Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

angleng in hnuhmi pawl , meithal ngan pipi , a rit pipi - (n.) artillery
rangmeibanh - (n.) tail strap
rangpi - (n.) mare
rangsumreh - (n.) saddle girth
rangttangbanh - (n.) horse collar/strap at chest
rangttawkbanh - (n.) buttock strap on pack saddle
rangtuang - (n.) mane
rangtum - (n.) horse
rangtum awnh - (n.) whinny
ranh - (n.) pffer - Example: We offered him our female mythun for marriage price = Pu man ah kan siapi kan ranh
ranh - (n.) speed up, hurry up - Example: Come on, be quick, hurry up = Khah, i ranh
rannak , tthawnnak , hmual - (n.) velocity
ranter - (v.) bleach - Example: He bleached his shirt = A angki a ranter
rap - (n.) snare, trap, noose - Example: We place a trap for the birds. - We place nooses for pheasants = Va rap kan chiah. - Varit rap kan valh
rap chiahmi chung i a va hawi a luhpitu laileng - (n.) stool pigeon
rap i foih - (v.) ensnare
rap , marthang - (n.) trap
rapchiah - (v.) to spring a trap
raphri - (n.) the string of the trap
rappo - (n.) the spring of the noose
rapthang - (n.) noose trap
rasoh - (n.) heartburn, stomach upset, acid stomach
rat - (n.) advent - Example: Since the advent of jet planes, travel has been speeded up = Jet vanlawng rat (hung chuah) hnu cun, khualtlawn rian
a rang deuh.
rat , ra , hika ah hin ra - (v.) come - Example: Please come here = Hika a hin ra tuah
rau - (adj.) pale - Example: He is pale from his sickness. - The leaves of banana are getting pale = A zawtnak in a rau dih. - Banhla hnah an rau
rau - (v.) be away - Example: How long will you be away? = Zei can dah na rauh lai?
rau loin - (adj.) immediate
rauhter , tlaiter - (v.) stay - Example: The judge stayed judgement till he could hear both sides = An kap hnih in an bia a theih hlantiang biakhiap
kha thawn/a tlaiter
raw chuannak thilri - (n.) kitchenware
raw , rawh - (v.) bake - Example: We shall bake bread = Changreu kan raw lai
rawchok , rul - (n.) cobra
rawh , hrawh - (v.) wreck
rawh , raw - (v.) bake - Example: We shall bake bread = Changreu kan raw lai
rawhnak - (n.) destruction
rawhnak - (n.) ruin
rawhnak - (n.) wreck
rawhnak - (n.) ruination
rawhnak a chuahtertu a simi - (adj.) ruinous
rawhnak , chiatnak - (n.) deterioration
rawhnak chungin khamh - (v.) salve
rawhnak chungin khamh , chuah - (n.) salvage
rawhnak , fak piin that lonak lei i aa thlengmi thil - (n.) cataclysm
rawhnak le thihnak a ingmi , raithawinak ca i thahmi sa - (n.) victim
rawhnak , thihnak , lohnak - (n.) doom
rawhnak , thutnak - (n.) decadence
rawhnak/tthat lonak tuahmi - (n.) mischief
rawhralnak - (n.) damage
rawhralnak - (n.) wrack
rawi - (v.) betray - Example: Judas betrayed Jesus = Judas nih Jesuh a rawi
rawi - (v.) to split wood along the grains
rawih - (v.) to invite others for help
rawinak , hlennak - (n.) treachery
rawitu , leirtu , leirawitu - (n.) traitor, betrayer - Example: Judas was Jesus' betrayer = Judas cu Jesuh leitu a si
rawk - (n.) spoil, destroy, be spoiled - Example: Our feast was spoiled. - Do not destroy your book = Kan puai a rawk. - Na cauk kha rawk hlah
rawk , harnak pek - (v.) harm - Example: This medicine will not harm you = Hi si nih an rawk lai lo
rawk loin um peng - (v.) keep - Example: Cold milk can keep quite long = Cawhnuk kik cu sau nawnpi rawk loin a um kho
rawk nelnul in umnak - (n.) dilapidation
rawk , thih , kehkuai - (v.) perish
rawket , a pummi thil, a chung i kang khomi thil rawn i cu a kangh tikah amah tein van i a zuang khomi - (n.) rocket
rawkhatlak , ruakhatlak - (n.) a group dance in which dancers step between moving bamboo poles timed to musc
rawknak , chiatnak - (n.) depravity
rawknak , thutnak - (n.) rottenness
rawknak , vanchiatnak , harnak - (n.) disaster
rawkter , chiatter , zorter - (v.) impair
rawl - (n.) diet
rawl - (n.) food - Example: Rice is a good food = Facang hi rawl ttha a si ko
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