Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

lakah , chungah - (prep.) with - Example: They will mix with the crowd = Zapi lakah, an i cawh lai
lakfa - (n.) bastard, illegal child
lakmi , chungmi - (prep.) of - Example: This book is one of the books which he wrote = Hi cauk hi a ttialmi cauk hna chung i pakhat a si
laknak kahcham - (n.) canal
lakphak - (n.) tea, tea leaves - Example: We shall drink tea. - I have no tea leaves = Lakphak kan ding lai. - Lakphak ka ngei lo
lakphak cawhnak darkeu - (n.) teaspoon
lakphak cawhnak darkeu khat - (n.) teaspoonful
lakphak dawr , dawr hmete - (n.) stall
lakphak dinnak inn , rawl einak inn - (n.) cafe
lakphak hrai - (n.) teacup
lakphak sonak um - (n.) teapot
lakphak-um - (n.) tea kettle
lakphak zetnak - (n.) tea strainer
lakphak zetnak , thil zetnak - (n.) strainer
lakphakchawk - (n.) tea leaves
lakphakti - (n.) tea (brewed)
lakpiak , chuh - (v.) deprive
lakpiak , chuh , thangchiat - (v.) derogate
laksang , lawmh man - (n.) prize
laksawng - (n.) gift
laksawng - (n.) present - Example: Christnas presents = Khrismas laksawng
laksawng - (n.) reward
laksawng hmete - (n.) tip
laksawng hmuh awk i aa tlakmi tuahnak / thil - (adj.) meritorious
laksawng nganpi - (n.) largess
laktthelh - (adj.) alternately (missing one thing in between) - Example: He works on alternate days = Ni laktthelh in rian a ttuan
lal - (n.) lord, chieftain - Example: He is the chieftain (lord) of the village = Amah cu an khua lal a si
lal - (v.) lord over other - Example: He lords over his villagers = A khuami kha a lal hnawh hna
lalang - (n.) travelling companion
lam - (n.) avenue
lam - (n.) passage - Example: The passage between two houses was blocked = Inn pahnih karlak lam kha a pit
lam - (n.) pathway
lam - (n.) road, path - Example: Motor road; foot path = Motor lam; Lai lam
lam - (n.) route
lam - (n.) track - Example: A track runs to the house = Lam cu inn tiang a phan
lam a ping i chimh - (v.) misdirect
lam bi , kot - (n.) pass - Example: The pass is between two mountains = Kot cu tlang pahnih karlak ah a si
lam bite - (n.) path
lam canceo - (n.) half way
lam cawhnak , innsak - (n.) construction
lam chimhnak cauk - (n.) guidebook
lam chimtu tung - (n.) guidepost
lam hla deuh - (adv.) farther - Example: I can swim farther than you = Nangmah nakin hla deuh ti ka leuh khawh
lam hlapi - (n.) way - Example: The moon is a long way off = Thlapa cu lam hlapi ah a um
lam hmaisak - (v.) pioneer
lam hmaisatu , khua le ram a tla hmasatu - (n.) pioneer
lam hmuhsak , hruai - (v.) guide
lam hmuhsak , lam hruai - (v.) lead
lam hmuhsaknak , hruainak - (n.) guidance
lam hmuhsaktu arfi - (n.) lodestar
lam hmuhsaktu ca i chiahmi mei ceu - (n.) beacon
lam hmuhsaktu lung , dah a ngeimi - (n.) lodestone
lam hrawnhnak , lam phihnak - (n.) blockade
lam hruaitu , lam chimtu - (n.) guide
lam i cawhnuk i an um i a zeitu hi dah ka zulh lai ti hngalh awk lo in umnak hmun - (n.) labyrinth
lam i kalh nuk i a umnak hmun khi, cucaah tlau a fawi i lam zulh awk hngalh a harnak hmun - (n.) maze
lam in - (prep.) via - Example: He is going to England from Burma via Suez canal = Kawlram in England ah Suez canal lam in a kal lai
lam kalning , zulhning , kalning tlangpi - (n.) tenor
lam kau , kau - (adj.) broad
lam kaupi , khulrang tein mawttaw mongh khawhnak - (n.) freeway
lam kenh - (v.) make way for - Example: Bullock carts must make way for jeeps = Cawleng nih jeep cu an kenh han awk a si
lam khat, pe ruk - (n.) fathom
lam kikawi aa kuai bakmi - (adj.) sharp - Example: A sharp turn = Aa kuai bakmi
lam kilkawi - (n.) corner/turn of the road
lam kilkawi , kil - (n.) corner
lam kuaihnak - (n.) curve
lam , laam - (v.) dance
lam mifir - (n.) higiwayman
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