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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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pahleiruk , hleiruk - (num.) sixteen<br />

pahleiruknak , hleiruknak - (num.) sixteenth<br />

pahleisarih , hleisarih - (num.) seventeen<br />

pahleisarihnak , hleisarihnak - (num.) seventeenth<br />

pahleithum , hleithum - (num.) thirteen<br />

pahleithumnak , hleithumnak - (num.) thirteenth<br />

pahmei , a nupi nih a thih takmi - (n.) widower<br />

pahnih - (adj.) dual - Example: The airplain has dual controls, one for the teacher and the other for the learner = Vanlawng nih monghnak fung<br />

pahnih a ngeih, saya caah pakhat a cawngmi caah pakhat<br />

pahnih - (num.) two<br />

pahnih hnatla a simi , i hrawm<strong>to</strong>nhmi - (adj.) mutual<br />

pahnih in phawt khawhmi nambar - (adj.) even - Example: 2,4,6,8,10 are even numbers = 2,4,6,8,10 cu even namber an si<br />

pahnih karlak i biakhiah - (v.) arbitrate<br />

pahnih khat - (n.) one or two - Example: One or two of them came = Pahnih khat an ra<br />

pahnih lak i a hmasa deuh , hlan deuh - (adj.) former<br />

pahnih lak i pakhat zong kha a si lo - (adj.) neither - Example: Neither statement is true = A chimmi kha an hmaan veve lo<br />

pahnih pahnih in mahte lawngin an i <strong>to</strong>nnak le bia an i ruahmi - (n.) tete-a-tete<br />

pahnih sakmi tummi hla - (n.) duet<br />

pahnih thum , tampi si lo - (adj.) several<br />

pahnihnak - (adj.) second<br />

pahnihnak a simi - (adj.) secondary<br />

pahnihnak a simi , a niam deuhmi - (adj.) second-class<br />

pahra , hra - (num.) ten<br />

pahra lengmang in thenmi nambar - (n.) decimal<br />

pahranak - (num.) tenth<br />

pahrang - (n.) flair - Example: He had a flair for composing beatiful poems = Hla dawh phuah thiamank pahrang a ngei<br />

pahrang - (n.) talent - Example: Football playing is his talent = Pumpululh chuih hi a pahrang a si<br />

pahrang a ngeimi - (adj.) talented<br />

pahrang a ngeimi , hawi hlei in thil ti khawhnak a ngeimi - (adj.) gifted<br />

pahrannak - (num.) tenth<br />

pai - (adj.) crooked, not straight - Example: Your line drawing is crooked = Na catlang rin a pai<br />

pai - (v.) stagger, reel - Example: He is drunk and he goes staggering = Zu a ri i pai chulhmalh in a kal<br />

pai - (v.) <strong>to</strong> have foreign accent in speech<br />

paih - (n.) wrestling - Example: Today there will be a wrestling in the village = Nihin ah khua hungah paih a um lai<br />

paih - (v.) put - Example: I put sugar in the tea = Lakphak ah thanthling ka paih<br />

paih - (n.) water pipe<br />

paih - (v.) wrestle - Example: Thang and Van Kio will wrestle and it will be pleasant <strong>to</strong> see = Thang le Van Kio an i paih cu zoh a nuam lai<br />

paih - (v.) <strong>to</strong> throw in<strong>to</strong> - Example: He throws s<strong>to</strong>ne in<strong>to</strong> the water = Ti chungah lung a paih<br />

paih - (v.) season - Example: Have you put salt in the curry? = Tihang ah cite na paih maw?<br />

paihau kuai , belrua kuai - (n.) shard<br />

paihsual - (v.) fall<br />

paihthiam , aa paimi - (n.) wrestler<br />

paisa , phaisa - (n.) money<br />

paisah - (n.) bias - Example: This cloth is cut on the bias = Hi puan hi paisah in an tan<br />

paisah , dinglo , a ngawi - (adj.) oblique<br />

paisah in , khattelei kil in khattelei kil in rinmi tlang - (adj.) diagonal<br />

pak - (n.) odd number<br />

pak - (v.) <strong>to</strong> puff out smoke as in smoking cigarettes<br />

pak , kuak pak - (v.) puff<br />

pak , pakhat lawng - (adj.) lone - Example: A lone pine tree = Far pak<br />

pakan - (n.) plate - Example: We eat food in the plate = Pakan in rawl kan ei<br />

pakan bantuk , hmelchunhnak , tamhmi lungpher - (n.) plaque<br />

pakan hme - (n.) saucer<br />

pakan ngan - (n.) basin<br />

pakan tehna an i khawn lulhmalh i a tnagng khi - (n.) clatter<br />

pakhat - (art.) a<br />

pakhat - (adj.) single<br />

pakhat - (art.) an - Example: An airplane = Vanlawng pakhat<br />

pakhat caah pakhat - (prep.) per - Example: A pound of sugar per man = Mi pakhat caah thanthling pawng khat<br />

pakhat cio in - (adv.) respectively - Example: Dick, Tom and Mary are 6, 8, and 10 years old respectively = Dick, Tom le Mary cu kum 6, kum 8,<br />

le kum 10 cio an si<br />

pakhat duhnak lawngin uknak - (n.) dicta<strong>to</strong>rship<br />

pakhat hmanh lo - (adj.) no - Example: He has no friends = Hawikom pakhat hmanh a ngei lo<br />

pakhat hnu pakhat aa chang lengmang in - (adv.) by turns<br />

pakhat hnu pakhat aa chang lengmang in tuahning - (n.) procedure<br />

pakhat hnu pakhat aa zul thliahmah in - (n.) single file<br />

pakhat hnu pakhat in - (adv.) piecemeal - Example: He put the machine <strong>to</strong>gether piecemeal in his spare time = Aa manh caan paoh ah seh cu<br />

pakhat tete in a fonh<strong>to</strong>nh lengmang<br />

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