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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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mil - (adj.) smooth - Example: Your floor is very smooth = Nan ttuang a mil ngai<br />

milem - (n.) statuary<br />

milem - (n.) statue<br />

milem biami - (n.) idolater<br />

milem , hmanthlak - (n.) figure - Example: In the garden are many s<strong>to</strong>ye figures = Dum chungah lung in sermi milem tampi an um<br />

milem hmete - (n.) statuette<br />

milem , siasal - (n.) idol<br />

milem , siasal , minung/thil he aa lomi mui - (n.) image<br />

mileng - (n.) visi<strong>to</strong>r<br />

mileng - (adj.) guest who may come from another village <strong>to</strong> ask the hand of a girl for marriage<br />

mileng khan - (n.) sitting room<br />

mileng khan , innchung vung luhnak khan - (n.) lobby<br />

milengkai / mileng mikai / mileng sakai - (n.) people (visi<strong>to</strong>rs) who frequent the house<br />

milh , milhtlorh - (v.) smooth, plane<br />

milhtlorh , milh - (v.) smooth, plane<br />

milhtlorh rih lomi , chim ding ttialmi bia - (n.) draft<br />

milian - (n.) million<br />

milian , mingan - (n.) great/rich man<br />

milihchim - (n.) liar<br />

milip - (adj.) liar, cheater<br />

milip minal - (n.) a person who is slick and slippery<br />

miliplep - (n.) frivolous person<br />

milmial - (adj.) plump<br />

miloklai - (n.) arrogant man<br />

milolak - (n.) useless person<br />

milter , phenter , rawnhter - (v.) flatten<br />

miltlor - (adj.) sleek<br />

milu benh - (n.) postage stamp<br />

milu rel - (n.) census<br />

milubenh , tazeih , zung tazeih - (n.) stamp<br />

milubenh thahnak i khenhmi , a nithla le a hmun aa ttialmi - (n.) postmark<br />

miluhnak kua - (n.) manhole<br />

miluklak - (n.) happy go lucky person<br />

milunghak , zaangfahnak zeihmanh a ngei lomi mipuar mitthalo - (adj.) stern<br />

milunglo , thil a philh zaumi - (adj.) absent minded<br />

milungngan - (n.) proud, vain, haughty person<br />

milungping - (adj.) dull - Example: He is a dull boy = Milungping a si<br />

milungtho kho ngaimi , thinhun zong a fawimi , lunglawmh zong a fawimi , tla cutmat i khua a sami , lungthin zong vut ti i aa letmi -<br />

(adj.) impetuous<br />

milungtho , mithanuam - (n.) enthusiast<br />

milungtthawng - (adj.) stiffnecked<br />

milungtthawng , ngol duh lo - (adj.) dogged<br />

mimawlh , mimolh - (n.) lunatic<br />

mimolh , mimawlh - (n.) lunatic<br />

mimte - (n.) quail<br />

mimte (va) , nimte - (n.) partridge<br />

min - (n.) name<br />

min - (n.) landslide<br />

min - (v.) slide - Example: A landslide slides = Min a min<br />

min aa khatmi, upatnak caah sakmi - (n.) namesake - Example: My son Kenneth is the namesake of my friend Kenneth = Ka fapa Kenneth cu<br />

ka hawipa Kenneth upatnak in sakmi a si<br />

min bunh - (v.) entitle<br />

min cazin - (n.) roll<br />

min chiatter , a simi - (adj.) scandalous<br />

min chiatter , thang chiat - (v.) scandalize<br />

min chim tein rel - (v.) enumerate<br />

min chim tein relnak - (n.) enumeration<br />

min deu - (n.) pseudonym<br />

min fir, mi dang minthut fir - (v.) forge<br />

min hmanung bik , innchungkhar min a simi - (n.) surname<br />

min hmasa bik - (n.) given name - Example: John F. Kennedy's given name is John = Kennedy min hmasa bik cu John a si<br />

min hngalh lomi - (adj.) anonymous<br />

min lawng a simi - (adj.) nominal<br />

min le umnak aa tialnak cauk - (n.) direc<strong>to</strong>ry - Example: Telephone direc<strong>to</strong>ry = Telephone a hmangmi hna min le umnak le namber ttialnak<br />

cauk<br />

min le umnak khenhmi ca - (n.) letterhead<br />

min men in - (adj.) titular<br />

min ngaingai a si lomi , caponak i i kawhnak min - (n.) nickname<br />

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