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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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a si lo ti ; al , hlawt - (v.) gainsay<br />

a si lo ti , i pheh , halmi pek duh lo - (v.) deny<br />

a si lo ti khawh lomi , i pheh khawh lomi - (adj.) undeniable<br />

a si lomi a si bantukin langhternak - (n.) pretext<br />

a si lomi a si bantukin ser , hlennak - (adj.) fake - Example: A fake telegram = Hlennak ca i thirhri tukmi<br />

a si lomi le a si lomi chim lengmang - (v.) tattle<br />

a si maw si lo ti dothlatnak , biahalnak - (n.) query<br />

a si maw si lo ti hngal set lo i ruah menmi - (v.) conjecture<br />

a si maw si lo ti hngalhnak caah biahal - (v.) inquire<br />

a si men lai , a si kho ko - (adv.) maybe - Example: Maybe we will go <strong>to</strong>morrow = Thaizing cu kan kal men lai, kan kal kho men<br />

a si men lai , a si kho men - (adj.) perhaps - Example: Perhaps he may arrive <strong>to</strong>day = Nihin a phan kho men<br />

a si nain , sihmanhselaw - (conj.) however<br />

a si ngaingaimi si loin lungchung in suaimi hmanthlak he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) romantic<br />

a si set ti hngalh lomi - (adj.) uncertain<br />

a si set ti hngalh lonak - (n.) uncertainty<br />

a si set ttung lomi holh sangsang le holh tthattha hman le chim - (n.) bombast<br />

a si setsai lomi , a caan tete lawng i a simi - (adv.) rarely - Example: He rarely comes <strong>to</strong> church = Biakinn ah a ra setsai lo, a caan tete lawngah<br />

a ra<br />

a si setsetmi , a si setset in tuahmi le chimmi - (adj.) precise<br />

a si , si - (adv.) yes - Example: Did you go <strong>to</strong> school? Yes = Sianginn na kai maw? A si, ka kai<br />

a si sual ahcun - (adv.) In case of - Example: Bring your umbrella in case it rains = Ruah a sur sual lai, na nithawng i put<br />

a si tak , tinak - (v.) acknowledge - Example: We should acknowledge our faults = Kan palhnak cu a si tak tiah kan ti awk a si<br />

a si taktak lomi a si bantukin a langmi, thetse ram i khualtlawngmi hna nih ti um lopi kha tilipi bantuk in an hmuh tawn i cucu 'fata<br />

morgana' cu a si - (n.) mirage<br />

a si taktak lomi , cawn chommi - (adj.) mock<br />

a si taktak maw si taktak lo ti kha fiang tein zoh - (v.) ascertain - Example: Ascertain that the door is locked = Innka aah hrenh taktak le<br />

taktak lo va zoh tuah<br />

a si taktak tinak langhter - (v.) substantiate<br />

a si taktakmi - (adj.) substantial - Example: People and things are substantial, ghosts are not = Minung le thilri cu a si taktakmi an si, mithla cu an<br />

si lo<br />

a si taktakmi , a um taktakmi , a taktak a simi - (adj.) real<br />

a si taktakmi thil - (n.) fact<br />

a si tawn ningin - (adv.) normally<br />

a si tawn ningin a si ko ti i ruah - (v.) take for granted<br />

a si tawnmi - (adj.) normal<br />

a si theu lai - (v.) must - Example: I must have fallen asleap while you were out = Leng i na chuah karah khan ka rak i hngilh i a si theu lei<br />

a si ti in leh , a hman ti in leh - (adj.) affirmative<br />

a si ti langhter - (v.) attest<br />

a si ti ; pek - (v.) concede<br />

a si tiah ti - (v.) confess<br />

a si tiah zumhmi , thil pakhatkhat mi pakhatkhat sinin lakmi a si tiah ruahmi - (v.) attribute - Example: This poem is attributed <strong>to</strong><br />

Shakespear = Hi hla hi Shakespeare tialmi a si tiah an ruah<br />

a si tikah - (v.) fall - Example: When night falls = Zan a si tikah<br />

a simi , a fiangmi , a donghnak - (adj.) decisive<br />

a simi taktak , a sining taktak - (adj.) actual<br />

a sinain - (conj.) yet - Example: The work is good, yet it could be better = An tuahmi rian cu a ttha ko, asinain a ttha deuh kho ko rih hnga<br />

a sining taktak , a simi taktak - (adj.) actual<br />

a sining taktak in a hmu thiammi - (adj.) realistic<br />

a siningte a simi kha - (adj.) self-same - Example: We study the self same books that you do = Nan cawnmi cauk te kha kan cawn ve hna<br />

a sir in - (adv.) aslant<br />

a sirlei i nal i tluk - (v.) skid<br />

a sirpaleng in a kalmi - (adj.) sideways<br />

a siter , a canter ti i ruah - (v.) credit - Example: The old man credited his long life <strong>to</strong> good habits = Tarpa nih saupi ka nun hi ziaza tha in ka nun<br />

caah a si tiah a ruah<br />

a sual khomi - (adj.) peccable<br />

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

a sual lo tiah biaceihnak in thanh - (v.) acquit<br />

a sual lo tiah thanh , thiamcoter - (v.) vindicate<br />

a sual lomi - (adj.) guiltless<br />

a sual tuk hringhranmi , sual cerlet - (adj.) nefarious<br />

a sualmi , biacheihtu bawi nih na sual ti , i phuhrun - (adj.) guilty<br />

a sualpang <strong>to</strong>n sualmi , vanchiatnak - (n.) misadventure<br />

a sullam a fiang lomi - (adj.) ambiquous<br />

a sullam a fiang lomi , a sullam pahnih i lak khawhmi - (n.) ambiquity<br />

a sullam a si ti - (v.) mean - Example: He meant what he said = A chimmi kha a sullam a chim duhmi a si ko<br />

a sullam a um lo , zumh awk tlak a si lomi - (adj.) irrational<br />

a sullam bia dangin chim - (v.) paraphrase<br />

a sullam biadang in chimmi - (n.) paraphrase<br />

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