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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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nehsawh entai in biachim - (v.) satirize<br />

nehsawh entainak biachim le phuah a thiammi - (n.) satirist<br />

nehsawh serhsat in chinmmi bia , entainak bia - (n.) satire<br />

nehsawh , serhsatnak - (n.) derision<br />

nehsawh zomhtaih ngaiin chimmi - (adj.) sardonic<br />

nehsawhnak bia a simi - (adj.) satiric<br />

nehsawhnak , serhsatnak , a sual lo na i a mualphohnak - (n.) indignity<br />

nei , ngei - (v.) have<br />

neihban , Buddhist pawl vancungkhua - (n.) nirvana<br />

nek - (adj.) used <strong>to</strong> - Example: Eskimos are used <strong>to</strong> cold weather = Eskimos mi cu khuasik an i nek<br />

neknawi , nepnawi - (n.) bits and pieces - Example: Coins, change = Phaisa neknawi<br />

nekttai , hngawngoih - (n.) necktie<br />

nel , hnengh - (v.) compress<br />

nel , horkuang , tiva nelrawn - (n.) valley<br />

nelrawn hmete - (n.) glen<br />

nem - (adj.) mild, soft - Example: Mild cigarette. - Soft words from the mouth cool down anger = Sikarik a nemmi. - Hmurka nem nih thin a<br />

damter<br />

nemdok , dem - (n.) loin - Example: He puts a belt on his loin = A nem ah taisawm aa sawmh<br />

nemmi , a nuammi - (adj.) balmy<br />

nemnak - (n.) mildness<br />

nemnak a ngeimi , zaangfahnak a ngeimi - (adj.) lenient<br />

nemnak , fak loin tuahnak - (n.) leniency<br />

nemtein - (adv.) softly - Example: Softly Jesus calls you = Jesuh nih nemtein an auh<br />

nemter - (v.) melt<br />

nemter - (v.) mitigate - Example: We may mitigate his anger = A thinhun kan nemter lai<br />

nemter - (v.) soften<br />

nemter , damter , ngamter - (v.) mollify<br />

nemter deuh , tthumh deuh - (v.) modify<br />

nemter lomi - (adj.) unmitigated<br />

nemternak - (n.) mitigation<br />

nen - (v.) knead<br />

nen - (v.) <strong>to</strong> shove something at the corner and leave it there - Example: It's not good <strong>to</strong> shove dirt <strong>to</strong> the corner and leave it there = Hmunthur<br />

a ken i nen cu a ttha lo<br />

nen - (v.) mash<br />

nen , neng - (v.) be tired of, fed up with - Example: I am tired of, fed up with, pork = Voksa nih a ka neng<br />

nenawi - (n.) odd bits lef<strong>to</strong>ver, as of crumbs of bread<br />

nengpi - (n.) elk<br />

nengpi - (n.) reindeer<br />

nengpi - (n.) stag, male deer, sambur buck<br />

nengpi, a ki a hreu churmi - (n.) antler<br />

nenh - (v.) <strong>to</strong> press heavily upon, <strong>to</strong> weigh upon - Example: A rock presses heavily upon him (and he dies) = Lungpi nih a nenh<br />

nenh - (n.) something used for pressing - Example: I use paper weight for pressing down the papers = Caku nenhnak ah caku nenhnan ka hman<br />

nenhnak - (n.) pressing down<br />

nennak - (n.) disgust<br />

nennak - (n.) press (wine press) - Example: I also went <strong>to</strong> the wine press = Mitsur nennak ah ka kal ve<br />

neo , neu - (adj.) not meeting the standard, below the standard<br />

ner - (v.) bend downward, curve downward - Example: The cross beam bends downward = Kaan a ner<br />

Netherlands mi - (adj.) Dutch<br />

netnak - (n.) end - Example: In the end he repents = A netnak ah cun aa ngaihchih ko<br />

neu , neo - (adj.) not meeting the standard, below the standard<br />

nga - (n.) fish - Example: I catch fish with a net = Sur in nga ka tlaih<br />

nga - (n.) tax - Example: I gave him one hundred kyats for field tax = Lo nga ah tangka za khat ka pek<br />

nga baw/ti - (n.) roe<br />

nga nganpi rili chung a ummi , huel nga - (n.) whale<br />

nga , panga - (num.) five - Example: He has five fingers = Kutdong panga a ngei<br />

nga phun khat - (n.) herring<br />

nga phun khat - (n.) salmon<br />

nga phun khat - (n.) sardine<br />

nga phun khat - (n.) bass<br />

nga phun khat , a nganpi - (n.) dolphin<br />

nga samthih - (n.) gill<br />

nga teh, nga thla - (n.) fin<br />

nga tehna sawngpate tehna an ti, cu an fale a keuhka tete zong - (n.) spawn<br />

nga tlaih - (v.) fish<br />

nga tlaitu - (n.) fisher<br />

nga zuartu - (n.) fishmonger<br />

nga zuatnak tili , tidil , kuang - (n.) aquarium<br />

ngabu - (n.) shoal<br />

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