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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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awlchuang - (n.) cook<br />

rawlchuangtu a thiam ngaingaimi - (n.) chef<br />

rawlchuannak umkheng - (n.) utensil<br />

rawldangh - (n.) reception - Example: He was given a reception last night = Zahan ah zanriah an dangh<br />

rawldanghnak puai - (n.) feast<br />

rawlfang , ei awk - (n.) foodstuff<br />

rawlh - (v.) replace, take the place of others - Example: You should replace the old board with a new one = Thing hlun kha thing thar in nan rawlh<br />

lai<br />

rawlhal , nawl , hal - (v.) beg<br />

rawlka thawt - (adj.) <strong>to</strong> have good appetite<br />

rawlkhonnak inn , rawlruk - (n.) barn<br />

rawlpek , cawm - (v.) nourish<br />

rawlpetu le bawmchantu si - (v.) wait on<br />

rawlret khai - (v.) chewing the cud<br />

rawlrial - (n.) digestion<br />

rawlrial a khaimi saram , caw , sia , tuu , kalauk - (n.) ruminant<br />

rawlrial khai - (v.) ruminate<br />

rawltam - (n.) hunger<br />

rawltam bantuk i duh - (v.) hunger<br />

rawltam rawl duh tluk in duh , a rawl a tammi - (adj.) hungry - Example: They are hungry for knowledge = Hngalhnak cu an duh ngaigai<br />

rawltam tuk i thih deng - (v.) famish<br />

rawlttuan , facang zun - (v.) reap<br />

rawlttuantu - (n.) reaper<br />

rawlttuantu , rawlttuannak seh - (n.) harvester<br />

rawm - (adj.) <strong>to</strong> be thin and skinny and weak - Example: He was sick and became thin and weak = A zaw i an rawm ngai<br />

rawm tthan , zenthong rawn tthan - (v.) reload<br />

rawn - (v.) fill - Example: Fill the pail with water = Baltin kha ti rawn<br />

rawn - (n.) plain - Example: Rice is grown on the plains = Rawn ah facang cu an cin<br />

rawn - (adj.) level - Example: Level ground; flat land = Hmun rawn<br />

rawn - (v.) fill up - Example: Fill the bottle with water = Palang chungah ti rawn tuah<br />

rawn, ciah, lungchung i rawnh - (v.) imbue<br />

rawn , meithal chung zen rawn - (v.) charge<br />

rawng , rong - (n.) colour<br />

rawnh - (v.) fill up<br />

rawnhter - (v.) level - Example: He leveled the ground = Vawlei kha a rawnhter<br />

rawnhter , milter , phenter - (v.) flatten<br />

rawnmi - (adj.) level - Example: The floor is level = Tuang a rawn<br />

rawp , rop - (v.) rot, decay - Example: Our posts have rotted = Kan tung an rawp cang<br />

rawt - (v.) drag - Example: They are dragging a log = Thingtum an rawt<br />

re , con , zor - (v.) contract - Example: Iron contracts when it is cold = Thir cu a kih tikah a con a hme deuh<br />

rediam , zawt zohnak ah hmanmi thil ceu - (n.) radium<br />

redio - (n.) radio<br />

reem - (v.) <strong>to</strong> deny or deprive one another (of something)<br />

reh - (v.) clamp<br />

reh - (v.) tighten - Example: You have <strong>to</strong> tighten your belt = Na taisawm i reh na hau<br />

reh - (v.) constrict - Example: A vine constricts our apple tree = Tul nih kan apple kung a reh<br />

reh - (v.) diminish or decrease<br />

reh - (v.) die away (as sound)<br />

reh , rek - (v.) throttle, strangle - Example: He strangled him at his throat = A hngawngpacereng in a reh<br />

rehchih - (v.) strain - Example: She strained her child <strong>to</strong> her breast = A fate kha a tang ah a rehchih<br />

rehlei tahnak ; metric <strong>to</strong>n cu kilogram 1000 a si - (n.) <strong>to</strong>n<br />

rei , rai - (v.) gnaw a hole (as rat)<br />

rek - (v.) constrict<br />

rek , reh - (v.) throttle, strangle - Example: He strangled him at his throat = A hngawngpacereng in a reh<br />

reket , puppululh tuknak fung - (n.) racket<br />

rel - (v.) count<br />

rel - (v.) recount - Example: He recounted the events of the day = Kha ni i thil ummi hna kha a hun chimrel hna<br />

rel - (v.) account - Example: In <strong>English</strong> law a man is accounted innocent until he is proved guilty = Mirang upadi ah cun mi cu, na sual, ti khawh<br />

hlanah cun sual lo ah rel a si<br />

rel - (v.) <strong>to</strong> put op the framwork of a house - Example: They pt up the framework of the house = Inn an rel<br />

rel - (v.) plan - Example: They plan <strong>to</strong> determine the area for fields = Ramtuk an rel<br />

rel - (v.) discuss <strong>to</strong>gether - Example: We shall discuss <strong>to</strong>gether how and where we shall be going = Kan um kalnak ding cu kan rel tti lai<br />

rel - (v.) mistake - Example: He mis<strong>to</strong>ok him for an enemy and shot him = Ral ah a rel i a kah<br />

rel - (v.) read - Example: Do you know how <strong>to</strong> read <strong>English</strong>? = Mirangholh na rel thiam maw?<br />

rel - (v.) take/count, regard - Example: I take what you have done as a good thing = Na tuahmi cu thil ttha ah ka rel<br />

rel (ca) khawh a simi - (adj.) readable<br />

rel cawk awk a si lomi, rel lomi - (adj.) unnumbered<br />

rel khawh a simi , hngalh khawh a simi - (adj.) intelligible - Example: His handwriting is intelligible = A kutttial rel khawn a si ko<br />

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