Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

phum - (v.) bury
phun - (n.) caste - Example: Mi nauta phun
phun - (n.) form - Example: Ice and snow are forms of water = Tikhal le hawhra cu ti phun an si
phun - (n.) kind - Example: What kind of dog is that? = Khi ui khi zei phun dah a si
phun - (v.) plant - Example: He planted vegetables in his garden = A dum ah tihang a phunphun a cin hna
phun - (n.) sort - Example: I like this sort of mangoes = Hi hai phun hi ka duh bik
phun - (n.) species - Example: Wheat is a species of grass = Changvut hi ram phun khat a si
phun - (n.) type - Example: Some men prefer women of the brunnette type = Pa a cheu nih nu sam dum phun kha an duh deuh hna
phun - (n.) tribe, clan, variety, kind, type
phun , bu - (n.) genus
phun , bu - (n.) genus
phun , chung - (n.) clan
phun dang tein a ttha vemi , an tar cang ca le an hlunh cang ruang i - (adj.) quaint - Example: We admire quaint photographs =
Hmanthlak hlun kha an hlunh cang ruangah kan tlaihchan hna
phun dangdang aa cawhmi , aa lo lomi - (adj.) heterogeneous
phun dangdang i tthen , hmun dangdang i tthen - (v.) diversify
phun dangte sinak - (n.) peculiarity
phun , hmelchunhnak - (n.) brand - Example: Do you like this brand of coffee? = Hi kawfi phun hi na duh maw?
phun khat chung hruaitu bik - (n.) chieftain
phun khat chung i haotu bik a simi - (n.) patriarch
phun khat in phun khat ah i thlen , leng in chungah luh - (prep.) into
phun kip cawh holh Jodah mi nih an hmanmi; German holh hlun a rak si i a asinain holh dangdang zong tampi aa cawh cang - (n.)
yiddish
phun , miphun - (n.) race
phun , sining - (n.) quality
phun sining langhter , thil pakhatkhat ca hmelchunhnak si - (v.) typify - Example: The lamb typifies Christ = Tuufa nih hin Khrih thihnak kha
tahchunhnak in a hun langhtermi a si
phun tampi , phun dangdang a simi , kap tampi - (adj.) multifarious
phun tanhnak lungthin - (n.) nationalism
phun thlum komh , a let thum - (adj.) triple
phunciar - (n.) fuss
phunciar - (v.) repine
phunciar , phunzai - (v.) nag
phung - (n.) way of life, law, custom, rule, religion, regulation, manner, mode, fashion, style, method, code, habit, usage, practice, wont,
characteristic, mores
phung a zul lomi , upadi a buarmi - (n.) lawbreaker
phung (nawl) petu - (n.) lawgiver
phung nih a onh lomi - (adj.) illicit
phung ning tein umter , zulh ding timi kha zulhter - (v.) regulate
phung ningin a simi - (adj.) legitimate
phung ningin sinak - (n.) legitimacy
phung , upadi - (n.) code
phung , zulhmi le zulh lomi , tuah ding le tuah lo ding ti i chimmi le ttialmi - (n.) rule
Phungbia - (n.) Law - Example: Law of Moses = Moses Phungbia
phungchim - (v.) preach
phungchim - (n.) message, sermon - Example: His message is good = A phungchim a ttha
phungchimnak - (n.) preaching, sermonizing, religious talk
phungchimtu - (n.) preacher
Phungchimtu - (n.) Ecclesiastes
phungki - (n.) monk, in general religious workers
phungki pawl nunning - (n.) monasticism
phungki pawl umnak - (n.) monastery
phungki pawl umtuning i a ummi - (adj.) monastic
phungki pawl unmak inn - (n.) cloister
phungki ramlak i amah lawngin a ummi - (n.) hermit
phungki sianginn - (n.) both monastery and monastery school
phungkinu - (n.) nun
phungkinu pawl umnak inn , convent he aa khat - (n.) nunnery
phunglam - (n.) laws, rites, rituals
phunglam a simi - (adj.) traditional
phunglam he aa pehtlaimi thil - (adj.) ritual
phunglam , ningcang , zulh ding i chiahmi phung - (n.) regulation
phunglam ningin tuahmi - (adj.) rightful
phunglam , phungphai - (n.) mores
phunglam , upadi , cozah nih zapi zulh awk i an sermi phung - (n.) law
phunglei in i thianh , thianh - (n.) ablution
phungning a si lomi - (adj.) illegitimate - Example: Illegitimate child = lakfa
phungning in tuah - (v.) legalize
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