Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

piang tein , velhui lo tein - (adj.) direct - Example: Please give me a direct answer = Lehnak a piangmi te ka pe
piangpai tein a ummi - (adj.) fresh - Example: You are fresh this morning = Mithaizing cu na piang ngai
pianh , penh , pian - (v.) give way to, yield to, evade - Example: You should know how to give way to on coming cars = Na hmai in a rami
mawttaka kha a penh na thiam hna lai
piano - (n.) piano
piano tumnak ha - (n.) key
piar thei - (n.) pear
piat , khachuan sen - (n.) onion
pih , pit - (v.) to be closed, stopped - Example: As the water (near us) has stopped flowing, I shall have to fetch it somewhere else = Ti a pih cang
caah kaa dang ah ka than a hau
pikpak - (adv.) one by one
pil , tichung i pil - (v.) sink - Example: He sinks in the water = Ti chungah a pil
pilh - (v.) dive in - Example: Can you dive to the bottom of the river for that fish? = Ti ne hga khi na pih kho hnga maw?
pilh - (v.) bruise - Example: My foot is bruised = Ka ke a pilh
pilter - (v.) sink
pilternak - (n.) indentation
pimpem - (adj.) bright and shiny - Example: She stands with her face bright and shiny = A hmai var pimpem tein a dir
pin - (prep.) beyond - Example: Their village lies beyond that range of hill = Khi tlang pin ah khin an khua cu a si
ping - (adj.) wrong - Example: He has gone the wrong way = Lam pingah a kal
ping - (adj.) dull, stupid - Example: He is a dull boy = Mi lungping a si
ping - (adv.) close together, closely woven, tightly - Example: They sit closely together = Ping tein an tthu
ping - (adj.) blocked - Example: Our water pipe is blocked = Kan ti paih a ping
ping-er - (n.) rattle snake
pinh - (v.) put things together closely - Example: You will plant the rice plants closely = Facang kha pinh tein nan phun lai
pinpi , cungpi - (adv.) high - Example: The plane flew high above the clouds = Vanlawng cu khaudawm cungpi ah khin a zuang
piphen - (n.) swing
piphen - (n.) trapeze
pi/pu - (n.) grandparent
pir - (v.) pick a small quantity with finger/fork/beak - Example: A chicken picks our meat = Ar nih kan sa a pir
pir , per - (v.) to be raised on one end
pistol - (n.) pistol
pistol meithal , pangpawi meithal - (n.) pistol
pistol thlaihnak a saphaw bawm - (n.) holster
piston - (n.) piston
pit , pih - (v.) to be closed, stopped - Example: As the water (near us) has stopped flowing, I shall have to fetch it somewhere else = Ti a pih cang
caah kaa dang ah ka than a hau
pithlung - (n.) sparrow
pithlur , ruahnak biapi bik - (n.) motif, theme - Example: Themes of the Bible = Baibal pithlur
po - (n.) the bow of a trap
podar - (n.) powder (face)
poh - (v.) protrude - Example: His teeth protrude = A ha a poh
poh , paoh - (pron.) any, every, whosoever, whatsoever, whatever - Example: Whosoever will may come = A duhmi poh ra u
pohnak , puarnak , ruah a sur i thing a puar i a poh khi - (n.) protuberance
poi - it's too bad - Example: It's too bad that you are sick = Na zawt cu a poi ngai
poi , duh lo , al - (v.) mind - Example: Do you mind if I smoke? = Kuak zu ning law, ha al hnga maw, a poi na ti hnga maw?
poi lo , a poi lo , na lungrethei hlah - never mind
poih - (v.) loose: be loosened - Example: The rope with which the cow is tethered is loosened = Caw hrennak hri a poih
poih , pawih - (v.) impregnate - Example: Tin Tin was impregnated by Tin Tum = Tin Tin kha Tin Tum nih fa a poih
poih , phoih , a tlek , a ttet - (v.) ravel
poipang - (n.) emergency, something happened unexpectedly
poipang , herhpang - (n.) contingency
pok , pawh , pawk - (v.) set out on a journey - Example: We shall set out tomorrow = Thaizing cu kan pawk lai
pokhlet , pawkhlet - (n.) escape door, a door in the back or side of the house - Example: He jumped down from the escape door = Pawkhlet in
a zuang
politik ah kommunist phung lei a hoih deuhmi - (adj.) leftist
politik party nih tuah an i timhmi le thil kalpi an timhning - (n.) platform - Example: The candidate explains his party's platform = Politik aa
cuhmi nih an party i tinhmi le an tuah ding ning kha a chim hna
politik party pakhatkhat nih an tanhmi thil kan tuah lai ti i zapi sin i an chimmi - (n.) plank
politik tuahnak i bu sermi - (n.) party
pom - (n.) joist
pom - (n.) blister
pom - (v.) blister - Example: My small toe blisters (from rubbing the shoe) = Ka hngete a pom
pom , kalper - (adj.) joint
pom , kuh , pawm - (v.) embrace - Example: A baby is embraced by its mother = Bawmte kha a nu nih a pawm
pom , kuh , ttang i i rehchih - (v.) hug
pom , pawm - (v.) accept, agree - Example: I cannot accept your proposal = Na ruahnak chuahmi ka pom kho lo
pon - (n.) heap - Example: A heap of stones = Lung pon
pon - (n.) stack - Example: A stack of straw = Capawl pon khat
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