Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013
Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013
Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013
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lacawng , lacongh - (n.) mule driver, muleteer<br />
lacawnghnak - (n.) taking care of the mules<br />
lachawn , lachon - (n.) combed and ginned cot<strong>to</strong>n<br />
lachon i maw puan in maw nem seh ti i benh - (v.) pad - Example: The inside of the jewel box was padded with cot<strong>to</strong>n = Lungvar chiahnak<br />
kuangte a chunglei kha lachon in a benh<br />
lacongh , lacawng - (n.) mule driver, muleteer<br />
laduang , lazai - (n.) skein<br />
lafa , lafang - (n.) thread or string of thread - Example: Your thread yarn is <strong>to</strong>o fine = Na lafang (lafa) a tthia tuk<br />
lafang , lafa - (n.) thread or string of thread - Example: Your thread yarn is <strong>to</strong>o fine = Na lafang (lafa) a tthia tuk<br />
lah - (v.) chafe - Example: The stiff collar chafes my neck = Angki khgawng tthawng nih ka hngawng a ka lah<br />
lah - (v.) bruise, scratch - Example: A rope bruises my hand = Hri nih ka kut a ka lah<br />
lahat - (n.) cot<strong>to</strong>n gin, cot<strong>to</strong>n carding machine<br />
lahat ki - (n.) cog<br />
lahat ki a ngeimi a kekual - (n.) cogwheel<br />
lahkhah - (n.) pay - Example: His pay is thirty kyats a month = A lahkhah cu thla khat ah sawm thum a si<br />
lahkhah - (n.) salary<br />
lahkhah - (n.) salary, monthly wage - Example: My salary is one thousand kyats per month = Ka lahkhah cu thla khat ah thong khat a si<br />
lahkhah karhnak , karhnak - (n.) increment<br />
lahkhah leng in hmuhmi thil laksawng bantuk si loin hmuh awk a si hrim timi - (n.) perquisite<br />
lahkhah pekmi - (adj.) salaried<br />
lai - (n.) navel<br />
lai - (adv.) shall (future tense) - Example: I shall go home = Inn ah ka kal lai<br />
lai - (adv.) just before - Example: Please come again just before you leave (go) = Na kal laiah ra ta te<br />
lai - (n.) centre - Example: He stands in the centre of the room (floor) = Ttuang lai ah a dir<br />
lai - (n.) middle - Example: Break the sugar cane in the middle = Fu kha a lai in tan<br />
lai - (n.) midst - Example: He stands in their midst = An lai ah a dir<br />
Lai - (n.) <strong>Chin</strong>s<br />
lai kawhra phun khat - (n.) yam<br />
laibawi - (n.) middle finger<br />
laibawi (kutdong) - (n.) index finger<br />
laicer , laifang - (n.) centre - Example: He lives in the centre of the <strong>to</strong>wn = Khua laifang ah a um<br />
laifang a simi - (adj.) middle<br />
laifang , laicer - (n.) centre - Example: He lives in the centre of the <strong>to</strong>wn = Khua laifang ah a um<br />
laihna - (n.) the combs made of bamboos used in weaving for changing the threads of the warp; the thrads of the warp; the warp<br />
Laiholh - (n.) <strong>Chin</strong> language<br />
laihri - (n.) umbilical cord<br />
laikeng , laiking , kinglang - (n.) lizard - Example: Postponing all the time, like a lizard which intends <strong>to</strong> weave while in cold night and forgets when<br />
the sun comes and warms him up = Kinglang puanbu tah in<br />
laiking , laikeng , kinglang - (n.) lizard - Example: Postponing all the time, like a lizard which intends <strong>to</strong> weave while in cold night and forgets when<br />
the sun comes and warms him up = Kinglang puanbu tah in<br />
lailam , lamte - (n.) trail<br />
laileng - (n.) pigeon - Example: A pigeon coos (see vahui) = Laileng a awn<br />
laileng inn - (n.) dovecot<br />
laileng phun khat - (n.) turtledove<br />
laileng zuatnak inn, laileng zuatnak inn bantukin a kua tete sermi kuang - (n.) pigeonhole<br />
lailing - (n.) the prime or heyday of life, the height of one's glory<br />
laimi , tunu , lentecelhnak tunu - (n.) doll<br />
lainawm - (v.) murder - Example: He was murdered last year = Ni kum ah an nawn<br />
lainawn - (n.) murder<br />
lainawng - (n.) murderer<br />
lainawngtu - (n.) murderer<br />
lainawnnak - (n.) murder, murdering<br />
lainawnnak/harnak nganpi chuahtertu thil - (adj.) murderous<br />
laisen , thil tuah khawhnak nawl peknak ca - (n.) license<br />
lak - (v.) take - Example: He takes a pen = Cafung a lak<br />
lak - (n.) waste - Example: My trip was a waste = Ka khualtlawn cu alak a si<br />
lak - (v.) fetch, collect (a person) - Example: I collected him at the railway station = Tlanglawng dinhnak ah ka va lak<br />
lak , chuh - (v.) detract from<br />
lak tawnmi ngunkhuai leng i a hlei in lakmi ngunkhuai - (n.) supertax<br />
lak tthan , hmuh tthan - (v.) retrieve<br />
lak tthan , hmuh tthan khawh lomi - (adj.) irretrievable<br />
lak tthan , hrawh tthan - (v.) repeal - Example: The law was repealed = Upadi kha an hrawh tthan<br />
lak tthan , kir tthan , hnulei ah i thawn tthan , hnuh tthan - (v.) withdraw<br />
lak tthan zau , con - (v.) flinch - Example: The baby flinched when it <strong>to</strong>uched a hot pot = Um lin a <strong>to</strong>ngh tikah ngakchia cu a kut a lak zau, a con<br />
lak zau , char zau , a cuh in i cuh - (v.) grab<br />
lakah - (prep.) in - Example: They walked home in the rain = Ruahpi lakah inn ah an tin<br />
lakah. chungah - (prep.) among<br />
lakah , chungah - (n.) midst - Example: In our midst = Kan lakah, kan chungah<br />
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