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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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nu , hringtu nu si loin nu paohpaoh - (n.) woman - Example: There are seven women here = Hika ah hin nu pasarih an um<br />

nu ingchia - (n.) virago<br />

Nu Khrifa phungki pawl umnak i an haotu bik a simi - (n.) abbess<br />

nu kum - (n.) --nu<br />

le nu aa duhmi - (adj.) lesbian<br />

nu le pa cannak tuah lo i pa ci nu chung i chiah i fapawiter - (n.) artificial inseminat<br />

nu le pa he aa pehtlaimi thil - (adj.) parental - Example: Parental authority = Nu le pa nawlngeinak<br />

nu le pa kong ah duh paoh in a ummi - (adj.) promiscuous<br />

nu le pa kong ah duh paoh in khuasaknak - (n.) promiscuity<br />

nu le pa kong theih hramthawk caan , tleirol - (n.) adolescence<br />

nu le pa lei ziaza ttha lomi , ziaza ttha lomi - (adj.) immoral<br />

nu le pa lei ziaza tthat lonak - (n.) immorality<br />

nu le pa sinak he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) sexual<br />

nu le pa sualnak a simi - (adj.) venereal<br />

nu le pa thleidannak - (n.) gender<br />

nu le va , tuah khat - (n.) couple<br />

nu le va tuah khat , tuah khat , khuah khat - (n.) pair<br />

nu lei he aa pehtlaimi - (n.) matriarch<br />

nu lei thil - (adj.) feminine<br />

nu maw pa sinak - (n.) sex<br />

nu nih innchungkhar /phun chung i a lu tlai , nu roco phun - (n.) matriarchy<br />

nu , nu phun paohpaoh - (adj.) female<br />

nu (pa) sin i a sualmipa - (n.) adulterer<br />

nu pakhat - (n.) lady<br />

nu paw chung i nau minung a tling rih lomi - (n.) fetus<br />

nu thi ngeihmi - (n.) menses<br />

nu thlaici - (n.) ovum<br />

nu thuam - (n.) gown<br />

nu vialte - (n.) womankind<br />

nu zong a si lomi , pa zong a si lomi - (n.) neuter<br />

nu zong nih a u/nau nu kha søster a ti khawh , far - (n.) sister<br />

nuai - (num.) million<br />

nuai sawm - (num.) ten million<br />

nuai thong - (num.) billion<br />

nuai za - (num.) hundred million<br />

nuam - (adj.) comfortable, pleasant - Example: Your house is pleasant = Nan inn a nuam<br />

nuam lo ngaiin umnak , fahnak innak - (n.) misery - Example: Poverty is the cause of their misery = Harnak an innak a chuahtertu cu sifahnak<br />

a si<br />

nuam ngai le tha ngaiin a ummi - (adj.) gracious<br />

nuam ngaiin i chawh sawhsawh - (v.) saunter<br />

nuam ngaiin lente i celh - (v.) frolic - Example: The children love <strong>to</strong> frolic on the grass = Ngakchia cu ram cung i nuam ngaiin lente i celh kha an<br />

duh<br />

nuam ngaiin tuahmi - (adj.) frolicsome<br />

nuam ngaiin umter - (v.) regale - Example: He regaled the children with s<strong>to</strong>ries = Ngakchia kha tuanbia a chimh hna i nuam ngaiin a umter hna<br />

nuam tein umnak khan - (n.) lounge<br />

nuamh lonak , hnangam lonak - (n.) discomfort<br />

nuamh theih , lunglawmh - (v.) enjoy - Example: She enjoyed her vacation = Akhonh a lakmi kha nuam ngaiin a hman<br />

nuamhnak - (n.) enjoyment<br />

nuamhnak - (n.) pleasure<br />

nuamhnak ca i aa pummi - (n.) party - Example: Dinner party = Zanriah hrawmnak nuamhnak<br />

nuamhnak ca i an sermi tilawng - (n.) yacht<br />

nuamhnak in hmanmi caan - (n.) pastime - Example: Games are pastimes = Lentecelh cu nuamh caan a si<br />

nuamhnak le fahnak hi zeihmanh an si lo , cucaah dai tein in khawn hi a ttha bik tiin cawnpiaknak - (n.) s<strong>to</strong>icism<br />

nuamhnak , lentecelhnak - (n.) play<br />

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

nuamhnak , nihchuak - (n.) fun - Example: They make fun of his stammering = A holh at kha capo nihchuak ah an saih<br />

nuamhnak petu a simi - (adj.) pleasing<br />

nuamhnak <strong>to</strong>n zongah harnak <strong>to</strong>n zongah dai tein a um khomi - (n.) s<strong>to</strong>ic<br />

nuamhter , lung<strong>to</strong>n - (v.) please - Example: Toys pleased children = Lentecelhnak thilri nih ngakchia kha a lawmhter hna<br />

nuamhter , nihter - (v.) amuse<br />

nuar - (adj.) slow<br />

nuar - (v.) show anger, despleasure, sulk - Example: He goes on hunger strike (about child refusing <strong>to</strong> eat <strong>to</strong> show its displeasure) = Rawl a nuar<br />

nuar a duh ngaimi - (adj.) peevish - Example: A peevish child = A nuar lengmangmi ngakchia<br />

nudawk padawk , nudok padok - (n.) hermaphrodite<br />

nudok padok , nudawk padawk - (n.) hermaphrodite<br />

nuhmei - (n.) widow<br />

nuhmei sinak - (n.) widowhood<br />

nul - (n.) fallow land - Example: He went <strong>to</strong> the fallow land <strong>to</strong> pick up the bananas = Banhla tuk ah nul ah a kal<br />

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