Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

lungvar man sung , thil sunglawi paohpaoh - (n.) jewel
lungvar phun khat - (n.) emerald
lungvar phun khat a man a sung ngaimi - (n.) jasper
lungvar phun khat a man a sung ngaimi - (n.) lapis lazuli
lungvar phun khat a mui aa thleng khomi - (n.) opal
lungvarnak - (n.) sharpness in learning
lungzang - (adj.) gullible, lighgthearted
lunh , lung - (v.) get rotten and full of maggots - Example: The meat is getting bad and full of maggots = Sa kha tho a lung
lup , leplup - (adv.) to do things in a hasty, hurry-burry manner
lupawng , ludomh , upawng - (n.) turban
luruh - (n.) skull
Lusei , Lushai - (prop.) Mizo, one of the ethnic tribes in India, close kin of the Chins
Lushai , Lusei - (prop.) Mizo, one of the ethnic tribes in India, close kin of the Chins
lut - (v.) join - Example: He joins the army = Ralkap a lut
lut , luh - (v.) enter - Example: He enters the house = Inn chungah a lut
lutan - (v.) behead
luthluak hman , fak piin ruah - (v.) reason - Example: An idiot cannot reason = Mihrut nih cun khua a ruat kho lo
luti , tilu - (n.) rain water running or standing in puddles
lutlai - (n.) chairman
luval - (n.) dandruff
luval - (n.) scurf
M
ma - (v.) stop - Example: Stop your singing = Na hlasak kha ma
ma , maa , maak , mak - (v.) divorce (by the man) - Example: Mr. Khamh Ling does not divorce Ttial Ngen. - Ttial Ngen divorces Khamh Ling =
Khamh Ling nih Ttial Ngen a ma lo. - Ttial Ngen nih Khamh Ling a kirtak
maa , maak , ma - (v.) divorce (by the man) - Example: Mr. Khamh Ling does not divorce Ttial Ngen. - Ttial Ngen divorces Khamh Ling = Khamh
Ling nih Ttial Ngen a ma lo. - Ttial Ngen nih Khamh Ling a kirtak
maak , ma , maa - (v.) divorce (by the man) - Example: Mr. Khamh Ling does not divorce Ttial Ngen. - Ttial Ngen divorces Khamh Ling = Khamh
Ling nih Ttial Ngen a ma lo. - Ttial Ngen nih Khamh Ling a kirtak
maal - (adj.) to be afflcted with night blindness
maal - (v.) die off - Example: The sun is too hot that the young plants (sprouts) die off = Ni a lin tuk i thlaikheu an maal
maam - (adj.) smooth - Example: Your flour is smooth = Nan ttuang a maam ngai
maan , man - (v.) disintegrate, rot, decay; dissolve, be crushed into small pieces/dust - Example: Salt dissolves in water = Cite cu ti chungah a
maan
maang , mang , naang - (n.) dirt, soot - Example: Soot on the pot = Belmaang/Belmang
magnet i canter, magnet bantukin hnuh - (v.) magnetize
mah - (n.) self
mah - (adj.) not as usial, used mostly in negative - Example: His talk is not like before (meaning not as good) = A holh aa mah lo
mah - (adj.) this/that - Example: This. - That = Mahhi. - Mahkhi
mah biakammi lila a zul lomi - (adj.) faithless
mah biaknak a chuahtakmi , mi rawiphiar hmangmi - (n.) renegade
mah biaknak i aa zuam ngaimi , a ziaza a tthami - (adj.) pious
mah ca i a ttha lomi - (adj.) unfavourable
mah ca tha dingin mersam - (v.) adjust
mah ca ttha ding lawng ruahnak - (n.) self-interest
mah ca ttha ding thil a hngal kho ngaimi mifim , mah lam sial a thiam ngaimi - (adj.) shrewd
mah ca ttha lomi , harnak ton - (adj.) adverse - Example: Adverse circumstances caused him to lose all his money = A ca i a ttha lomi thil
umtuning nih a tangka vialte a sunghter
mah ca tthatnak ding lawng a ruatmi , miruamkai - (n.) egoist
mah chung i ruahnak a ummi - (adj.) subjective
mah cung i tlunter - (v.) incur
mah dang tein umnak - (n.) seclusion
mah dangte i mu , hawi he i komh lo - (v.) seclude
mah dangte i um , hawi he i komh lo - (adj.) aloof
mah duh tein tuahmi - (adj.) voluntary
mah duhduh in ummi , aa sum set lomi - (adj.) licentious
mah duhnak bantuk lawnglawng in uknak , hremnak - (n.) tyranny
mah duhnak hlawt , biaknak hlawt - (n.) abnegation
mah duhnak lawng zulh duhmi , lung a tthawngmi - (adj.) wilful
mah duhnak tel loin tuah - (adj.) involuntary
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