Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

phol - (adj.) heat: being in heat - Example: Our mare is in heat = Kan rangpi a phol
phomh - (v.) pound (as in mortar) - Example: He pounds chilli (in a mortar) = Makphek a phomh
phomh - (v.) defeat completely
phomhnak - (n.) pounding of grains etc. in morter
phon , phong - (v.) to become grassland (not fit for growing grains)
phong kaupi - (n.) steppe
phong , phawng - (v.) open the lid - Example: I cannot open the lid of the bottle = Palang thawl chin ka phawng kho lo
phong rawn kaupi - (n.) prairie
phong , sattil tlawnnak ram - (n.) pasture
phonh - (v.) open, such as school - Example: The school opens today = Nihin sianginn an phonh
phor - (adj.) loose (as garment) - Example: Skirt. - Blouse = Hniphor. - Angkiphor
phor , phorh - (n.) load, bag - Example: One bag of rice = Facang phor khat
phorh - (v.) bring - Example: He brought a shirt for me = Angki pakhat a ka phorh
phorh , kalpi - (v.) take - Example: We take the flowers to the church = Pangpar kha biakinn ah kan kalpi hna
phorh , phurh - (v.) carry - Example: I shall carry your load for you = Na thil kan phorhpiak lai
phorhmi thil - (n.) load
phorhmi thil , thil tom - (n.) lading
phorhmi thilri - (n.) freight
phortu - (n.) carrier
phortu - (n.) bearer
phu - (n.) side, group, party - Example: It is pleasant to be on the winning side = A teitu lei phu si cu a nuam
phu - (adj.) worth it, worthy - Example: Freedom is worth dying for = Luatnak cu thih hnawh phu a si
phu , meiphu - (n.) fire as campfire
phu , phuk - (v.) dig up (the roots)
phuah - (v.) compose songs - Example: He composed many songs = Hla tampi a phuah
phuah chommi , a ngaingai a si lomi - (adj.) fictitious
phuah , ngol - (v.) resign - Example: He resigned his job = A rian kha a ngol, a rian khan aa phuak
phuah , phuak - (v.) discharge, dismiss, expel, excommunicate - Example: He was discharged from the army = Ralkap in an phuah
phuahchommi , a taktak a si lomi - (adj.) made-up
phuahchommi , hnekchommi - (adj.) factitious
phuahchommi holh - (n.) slang
phuahmi , ttialmi - (n.) composition
phuahtanak , rianttuan loin umtanak - (n.) suspension
phuak , phuah - (v.) discharge, dismiss, expel, excommunicate - Example: He was discharged from the army = Ralkap in an phuah
phuan - (v.) confess
phuan - (v.) discover
phuan - (v.) reveal
phuan , pho , langhter - (v.) expose
phuan , phuang - (v.) disclose, reveal, confess
phuan , thuh i zuam na i a lang tthiammi , langther - (v.) belie - Example: His smile belied his hurt feeling = A ni ko nain a thinhun kha a lang
tthiam
phuan , zapi sinah chim - (v.) profess
phuannak - (n.) confession
phuannak - (n.) disclosure
phuannak - (n.) revelation
phuchim - (n.) whirlwind - Example: He is a whirlwind = Phuchim herh in aa herh
phuchuk - (n.) hunching shoulders
phuh , phui - (v.) spit - Example: Do not spit in the house = Inn chungah na cil phui hlah
phuhlam duhnak lungthin a simi/a ngeimi - (adj.) vengeful
phuhlam , teirul cham - (v.) avenge - Example: He avenged his dead brother = A nau phu a hlam
phuhlamnak - (n.) vendetta
phuhlamnak - (n.) vengeance
phuhri , hrih - (n.) threshing ground
phuhrun - (adj.) conscience: have a guilty conscience - Example: He does not like to fellowship with others because he has a guilty conscience
about his stealing = A fir aa phuhrun caah hawi sinah a chuak lo
phuhrung , thlahrung - (v.) conscience: to have bad conscience - Example: He feels guilty of his stealing = A fir aa thlahrung
phuhrunnak - (n.) conscience: guilty conscience - Example: I have no guilty conscience = Phuhrunnak zeihmanh ka ngei lo
phui , phuh - (v.) spit - Example: Do not spit in the house = Inn chungah na cil phui hlah
phuk , phu - (v.) dig up (the roots)
phukphuher , her - (n.) scales (fish scales)
phukphuhir a ngeimi - (adj.) scaly
phul - (n.) grassy land, pasture, not fit for grain fields
phul - (v.) rob the grave
phul - (v.) froth , froth over - Example: Rice cooking froths over = Ka buh hang a phul
phul - (v.) to be denuded of forest or jungle and become a grassy land
phulh - (v.) sprinkle salt or pepper
phulhrawh - (n.) the clearing of the field in preparation for sowing seeds
phulhrawt , phulhrawh - (v.) prepare the field - Example: We shall prepare the field for sowing = Phul kan hrawt lai
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