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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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lianngannak , lianhngannak - (n.) greatness, powerfulness<br />

liao , leuh , liau - (v.) swim - Example: I know how <strong>to</strong> swim = Tileuh/tiliau ka thiam<br />

liau , liao , leuh - (v.) swim - Example: I know how <strong>to</strong> swim = Tileuh/tiliau ka thiam<br />

library zohkhenhtu - (n.) librarian<br />

lih - (n.) lie - Example: He <strong>to</strong>ld us a lie = Lih a kan chimh<br />

lih - (v.) lie - Example: You lie = Lih na chim<br />

lih a chimmi - (adj.) lying<br />

lih a chimmi , biatak a chim lomi - (adj.) dishonest<br />

lih a chimmi , mi hlen a hmangmi - (adj.) deceitful<br />

lih , biatak a si lomi - (n.) untruth<br />

lih chim hmangmi , hlen hmangmi - (adj.) fraudulent<br />

lih chimmi , hlen hmangmi - (n.) deceiver<br />

lih chin lomi , mi hmaan a simi , zumh awk tlakmi - (adj.) honest<br />

lih , dehnak , a hmaan lomi bia - (n.) fallacy<br />

lih , hlennak - (n.) fraud<br />

lih in i lak , hlen - (v.) defraud<br />

lih in mi thangchiat - (v.) traduce<br />

lih , lip - (v.) graze , scrape - Example: If your <strong>to</strong>e gets grazed or scraped it's hard for you <strong>to</strong> go on = Na kedong a lih ahcun kal a har<br />

lih siternak , hmaan lomi siternak - (n.) falsification<br />

lih tawnmi , tawnchomnak - (n.) fabrication<br />

lih um lo tein a hmanmi taktak - (adv., adj.) bona fide<br />

lihbia , a hmaan lomi sinak - (n.) falsehood<br />

lihchim - (v.) lie<br />

lihchim - (v.) prevaricate<br />

lihchim , hlen - (n.) cheat<br />

lihchim , hlen - (v.) deceive<br />

lihchim , lih in chiatser - (v.) perjure - Example: The witness perjured himself by lying about what he saw on the night of the murder = Lai an i<br />

nawn zan i a hmuhmi kong ah khan, tehtepa nih lih a chim caah, amah le amah kha lihchim sual aa phaw<br />

lihchim lo tein - in good faith<br />

lihchim lo tein , ding tein - (adv.) straightforward<br />

lihchim lo , ziaza ding - (n.) integrity<br />

lihchimmi , hrokhrolmi - (adj.) knavish<br />

lihchimnak , biatak chim lonak - (n.) dishonesty<br />

lihchimnak , hrokhrawlnak - (n.) guile<br />

lihchimnak , hrokhrolnak - (n.) knavery<br />

lihnin - (n.) earthquake<br />

lihninh tahnak seh - (n.) seismograph<br />

liim , lim - (v.) finish - Example: She finished the work = Rian a lim<br />

lik - (v.) cover with water - Example: Water (flood) covers our garden = Ti nih kan dum a lik<br />

lik - (v.) counter with the same kind of harsh words - Example: He countered him with harsh words after which he kept quiet = A lik a lik i a dai ko<br />

liklak , lek , leklak - (adj.) energetic, active, prompt in action - Example: Pu Thang is an energetic, active person = Pu Thang cu mileklak a si<br />

likuk canthum - (prop.) the seven star group<br />

likuk , li - (n.) bow<br />

lila - (pron.) reflexive: myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves<br />

lilam suai , a man a sang bik a pe khotu sin paoh i zapi lak i zuar - (n.) auction<br />

lilen , lileng - (adj.) <strong>to</strong> be homesick, lonesome, lonely - Example: He weeps because he is lonely, homesick = A li a len caah a ttap<br />

lileng in um - (adj.) strange - Example: He felt strange in the city = Khuapi chungah lileng in a um<br />

lileng , lilen - (adj.) <strong>to</strong> be homesick, lonesome, lonely - Example: He weeps because he is lonely, homesick = A li a len caah a ttap<br />

lilennak lunglennak , ngaichiatnak , umharnak - (n.) melancholy<br />

lili pangpar - (n.) lily<br />

lili pangpar phun khat - (n.) lotus<br />

lim , hlawhtlin , tlinter - (v.) achieve<br />

lim lomi , dih lomi - (adj.) unfinished<br />

lim (rul) - (n.) python<br />

lim , tlinter , tuah khawh - (v.) accomplish<br />

limkeng - (n.) dragon<br />

lin - (adj.) hot (as fire or sun) - Example: The sun is hot = Ni a lin<br />

linchim lo tein a ummi ziaza , dinnak , ziaza ding - (n.) rectitude<br />

ling - (n.) the prime or heyday of life - Example: He died in the prime of his life = A chan ling ah a thi<br />

linglawm ngaiin - (adv.) gladly<br />

lingmaw , serthlum - (n.) tangerine<br />

lingthawhnak peknak , thaw chuahhnawhnak , thazang peknak - (n.) inspiration<br />

lingthin tha - (n.) goodwill<br />

lingtlin lonak , lungsi lonak - (n.) dissatisfaction<br />

linh - (v.) heat - Example: The sun beats down on me = Ni nih a ka linh<br />

linh - (v.) heat up - Example: I put an iron rod in the furnace for heating it up = Meiphu chungah thir tluan ka linh<br />

linhnak , khua lin , a linhsat liopi , lumternak - (n.) heat<br />

linseed thei in a chuakmi thiti , inn si thuhmi he cawhmi - (n.) linseed oil<br />

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