decide - Example: You should decide (it) soon. - Have you decided going to Falam? = Bia nan khiah tuan a hau. - Falam kal
ding naa khiak cang maw?
khiah khuai - (v.) fracture
khiak - (v.) fix - Example: Fix the date for the meeting = Pumhnak ding nithla khiak tuah u
khiak , khiah - (v.) decide - Example: You should decide (it) soon. - Have you decided going to Falam? = Bia nan khiah tuan a hau. - Falam kal
ding naa khiak cang maw?
khiam - (adj.) modest, not imposing - Example: He is a man who does not impose his ideas or opinions on ohters/ who would be moderate in his
talks, manners, habits = Mi khiam a si
khian , khiang - (adj.) oily - Example: If the water is oily, don't drink it = Ti cu a khian ahcun ding hlah
khiang , khian - (adj.) oily - Example: If the water is oily, don't drink it = Ti cu a khian ahcun ding hlah
khiangbarai cawi - (n.) jumping on one leg - Example: He jumps on one leg = Khiangbarai cawi in a kal
khiangrang - (n.) linen (cloth)
khiangthawng - (n.) mosquito net
khiar , hnem - (adj.) mean - Example: He is too mean to pay his workers well = A khiar tuk i a rianttuantu pawl kha ttha tein an hlawh a pe duh
hna lo
khiar ngaiin - (adj.) miserly
khiarnak - (n.) parsimony
khiarnak , i sumren tein tangka hmannak - (n.) thrift
khih - (v.) tie with a rope or chain - Example: They tie a cow with a rope = Caw cu hri in an khih
khih - (v.) to put on as an ornament - Example: She puts on a bracelet = Kuthkih aa khih
khika - (adv.) there - Example: Please go there = Khika ah khin va kal
khika ah - (adv.) thither
khika khin - (adv.) there - Example: Stand up there = Khika khin dir
khika khin - (adv.) from there - Example: He comes from there = Khika khin a ra
khika ti sullam a si lomi in hmannak - (pron.) there - Example: There is a book on the table = Cabuai cungah cauk a um
khikhiang - (n.) brass ornament of a Chin woman
khil , hil - (v.) get dried up (this is used mainly with wound which has pus and so it coontes the wound is getting healed)
khim - (v.) be satisfied with food, be full - Example: I am full now = Rawl ka khim cang
khim tein rawl ei - (v.) satiate
khim tuk ah nor lakin khim - (n.) satiety
khim tuknak - (n.) glut
khimh - (v.) be satisfied
khimh - (v.) grip, hold firmly on to something, constrict - Example: A vine consricts a tree = Zunhri nih thingkung a khimh
khimh , kulh - (v.) girdle - Example: The city was girdled with villages = Khuapi cu khuate nih an kulh
khin - (adv.) there - Example: Stand up there. - He comes here from there = Khika khin dir. - Khika khin a ra
khin - (v.) to put something on the top of something - Example: Please put the pot on the fire = Um kha khing tuah
khin - (v.) hinge - Example: This matter hinges on you (your decision) = Hi thil cu nangmah cungah aa khing ko
khing tete an rin i an aw khi , darkhing hme tete - (n.) jingle
khing thlaitu , man khiaktu - (n.) assessor
khingh - (adj.) chapped, chafed, cracked, slit, creviced - Example: My lips get chapped/chafed/cracked in winter = Khuasik ah cun ka hmur a
khing
khingkhang - (adj.) be equal in strength and ability - Example: Mr. Za Sum and Mr. Za Sang are equals (neck and neck) = Pu Za Sum le Pu za
Sang cu khingkhang an si
khingkhang - (v.) equal - Example: Mr. Za Sum cannot equal Mr. Za Sang = Pu Za Sum nih Pu Za Sang cu a khingkhang lo
khinh, chonh. 2. rak duh set na lo i va helhhum peng - (v.) impose
khinhhramh lomi , lungleng i a ummi - (adj.) forlorn
khir , kher - (n.) scab
khir tthan - (v.) repulse - Example: The attack was repulsed = An hun dohnak hna cu an rak khirh
khir tthan - (v.) repulse - Example: An hun dohnak hna cu an rak khirh
khirh - (v.) repel - Example: They repelled the enemy = Ral kha an khirh hna
khirh , kherh - (v.) refuse, reject
khirhnak - (n.) repulsion
khit - (v.) tie (with rope)
kho , khawh - (adj.) able - Example: He is able to come = A ra kho
kho , kheu , kheuh , khen - (v.) spring, sprout, germinate - Example: Plants spring from seeds = Thingkung/ramkung cu an ci in a kheu
khoh , kheu , kheuh , khen , kheo , kho - (v.) spring, sprout, germinate - Example: Plants spring from seeds = Thingkung/ramkung cu an ci in
a kheu
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