Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

mah nih a ttha bik tiin ruahning in thil tuahmi , mi dang nih zeitindah an ruah ve ti lo i mah ruahning lawngin tuahmi - (n.) idealism
mah nih i lak cio in rawl einak le lakphak dinnak inn - (n.) cafeteria
mah nih khonmi tangka nakin tam deuh chuah , bank in - (v.) overdraw
mah nih mah kong i ttialmi - (n.) memoir
mah nih mah pum a ningcang loin hmannak - (n.) self-abuse
mah nih phaisa khonmi nak tam deuh in phaisa chuahnak - (n.) overdraft
mah nih phunglam fel tein zulh i mi dang zong zulhter ve - (adj.) strict - Example: He is strict about class attendance = Sianginn kai kong ah
a fel ngai
mah pa hawi / mah nu hawi he sualnak a tuahmi - (adj.) homosexual
mah pale thahnak - (n.) patricide
mah pumpak cio in a nungmi - (n.) individualist
mah pumpak cio in nun ding ti ruahnak - (n.) individualism
mah ram a dawmi - (n.) patriot
mah ram a si lomi , ramdang - (adj.) foreign
mah ram chung chuakmi thil cung i ngunkhuai lakmi - (n.) excise
mah ram chung i a rak um hamsa bikmi hna , minung zong saram zong - (adj.) indigenous
mah ram chung ral thawh , tapung thawh - (n.) insurrection
mah ram chung thil tlaitu vuanzi - (n.) interior minister
mah ram cozah rawitu sinak , mah ram ral a simi bawmh - (n.) treason
mah ram in duh na loin ram dang i umter, cun cu bantukin a ummi hna; sal i va tan - (n.) exile
mah ram in ram dang i tthawlmi hna, pawnchuahmi hna - (n.) expatriate
mah ram rawi riangmang i ral thawng i ram uktu si tthan - (n.) quisling
mah ramleng kal - (adv.) abroad - Example: He is going abroad = Ramdang ah a tlawng
mah rian - (n.) career
mah rian hlei i mah duhmi te rian va tuahmi - (n.) hobby
mah rian ttha tein a ttuan duh lomi - (n.) slacker
mah riantuannak ding ca i sermi ; upadi hme deuh - (n.) bylaw
mah ruahnak nakin mi ruahnak lak deuh - (v.) defer - Example: Children should defer to their parents' wishes = Ngakchiai nih anmah duhnak
nakin an nu le pa duhnak kha an lak deuh awk a si
mah ruahning lawng a hmaan i relnak , lunghahnak - (n.) obstinacy
mah sam taktak a si lomi khi - (n.) wig
mah seh a ngei lomi lawng dang i hnuhmi , cung i thil hnuhnak tilawng , khun a ngei lomi - (n.) barge
mah sining hnipuan - (n.) costume
mah sining tawn - (pron.) myself - Example: I de not feel like myself today = Nihin cu ka sining tawn ka si loin kaa hngal
mah sining te cio - (n.) personality
mah siningte - (n.) identity
mah ta - (v.) keep - Example: This book is yours to keep = Hi cauk hi naa chiah awk na ta a si
mah ta - (adj.) own - Example: Is that his own horse? = Khikhi amah rang a si maw?
mah tein aa ukmi cozah - (n.) self-government
mah tein aa zohkhenhmi - (adj.) self-supporting
mah tein i suah ciomi rawldangh - (n.) buffet
mah tining lawng a duhmi - (adj.) self-willed
mah tinvo cio - (n.) part - Example: Each one must do his part = Mah cio nih mah tinvo cio tuah awk a si
mah tuahmi kha zei a si ti hngalh khawh lo - (n.) absence of mind
mah umnak hmun - (adj.) local
mah zawn lawng aa ruatmi - (adj.) self-centred
mah zawn lawng aa ruatmi - (adj.) selfish
mah zawn lawng aa ruatmi , mah le mah aa zum tukmi - (adj.) egoistic
mah zawn lawng i ruahnak - (n.) selfishness
mah zawn lawng i ruahnak , thil vialte mah duhning le mah ca ttha ding lawng i ruahnak le tuaktannak - (n.) egoism
mah zawn ruat lawng a si lomi - (adj.) unselfish
mah zawn ruat loin a ummi - (adj.) self-denying
mah zawn ruat loin tuahmi - (adj.) sacrificial
mah zawn ruat loin umnak - (n.) self-denial
mah zumhnak le ruahnak tah i thih ngamh in a cawlmi, a ttha lo lei a si; mah lung lawng aa rinhmi - (n.) bigot
mahbing - (adj.) one's own, private - Example: Every one of them wants to have his/her own book = Mahbing cauk ngeih an duh cio
mahbing - (adv.) alone - Example: They want to rather live alone = Mahbingte um an duh deuh
mahfak i biachim , uanthlar - (v.) brag
mahhi hna hi - (pron.) these
mahhi , mahhihi - (pron.) this
mahhihi , mahhi - (pron.) this
mahkhi hna khi - (pron.) those
mahkhi , mahkhikhi - (pron.) that
mahle ta cio - (adj.) respective - Example: The students go to their respective classes = Siangngakchia cu anmah le an khan cio ah an kal
mahle thil tiningte - (n.) mannerism
mahte in a cawmmi, amah le amah aa todant khawhmi - (adj.) self-sufficient
mahte in aa ukmi - (adj.) autonomous
mahte in aa ukmi ram.. - 2. mahte in a um i hawi a bochan lomi - (adj.) independent
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