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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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nambar cheu i al cunglei i a ummi khi - (n.) numera<strong>to</strong>r - Example: In 1/2, 1 is the numera<strong>to</strong>r = 1/2 ah hin 1 hi nambar cheu cunglei um ci a si<br />

nambar he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) numerical<br />

nambar in siseh hleih , thazang in siseh - (v.) predominate<br />

nambar pahnih asilole pahnihnak tam fonh i a chuakmi khi - (n.) sum - Example: The sum of 2 and 3 and 4 is 9 = 2 le 3 le 4 fonh cu 9 a si<br />

nambar pakhat kha nambar dang pakhat in phawt tikah a chuakmi a phi, 26 cu 2 in na phawt ahcun a phi cu 13 a si i cu 13 cu<br />

'kvotient' cu a si - (n.) quotient<br />

nambar pakhat nih a dang pakhat a karhmi, 10 cu 5 in karh tikah karhmi nambar cu 10 a si, cucaah 'multiplicand' cu 10 kha a si -<br />

(n.) multiplicand<br />

nambar tling , 1 , 2 , 3 ... ti bantuk hi nambar tling timi cu an si - (n.) whole number<br />

nambar tling , nambar cheu a si lomi , 1 , 2 , 9 , 10 , cu nambar tling an si - (n.) integer<br />

nambar ttialnak ca i hmanmi - (n.) figure - Example: 2 is the figure for two = 2 hi nambar pahnih ttialnak ca hmanmi a si<br />

namchih , cawlcang kho loin tuah - (v.) repress<br />

namchih , tang i namchih , hrem - (v.) oppress<br />

namchihnak - (n.) repression<br />

namchihnak a simi - (adj.) repressive<br />

namkawng - (n.) scabbard<br />

namonia zawtnak , tangfah zawtnak - (n.) pneumonia<br />

namte - (n.) knife<br />

namte hmete - (n.) penknife<br />

nan - (pron.) your, yours (second person plural) - Example: Are these your books? = Hihi nan cauk an si maw?<br />

nan , nanmah - (pron.) you (second person plural) - Example: Are you going? - You better do it = Nan kal lai maw? - Nanmah nih tuah ko uh<br />

nanbar a sawm pawl , 10 ,20 , 100 , 900 , 1000 , tehna - (n.) round number<br />

nang - (pron.) you (demon. pron. second pers. sing) - Example: If you are good others also will be good = Nangmah na tthat ahcun midang<br />

zong an ttha ve lai<br />

nang , arti nang - (n.) membrane<br />

nangmah - (pron.) thee<br />

nangmah - (pron.) you<br />

nangmah hrimhrim - (pron.) yourself<br />

nangmah ta - (pron.) thy<br />

nangmah ta - (pron.) your<br />

nangmah ta - (pron.) thine<br />

nanmah - (pron.) ye<br />

nanmah - (pron.) you<br />

nanmah ta - (pron.) your<br />

nannih - (pron.) same as nanmah - Example: Are you also going? = Nannih tah nan kal ve lai maw?<br />

nar - (adj.) greasy - Example: The floor is greasy = Tuang a nar<br />

nau - (n.) younger brother or sister - Example: Tum Ting is my younger brother = Tum Ting cu ka nau a si<br />

nau - (n.) child - Example: They have a child = Nau pakhat an ngei<br />

nau - (v.) decline, go down - Example: They have now declined (in poser and prosperity) = An nau cang<br />

nau awih - (v.) cradle - Example: She cradles the child = Nau cu aa porn i a awih<br />

nau chuahtertu sayama - (n.) midwife<br />

nau hla - (n.) nursery rhyme<br />

nau-inn - (n.) uterus<br />

nau oihnak hla - (n.) lullaby<br />

nau rawk - (v.) miscarry - Example: She miscarried because of her illness = A zawt ruangah a nau ai rawk<br />

nau rawk , thla thlin hlan nau chuah - (n.) abortion<br />

nau rawknak - (n.) miscarriage<br />

nau thlimnak bawm - (n.) crib<br />

nau thlimnak bawm - (n.) cradle<br />

nau-um - (n.) ayah, nanny, baby sitter - Example: She is our nanny = Amah cu kan nau-um a si<br />

nau-um - (n.) ring finger - Example: She wears a gold ring onher ring finger = A nau-um ah sui kutdonghrolh aa hrolh<br />

naubawm - (n.) cradle<br />

naubawm - (n.) womb - Example: Her womb is not well = A naubawm a ttha lo<br />

naubuhtlang cawi - (n.) grasshopper<br />

nauchuah - (n.) child birth - Example: Her childbirth is painful = A nauchuah a har<br />

nauchuak lehhmah - (n.) birth certificat<br />

nauhla - (n.) lullaby - Example: She sings (her baby <strong>to</strong> sleep) a lullaby = Nauhla in a fa a oih<br />

nauhlawmtu sayama - (n.) midwife<br />

nauinn - (n.) womb<br />

nauno - (n.) baby<br />

naupuan - (n.) swaddling<br />

naupuan - (n.) diaper<br />

naupuan in ngakchia tuam - (v.) swaddle<br />

nauta - (adj.) humble - Example: Our home is a humble cottage = Kan inn cu innnautate a si<br />

nauta deuh sinak , niam deuhnak - (n.) inferiority<br />

nauta , nehsawh , serhsat - (v.) contempt<br />

nautat - (v.) despise, look down upon, contempt, disdain - Example: You should not look down upon others = Mi na nautat hna lai lo<br />

nautat awk a simi , a ttha lomi thil , a niammi - (adj.) base<br />

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