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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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salat , rawl he i mehmi khi - (n.) salad<br />

salcannak - (n.) slavery<br />

salm , hla , Baibal chung Pathian biaknak hla - (n.) psalm<br />

salnak - (n.) enslaving<br />

salnu - (n.) slave (female)<br />

salpa - (n.) slave (male)<br />

salsinak - (n.) slavery, being slave<br />

saltannak - (n.) captivity<br />

sam - (n.) hair - Example: I shall have my hair cut = Ka sam kaa met lai<br />

sam - (v.) <strong>to</strong> cut in<strong>to</strong> pieces<br />

sam a dummi nu - (n.) brunette<br />

sam hnawhter - (v.) <strong>to</strong>usle<br />

sam hriah lomi - (adj.) unkempt<br />

sam le hmurhmul mettu - (n.) barber<br />

sam mehnak hmun - (n.) barber shop<br />

sam ngei lo , hmul ngei lo - (adj.) hairless<br />

sam , sawmaisam - (n.) tress<br />

sam sen nawnte i a ummi - (adj.) blond<br />

sam temnak hri - (n.) snood<br />

sam temnak hri , ca ttialnak seh hri , khi bantuk pawl khi - (n.) ribbon<br />

sam <strong>to</strong>m khat , meheh khabe hmul a <strong>to</strong>mte i a ummi khi - (n.) tuft<br />

sam zai - (n.) strand<br />

Samaria mi - (n.) Samaritan<br />

samfa - (n.) hair: string of hair<br />

samfang cheu bantukin cheu a harmi - (n.) hairsplitting<br />

samfang ngawte lawng a simi , a bi ngaingaimi , dengmangte - (n.) hairbreath<br />

samh - (v.) spread<br />

samh - (v.) stretch - Example: The bird stretches its wings = Vate nih a thla a zam hna<br />

samh - (v.) unfurl, uncoil<br />

samh - (v.) stretch out (arm)<br />

samh , cazual samh - (v.) unfold<br />

samh , zulh , dawi zawt - (v.) trace - Example: He can trace his family <strong>to</strong> the tenth generation = A chuahkehnak kha chan hra tiang a zawt<br />

khawh<br />

samhnak - (n.) stretching<br />

samhri - (n.) hair ribbon<br />

samhriah - (v.) comb<br />

sammeh - (n.) clip<br />

sammon ca - (n.) subpheona<br />

sampar - (n.) hair: grey hair<br />

sampar - (v.) gray: be graying - Example: His hair is turning grey = A sam a par<br />

samphiar - (n.) plait<br />

samphiar - (n.) queue<br />

samphiar , sam i phiar - (v.) braid<br />

samthih - (n.) comb<br />

sam<strong>to</strong>m - (n.) lock, knot of hair<br />

samvu - (n.) combing of hair<br />

san a tlai - (adj.) useful - Example: You are very useful = San na tlai ngaingai<br />

san a tlai , a ttha - (v.) serve - Example: A flat s<strong>to</strong>ne served as a table = Lungper cu cabuai i hman awkah a ttha<br />

san a tlai lai ti zumh awk tlakmi - (adj.) promising<br />

san , sang - (adj.) tall - Example: He is five feet tall = Amah cu pe nga a sang<br />

sandahpiah - (n.) demonstration<br />

sandahpiah , zapi nih langhngan in an duhnak siseh an duhlonak siseh an langhter - (v.) demonstrate<br />

sang - (num.) ten thousand - Example: Fourty thousand = Sang li<br />

sang ngaimi - (adj.) lofty<br />

sang , san - (adj.) tall, high - Example: He is five feet tall. - There are tall buildings in Yangon = Amah cu pe nga a sang. - Yangon khua ah inn sang<br />

pipi an um<br />

sangphaw - (adj.) yellow<br />

sangphawlawng - (n.) ship , boat<br />

sanh - (v.) pack - Example: He packed his clothes in a suitcase = A thilthuam cu a suitcase chungah a sanh hna<br />

sanh - (v.) tuck - Example: He tucked the letter in his pocket = Cakuat kha a angki zal ah aa sanh<br />

sanh - (v.) post a letter - Example: I shall post a letter = Ca ka sanh lai<br />

sanh - (v.) highten, raise - Example: I skal raise my house by two feet = Ka inn hi pe hnih in ka sanh lai<br />

sanh - (v.) insert, put in<strong>to</strong> - Example: I put money in my bag = Ka zal chungah phaisa ka sanh<br />

sanh chih , telh chih - (v.) include<br />

sannak - (n.) level - Example: The flood water rose <strong>to</strong> a level of six feet = Tilian cu pe ruk tiang a kai<br />

sannak - (n.) height<br />

sannak , langhnak - (n.) prominence<br />

santer - (v.) heighten<br />

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