Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

lio - (adv.) while, during - Example: Nine A.M will be while you are working = Zinglei pakua cu na ttuam lio a si lai
lio , leuh , liau , liao - (v.) swim - Example: I know how to swim = Tileuh/tiliau ka thiam
lioah - (conj.) while - Example: While I was speaking he said nothing = Ka chim lioah cun zeihmanh a chim lo
lioah - (conj.) whilst
lioah - (conj.) as - Example: As a boy he lived in Yangon = A ngakchiat lioah Yangon ah a rak um
lip , lih - (v.) graze , scrape - Example: If your toe gets grazed or scraped it's hard for you to go on = Na kedong a lih ahcun kal a har
lipi - (n.) mainspring
lit - (n.) water leech, horse leech
litin - (n.) divination, augery
litingtu - (n.) diviner
litlet - (adj.) plump and short
liza , chaiza - (n.) bowstring
lo - (n.) farm
lo - (n.) field, hillside field
lo ahcun - (conj.) unless - Example: We shall go unless it rains = Ruah a sur lo ahcun kan kal lai
lo , hlah - (adv.) not - Example: 1. I do not like millet - 2. Do not lie = 1. Fatum ka duh lo - 2. Lihchim hlah
lo i sakmi inn - (n.) farmhouse
lo lak i kal , pial , a ping i kal , tlau - (v.) stray
lo , lawh - (v.) resemble, seem, look like - Example: It looks like rain, therefore I did not go. - He looks as if he is going = Ruah sur lai a lawh caah ka
kal lo. - A kal lai ko a lo
lo , lawh - (v.) pick, pluck - Example: They picked all the peaches on the tree = A kung i a ummi metie kha an lawh din
lo nganpi , a chung in mi umnak a si colhmi - (n.) plantation - Example: He has a coffee plantation = Kawfi lo nganpi a ngei
lo pawngri , pawngri - (n.) outskirts
lo thlawh le satil zuat in paw i cawmnak - (n.) farming
lobua - (n.) inherited land/field - Example: This field is my inherited field (from my father) = Hi lo hi ka lobua a si
locul - (n.) a field which has been used for one year and is now lying in fallow
loh - (v.) disappear - Example: It's three nights since the moon disappaered = Thlapa a lohnak zan thum a si cang
loh , hmuh khawh ti lo i um - (v.) disappear - Example: The dog disappeared from the house = Kan inn in kau uico a lo
lohn , hleih - (v.) exceed
lohn khawh lomi , tei khawh lomi - (adj.) insuperable
lohnak , philhnak - (n.) oblivion
lohnak , rawhnak , thihnak - (n.) doom
lohnak , tlaunak - (n.) disappearance
lohnak , tlaunak - (n.) disappearance
loin - (prep.) without - Example: I drink tea without sugar = Thanthling loin lakphak ka din
loin umnak , dawhtlak - (n.) immodesty
lok - (n.) throat
loklai , loklei - (adj.) arrogant, proud, conceited
loklei , loklai - (adj.) arrogant, proud, conceited
lokpuar - (n.) goitre - Example: He has goitre = A lok a puar
lom - (adj.) young and plump - Example: Their young child is plump = An fate a lom ngai
lomei - (adv.) isn't it so? don't - Example: You like milk, don't you?. - Your watch is good, isn't it? = Cawhnuk cu na duh ko lomei?. - Na suimilam
cu a ttha ko lomei?
lomh , lawm , lawmh - (v.) congratulate - Example: I congratulate you on passing of the exam = Camipuai na awn caah kaan lawmh
lomh , lawmh - (v.) appreciate
lomhnak , lawmhnak - (adj.) gladness, happiness, joy
lon - (v.) fine (in kind) - Example: She is fined one basket of corn = Fangvoi rel khat an lon
London khuami - (n.) Londoner
long - (adj.) loose - Example: My shoes are too loose for me = Ka kedan kaa long tuk
long , zalong - (adj.) be at liberty - Example: In the world there are many who are not at liberty = Vawlei cungah mi tampi cu an za a long lo
longh , lawngh - (v.) float, waft
lonh - (v.) pass - Example: We passed his car on the way = Lam ah a mawttawka kan lonh
lonh - (v.) transcend
lonh in - (prep.) over - Example: The boy jumped over the wall = Vampang lonh in ngakchiapa cu a pet
lonh khawh lo a simi , tei khawh lo a simi - (adj.) insurmountable
lonh , lawnh - (v.) surpass - Example: He surpassed his brother in English. - Al Thang surpasses Al Ling in height by one inch = Mirang holh ah a
nau kha a lonh. - Al Thang nih lehmah pakhat in Al Ling a lonh
lonhtu a simi , a sang ngaingaimi - (adj.) transcendent
lor - (adj.) excessive - Example: His parents gave him too much freedom and now he is excesive in his doing things = A nu le a pa nih an
thlahdorh i a lor
lori - (n.) land mark, boundary of the field
loring - (n.) fresh field, used for the first time or after a fallow periode
lothlawh - (n.) agriculture
lothlawh - (v.) cultivate
lothlawh - (v.) till
lothlawh le satil zuat - (n.) husbandry
lothlawhnak - (n.) tillage
lothlo pawl - (n.) peasant
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