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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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lemnak , coktarh - (n.) lure<br />

lemsoi khawh - (v.) prevail - Example: I cannot prevail upon him <strong>to</strong> stay for dinner = Zanriah ei ko tiah ka lemsoi kho lo<br />

len - (v.) see - Example: I want <strong>to</strong> see my friend = Ka hawi len ka duh<br />

len - (v.) call - Example: Our pas<strong>to</strong>r will call on us <strong>to</strong>morrow = Thaizing ah kan pas<strong>to</strong>r a kan leng lai<br />

len - (v.) visit<br />

len , leng - (v.) visit within the samme village or <strong>to</strong>wn - Example: Today we are going <strong>to</strong> visit our friends = Nihin cu kan hawi kan leng hna lai<br />

leng - (prep.) outside - Example: He is sitting outside the house = Inn lengah a tthu ko<br />

leng - (n.) vehicle, wheel, cart, carriage - Example: We go by horse cart = Rangleng in kan kal<br />

leng - (v.) walk, stroll, go about, go for a walk - Example: We go for at walk (lit. we visit the road) = Lam kan leng<br />

leng - (v.) float in the air, waft - Example: Word has been floating that Chante and Tialte are going <strong>to</strong> get married = Chante le Ttialte an i um lai<br />

tiah bia a leng<br />

leng , cawleng - (n.) cart<br />

leng chuahnak nawl , ngaihthiam - (v.) excuse<br />

leng chuak loin erhnak - (n.) confinement<br />

leng hnuhnak hri - (n.) trace<br />

leng i chuahnak , pheonak - (n.) exclusion<br />

leng i hlonh - (v.) eject<br />

leng in chungah luh. - 2. phun khat in phun khat ah i thlen - (prep.) in<strong>to</strong><br />

leng kekual i a ha - (n.) sprocket<br />

leng lang ah cun , a leng langhnak ah cun - (adv.) ostensibly<br />

leng lang i dawh ngai i ser i a chung i a ttha ttung lomi - (adj.) specious<br />

leng , len - (v.) visit within the samme village or <strong>to</strong>wn - Example: Today we are going <strong>to</strong> visit our friends = Nihin cu kan hawi kan leng hna lai<br />

leng remhtu - (n.) wheelwright<br />

lengah - (adv.) outside - Example: Go outside = Lengah chuak thah<br />

lengah , innchung si loin lengah - (adj.) outdoors<br />

lengchuah , pheo - (v.) exclude<br />

lengke - (n.) wheel<br />

lengke aa mernak thirfung , ekzel - (n.) axle<br />

lengke kual a laifang - (n.) hub<br />

lengke ti nih a mermi - (n.) waterwheel<br />

lengkekual - (n.) wheel<br />

lengkeneh - (n.) rut<br />

lenglang in , hlangfang in - (adv.) openly<br />

lenglang sawhsawh a simi - (adj.) phenomenal<br />

lengleh - (n.) a woman who wants <strong>to</strong> get married again after divorce or the death of her husband<br />

lenglei - (adv.) without - Example: The house is painted without and within = Inn cu a lenglei he a chunglei he si an thuh<br />

lenglei deuh - (adj.) outer - Example: Outer wall = Lenglei deuh vampang<br />

lenglei in si loin mahte nih zeitindah ka tuah lai tiah i khiahnak - (n.) self-determination<br />

lengmang - (adj.) often - Example: I often see him at church = Biakinn ah ka hmuh lengmang<br />

lengmang - (adv.) on and on - Example: He talked on and on = A holh lengmang<br />

lengttul - (n.) spinster<br />

lengtu - (n.) caller<br />

lenh - (v.) use commonly - Example: They do not use Lai language = Lai holh an lenh lo<br />

lenh - (v.) play with - Example: The children play with dolls = Nganchia nih tunu an i lenh<br />

lenh , lian , lianh - (v.) swell, rise (as a river) - Example: The water is high that we dannot cross the river = Ti a lenh caah kan tak kho lo<br />

lenkhang , a phei in zarmi sur - (n.) seine<br />

lennak - (n.) visit<br />

lennak khan - (n.) living room<br />

lente aa celhmi - (n.) player<br />

lente an i celhmi bu khat khi, tennis ah an hman bik, set u chungah set 6 i a tei ahcun tei a si, ti bantuk khi - (n.) set<br />

lente celhnak phun khat, tennis bantuk - (n.) squash<br />

lente i celh - (v.) sport<br />

lentecelh - (v.) play (games, not music) - Example: They play games = Lente an i celh<br />

lentecelh a duh ngaimi - (adj.) sportive<br />

lentecelh bantuk men i ruah le rel - (v.) trifle<br />

lentecelh hawi - (n.) playmate<br />

lentecelh i zuamnak - (n.) <strong>to</strong>urnament<br />

lentecelh pawl i tawhrolh tawi an hmanmi - (n.) trunks<br />

lentecelh thiammi , hirha zangmi - (n.) athlete<br />

lentecelh zohnak i thutnak hmun tha bik - (n.) grandstand<br />

lentecelh zuamnak i hman a si bikmi , a herhnak bantukin dirter khawhmi suimilam - (n.) s<strong>to</strong>p watch<br />

lentecelhnak - (n.) game<br />

lentecelhnak - (n.) gymnastics<br />

lentecelhnak - (n.) sport<br />

lentecelhnak certual - (n.) playground<br />

lentecelhnak he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) athletic<br />

lentecelhnak hmun i aa celhtu le a zohtu hna nih hman awk i an sakmi inn nganpi - (n.) pavilion<br />

lentecelhnak hmun, lentecelhnak inn - (n.) gymnasium<br />

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