Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

sawh , langhter , hngalhter - (v.) mean - Example: The dark clouds mean it will rain = Khua-dawm nak nih ruah a sur lai ti kha an langhter
sawhfung - (n.) ramrod
sawhmi set a ngei lomi - (adj.) indefinite - Example: The indefinite articles are 'a' and 'an' = 'a' le 'an' ('en' le 'et') cu pakhat tinak an si i sawhmi
theng an ngei lo
sawhpiak - (v.) refer to - Example: Our teacher refers us to many books = Kan saya nih cauk tampi a kan sawhpiak
sawhsawh - (adj.) simple - Example: Simple food = Rawl sawhsawhte a simi
sawhter , chim hnawhchan - (v.) allude - Example: What are you alluding to? = Zeidah na chim hnawhchanmi a si?
sawhtu , hmuhsaktu - (n.) pointer
sawhzik - (n.) syringe
sawi - (v.) disparage face to face
sawi , soi - (v.) critisize
sawih , soih - (v.) to repeat motion as in copulation
sawisel awk um lo - (adj.) faultless
sawk - (adv.) somewhat, in part - Example: You are right in part = Na hmaan sawk
sawk - (v.) apply for a job - Example: He applies for the post of a clerk = Cazi rian a sawk
sawk , nawn - (adv.) pretty - Example: It's now pretty late = Atu cu a tlai ial cang
sawkphak - (adj.) careless, reckless, not meticulous
sawksam in thil a hmangmi - (adj.) wasteful
sawksam , pakpalawng i hman - (v.) squander
sawksam , pakpalawng i hman - (v.) waste
sawksawl , soksol - (n.) oyster
sawktu - (n.) picker (cotton)
sawlh , solh - (v.) polish grains
sawlhphelh - (adj.) pessimistic - Example: He is a pessimistic man = Sawlhphelh hmang ngaimi a si
sawlhphelh - (v.) to discourage others by pointing the negative side
sawm - (v.) invite - Example: My friend invites me to a dinner = Ka kawi nih zanriah ei a ka sawm
sawm - (v.) bid - Example: His friends came to bid him farewell = A hawile nih dam tein vaa kal ko ti awkah an ra
sawm - (num.) ten
sawm kua - (num.) ninety
sawm li - (num.) forty
sawm linak - (num.) fortieth
sawm lomi - (adj.) unbidden
sawm nga - (num.) fifty
sawm nganak - (num.) fiftieth
sawm riat - (num.) eighty
sawm ruknak a simi - (num.) sixtieth
sawm sarih - (num.) seventy
sawm sarihnak - (num.) seventieth
sawm thum - (num.) thirty
sawm thumnak - (num.) thirtieth
sawmaisam , sam - (n.) tress
sawmh , somh - (v.) girdle - Example: She puts on a girdle = Taisawm aa sawmh
sawmhnak - (n.) girdling
sawmkua - (num.) ninety
sawmkuanak - (num.) ninetieth
sawmli - (n.) forty
sawmnak - (n.) invitation
sawmpalak bu - (n.) web
sawmpalak , maimomh - (n.) spider
sawmruk - (num.) sixty
sawn - (v.) lurch - Example: The drunkard lurched forward = Zuripa cu hmailei ah a sawn
sawn - (v.) slant, be out of the perpendicular
sawng - (n.) funnel
sawng - (v.) wrinkle - Example: Tke skin of his face has now wrinkled = A hmai vun a sawng cang
sawngkhoi - (n.) bag, pouch - Example: They put trice in the bag/pouch = Sawngkhoi chungah facang an rawn
sawngpate - (n.) edible frogs
sawnh , sonh - (v.) to ascribe a person's misfortune to previous misdeed
sawp , sop - (v.) to be broken in small pieces
saws ti a si ve ko , meh phun khat - (n.) sauce
sawsawh - (adv.) simply, just - Example: I am simply/just taking a walk = Ka leng sawsawh ko
sawsawh sinak , hngalh fawi sinak , fiannak - (n.) simplicity
sawsawh , zapi cio - (adj.) ordinary - Example: He is an ordinary person = Mi sawsawh a si ko
sawt - (adj.) advantageous - Example: Your coming is not advantageous to us = Na rat hi kan caah a sawt lo
sawt - (v.) advance, make headway, progress - Example: Today we are making a headway in our work = Nihin cu kan rian kan sawt ngai
sawthen , a tawinak in ttialmi - (n.) shorthand
saya - (n.) teacher, master, sir
saya ngan bik - (n.) principal
sayama - (n.) school teacher (female)
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