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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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puan - (n.) shawl<br />

puan - (n.) cloth<br />

puan aa tahning - (n.) texture - Example: Homespun cloth has a loose texture = Inn i tahmi puan cu a hmang a var<br />

puan aih , hnipuan pek - (v.) clothe<br />

puan hmul thipthepte a lum ngaimi , flanel puan - (n.) flannel<br />

puan in hmanleknak - (n.) semaphore<br />

puan pante hma tuamnak i an hmanmi - (n.) gauze<br />

puan tahnak la fabricate , la - (n.) fabric<br />

puan tthitnak la , la - (n.) thread<br />

puan , vorhmi puan - (n.) blanket<br />

puan zungtthit - (n.) seam<br />

puan zungtthit ngei lomi - (adj.) seamless<br />

puanbu, rizai - (n.) quilt<br />

puanchia - (n.) rag<br />

puang - (v.) appear - Example: In the evening deers appear in the field = Zanlei sang ah sakhi lo ah an puang<br />

puang - (v.) revealed: be revealed - Example: His theft was revealed = A fir a puang<br />

puang - (v.) piqued: be piqued - Example: He is piqued (<strong>to</strong> hear that he is not invited) = A ing a puang<br />

puanhmai , cahmai - (n.) side - Example: Write only on one side of the paper = Cahmai pakhat lawngah khan ttial<br />

puansen - (n.) embroidered silk shawl<br />

puanthan - (n.) cloth: long cloth - Example: We shall buy long cloth for at shirt = Angki caah puanthan kan caw lai<br />

puanthan - (n.) bundle of cloth - Example: I shall buy a bundle of cloth = Puanthan in ka cawk lai<br />

puantlang - (n.) hem<br />

puantlang - (n.) white cot<strong>to</strong>n shawl with two black belts in the middle<br />

puantlang bil thit - (v.) hem - Example: The dress was hemmed by hand = A angki tlang cu kun in a thit<br />

puantlang kawm - (n.) selvage<br />

puantlang , tawnrolh tlang , tlang - (n.) border<br />

puanttial - (n.) striped shawl, half cot<strong>to</strong>n and half silk<br />

puanzar kha zar peng - (adj.) under sail<br />

puanzar lawng - (n.) sail boat<br />

puar , hran , sahrang bantuk i um , zangfahnak ngei lo tuk , thah , biachim - (adj.) brutal<br />

puar , pawr - (v.) bulge, swell out, bloat - Example: His pocket bulges with apples = A angki zal kha epal a khat i a puar<br />

puarnak , pohnak , ruah a sur i thing a puar i a poh khi - (n.) protuberance<br />

puarter , sauter , kauhter - (v.) expand<br />

puh , chuahter ti i ruah - (v.) ascribe - Example: He ascribed his failure <strong>to</strong> bad luck = A sunghnak kah vanchiat ruangah a si tiah a ruah, vanchiat<br />

a puh<br />

puh , sual puh - (v.) allege<br />

puh , sual puh - (v.) impute, accuse, suspect - Example: They accused him of theft = Fir an puh<br />

puhcik - (n.) wart<br />

puhnak - (n.) imputation<br />

puk - (v.) kiss - Example: I shall kiss you = Kaan puk lai<br />

pul - (n.) epidemic - Example: There was an epidemic of influenza in the <strong>Chin</strong> Hills in 1918 = Kum 1918 ah Lai Tlang ah pul a tlung<br />

pul - (v.) <strong>to</strong> be seized and die of plague/pestilence in great number - Example: Chickens died of pestilence in great number = Ar an pul<br />

pulh - (v.) <strong>to</strong> die in great number - Example: Because our chickens died in epidemic, we have no chickens anymore = Kan ar an pul caah ar kan<br />

ngei ti lo<br />

pum - (adj.) round - Example: The world is round, not flat = Vawlei a pum, a per lo<br />

pum - (n.) raft - Example: We cross the river in a raft = Pum in tiva kan tan<br />

pum - (n.) circle - Example: Draw a circle on your paper = Na ca ah pum pakhat in suai tuah<br />

pum - (adv.) in person - Example: You must appear in court in person = Zung ah na pum in na chuak lai<br />

pum - (v.) gather <strong>to</strong>gether - Example: We shall gather (get) <strong>to</strong>gether = Kan i pum lai<br />

pum - (v.) worship - Example: We are going <strong>to</strong> worship (in the church) = Kan i pum lai<br />

pum - (v.) assemble - Example: Can you assemble your friends? = Na hawile na pum kho hna hnga maw?<br />

pum chung i umter - (v.) embody - Example: This book embodies information for going <strong>to</strong> London = Hi cauk chungah hin London kalnak<br />

hngalhnak bia a um<br />

pum chung rianttantu thil he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) organic<br />

pum chungin chuahternak - (n.) excretion<br />

pum cung i mawngcik i chunhmi - (n.) tat<strong>to</strong>o<br />

pum hlai thiammi sibawi - (n.) surgeon<br />

pum hlai thiamnak - (n.) surgery<br />

pum hlainak - (n.) operation<br />

pum hlainak lei he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) surgical<br />

pum in hmuh<strong>to</strong>nmi zeihmanh a ngeih lomi - (adj.) unexperienced<br />

pum in hngalh khawhnak - (n.) sensibility<br />

pum in hngalh khawhnak i ngeimi , hngalhnak a ngeimi - (adj.) sentient<br />

pum in hngalhnak - (n.) sense - Example: The five senses are sight, smell, taste, hearing and <strong>to</strong>uch = Pum in hngalhnak pa nga hna cu<br />

hmuhnak, rim theinak, a thawtnam theihnak, hna in theihank le <strong>to</strong>ngh in theihnak an si<br />

pum in hun langhter - (v.) embody - Example: The building embodies the idea of the architect = Inn nih a satu ruahnak kha a pum in a hun<br />

langhter<br />

pum in siseh lungthin in siseh fahnak inmi. - 2. ttihphannak, thil ttihnung - (n.) distress<br />

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