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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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lam naite i a ummi , banh khaw , phak khawh - (adj.) handy<br />

lam nganpi - (n.) boulevard<br />

lam nganpi - (n.) highway<br />

lam ngawi , a ngawimi - (adj.) crooked<br />

lam pakhat le pakhat an i tannak, an i <strong>to</strong>nnak - (n.) intersection<br />

lam phah awk si nak a bangmi - (n.) asphalt<br />

lam phih , donh - (v.) block - Example: The road was blocked by a landslide = Mincim nih lam kha a phih<br />

lam phun khat a si i biachim loin tuanbia pakhatkhat an langhter - (n.) ballet<br />

lam serpiak - (v.) pave - Example: He paves the way for us = Lam a kan serpiak<br />

lam tan , a phei in rin - (v.) cross - Example: Do not forget <strong>to</strong> cross your 't' = Na 't' kha a phei in rin philh hlah<br />

lam tthen - (v.) diverge - Example: Our paths diverge here = Hika ah hin kan lam aa tthen<br />

lam , tuahning - (n.) way - Example: Doc<strong>to</strong>rs are trying <strong>to</strong> find ways <strong>to</strong> prevent desease = Sibawi nih zawtnak khamnak caah zawtnak khamnak<br />

caah lam an kawl lengmang<br />

lam um lonak hmun a simi - (adj.) pathless<br />

lambawi - (n.) road overseer; civil engeneer<br />

lamh - (v.) stamp - Example: Jack stamped on the spider = Jack nih sawmpalak kha a lahm<br />

lamh awi ca i chiahmi lung - (n.) stepping-s<strong>to</strong>ne<br />

lamh , cil , tuk - (v.) trounce<br />

lamh , kal - (v.) tread - Example: Don't tread on the flower beds = Pangpar cinnak kuang kha lam hna hlah<br />

lamhbak , hlei - (n.) step<br />

lamhchih - (v.) trample<br />

lamhchihmi , misifak mi nauta pawl - (adj.) downtrodden<br />

lamhlapi - (adj.) remote<br />

lamhlapi a phan khomi thil , ruahnak - (adj.) far-reaching<br />

lamhlat deuh in thil cuanh tik i fiang deuh le hmaan deuh in hmuh khawhnak khi - (n.) perspective - Example: Many happenings of last<br />

year seem less important when viewed in perspective = Nikum til ummi tampi kha hlat deuh in vun cuanh hna tikah hiapi tuk an rak si lo ti kha a<br />

hung langg<br />

lamhlatpi i a ummi - (adj.) far-off<br />

lamhruang ah , lam i rak bawh i nam - (n.) ambush<br />

lamkal - (n.) delegate, envoy, emissary - Example: Peter was an envoy/emissary of Jesus = Piter cu Bawi Jesuh lamkal a si<br />

lamkal - (v.) negotiate between two people - Example: He negotiates between them = Amah nih an karlak ah lam a kal hna<br />

lamkaltu - (n.) envoy<br />

Lamkaltu - (prop.) Acts of the Apostles<br />

lamkaltu - (n.) negotia<strong>to</strong>r, media<strong>to</strong>r, match maker<br />

lamkam - (n.) wayside - Example: Some of the seeds fell on the edge of the road = Thlaici acheu cu lamkam ah an tla<br />

lammi - (n.) dancer<br />

lamnai lawng a hmu khomi - (adj.) nearsighted<br />

lamnak hmun - (n.) theatre<br />

lamnak puaipi - (n.) ball<br />

lamnhnak in au - (interj.) hurrah<br />

lampawng - (n.) roadside<br />

lampawng i an vanmi meiinn - (n.) streetlight<br />

lampawng i an vanmi meiinn - (n.) streetlamp<br />

lampi ah , lampi in - (adv.) en route<br />

lampial - (n.) fork<br />

lamserh - (n.) funeral dance<br />

lamte , lailam - (n.) trail<br />

lamtte - (n.) fork<br />

lamtte - (n.) junction<br />

lan ko in hmuh khawhmi - (adj.) transparent - Example: Glass is transparent = Thlalang cu lan ko in hmuh khawhmi a si<br />

lan , lanh - (v.) pass through - Example: They passed through the <strong>to</strong>wn = Khua chung in an lan<br />

lang - (n.) yoke - Example: A man carried two buckets on a yoke, one at each end = Mipa nih laang ka pakhat in baltin pahnih a put hna, khattelei<br />

pakhat veve in<br />

lang - (adv.) from a distance - Example: He shot a deer from a distance and missed it = A lang in sakhi a kah i a nganh<br />

lang , laang - (n.) pole or stretcher - Example: They carried the loads with poles = Thil cu lang in an put hna<br />

lang , langh - (v.) appear, be in sight, visible - Example: Zokhua is visible from Rung mountain = Zokhua cu Rung tlang in a lang<br />

langak - (n.) crow, raven<br />

langak keuhnak hmun - (n.) rookery<br />

langak phun khat - (n.) raven<br />

langak phun khat - (n.) rook<br />

langh - (adj.) visible<br />

langh a duh ngaimi , mi nih ka hmu hna seh ti a duh ngaimi - (adj.) ostentatious<br />

langh a duh tukmi minung , meizik bantuk a simi - (adj.) flamboyant<br />

langh duh tuk deuh a simi - (adj.) showy<br />

langh , lang - (v.) appear, be in sight, visible - Example: Zokhua is visible from Rung mountain = Zokhua cu Rung tlang in a lang<br />

langh , lang - (v.) <strong>to</strong> be retributed naturally - Example: His bad deeds have been retributed = Tthat lonak a tuahmi nih a langh<br />

langhnak - (n.) natural retribution - Example: He gets retribution for his misdeeds = Tthat lonak a tuahmi ruangah langhnak a hmu<br />

langhnak a simi - (adj.) symp<strong>to</strong>matic<br />

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