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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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nithawng - (n.) umbrella<br />

nithawng phun khat - (n.) parasol<br />

nithiang - (n.) clean day - Example: days where Christians are allowed <strong>to</strong> work, not Sundays and other sacred days = --nithla<br />

, caan - (n.) date<br />

nithla relnak - (n.) calendar<br />

nitla , nitlak - (n.) sundown - Example: We arrived in our village at sunset = Nitla ah khua kan phan<br />

nitlak-chak - (n.) north-west<br />

nitlak chak - (n.) North West<br />

nitlak , nitla - (n.) sundown - Example: We arrived in our village at sunset. - A land where the sun never sets = Nitla ah khua kan phan. - Nitlak<br />

lonak ram<br />

nitlak thlanglei - (n.) south-west<br />

nitlak thlanglei a simi - (adj.) south western<br />

nitlak thlanglei in a hung hrangmi thli - (n.) southwester<br />

nitlakchak a simi - (adj.) northwestern<br />

nitlaklei - (n.) west<br />

nitlaklei a simi - (adj.) western<br />

nitlaklei ah - (adv.) westward<br />

nitlaklei bik a simi - (adj.) westernmost<br />

nitlaklei in a hun hrangmi tli - (adj.) westerly<br />

Nitlaklei ram, Europe le America - (n.) Occident<br />

nitlang - (n.) sunshine - Example: It's better putting on hat when walking in the sunshine = Nitlang i chawh ahcun luchin chinh a ttha deuh<br />

nitlang a hmumi , nitlang nih tlanhmi - (adj.) sunny<br />

nitlang <strong>to</strong>h - (v.) bask in the sun<br />

nizan - (adv.) yesterday - Example: Jesus is the ame <strong>to</strong>day, yesterday and <strong>to</strong>morrow = Jesuh cu nihin, nizan, thaizing aa khat ko<br />

nizan zanlei - (adv.) yestereve<br />

nizarh - (n.) holy day, sacred day - Example: Today is a holy day and I do not go <strong>to</strong> field = Nihin cu nizarh a si i lo ka kal lo<br />

nizarh - (n.) week - Example: These are the days of the week = Nizarh chung ni hna cu hihi an si<br />

no - (adj.) young - Example: Yesterday I saw a young lady taking a walk = Nizan ah ngaknu no pakhat aa chawh ka hmuh<br />

nok - (v.) immerse - Example: Immerse your shirt in the water = Na angki kha ti ah va nok<br />

nolh , nawlh - (adv.) again - Example: I shall go again = Ka kal nawlh lai<br />

nolh , nolh tthan , nawlh - (v.) reiterate, repeat - Example: Repeat what you said, please = Na chimmi kha hun nawlh tuah<br />

nolh tthan , a hlei in cham tthan - (v.) reduplicate<br />

nolh tthan , chim tthan - (v.) repeat<br />

nolh tthan lengmang in , atu le atu - (adv.) repeatedly<br />

nolh tthan , nawlh , nolh - (v.) reiterate, repeat - Example: Repeat what you said, please = Na chimmi kha hun nawlh tuah<br />

nolh tthannak - (n.) reiteration<br />

nolhnak - (n.) chorus of a song<br />

nolhnak , chim tthannak - (n.) repetition<br />

nomhnak , nawmhnak , nuamhnak - (n.) pleasure, amusement<br />

nomseih , seih - (v.) fun: have fun <strong>to</strong>gether<br />

non pek , vawlei tthatter - (v.) fertilize<br />

non phun khat ; a tlai ca i a tthami - (n.) phosphate<br />

non , vawlei thattertu - (n.) fertilizer, manure - Example: Cow dung is good manure = Caw ek cu nok ttha a si<br />

nong - (v.) glut - Example: Oranges glut <strong>Hakha</strong> (market) = <strong>Hakha</strong> ah theithu aa nong ko<br />

nor - (v.) bore, tire - Example: This book bores me. - I am tired of, fed up with, eating chicken meat every day = Hi cauk nih a ka nor. - Nifate arsa<br />

ei cu a ka nor<br />

nor - (n.) trunk of an elephant<br />

nor , luak chuak i um - (v.) sicken - Example: The sight of human manure sickens us = Ek hmuh nih kan luak a kan chuahter<br />

Norway mi - (n.) Norvegian<br />

Norway, Sweden le Denmark ram - (prop.) Scandinavia<br />

note - (adj.) very young - Example: She is only a very young child = Ngakchia note lawng a si<br />

noter tthan - (v.) rejuvenate<br />

November thla - (n.) November<br />

nu - (n.) female of anything<br />

nu - (n.) mother - Example: Sung Ngen is his mother = Sung Ngen cu a nu a si<br />

nu aa khat i pa aa dangmi , pa aa khat i nu aa dangmi - (n.) half-sister<br />

nu angki - (n.) blouse<br />

nu angki chungnawh - (n.) brassiere<br />

nu angki chungnawh le hni chungnawh aa pehmi - (n.) slip<br />

nu bantuk a simi - (adj.) womanish<br />

nu bantukin a ummi pa - (n.) sissy<br />

nu bawda le si inn i zohkhenhtu i chiahmi nu upa - (n.) matron<br />

nu chawnhnak i hmanmi bia , bia dawh ngai , bawinu , tinak a si - (n.) madam<br />

nu chinhmi luchin - (n.) bonnet<br />

nu chung i ti a semnak - (n.) ovary<br />

nu duh , pa duh , vacung pa duh - (n.) adultery<br />

nu ei - (n.) stepmother<br />

nu hmawca - (n.) hose<br />

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