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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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Semmi pawl, cu hna cu Hebru, Arab, Siria, Foinisia le Assiria miphun an si - (n.) Semite<br />

Semmi pawl he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) Semitic<br />

semnak - (n.) existence<br />

semnak - (n.) place of birth - Example: I miss the village of my birth (origin) = Semnak kan khua ka ngai<br />

semrel tein tangka i hmangmi - (adj.) economical<br />

sen - (v.) flush - Example: Her face flushed = A hmai a sen<br />

sen - (adj.) red - Example: Red yarn = La sen<br />

sen a hmu rih lomi ralkap - (n.) private<br />

sen hnih benh ralkap - (n.) corporal<br />

senate chung i chungtel a simi - (n.) sena<strong>to</strong>r<br />

sendung - (adj.) purple<br />

sendung lungvar - (n.) carbuncle<br />

sengh - (v.) weld - Example: He welded the broken rod = Thirfung kiak kha a sengh i a peh<br />

sengh , kaw benh - (v.) glue<br />

senghnak - (n.) coherence, glue, gluing<br />

senh - (v.) make red<br />

senh , sianh - (v.) allow, let - Example: My father allows me <strong>to</strong> go = Ka pa nih kal a ka sianh<br />

senhnih - (n.) corporal<br />

senripar - (n.) red orchid<br />

senripar - (n.) a baby about a fortnight old<br />

sentari cawngtu , a vengtu - (n.) sentinel<br />

senthum ralkap - (n.) sergeant<br />

sentri cawngtu ralkap - (n.) sentry<br />

senu - (n.) female mythun<br />

sepa - (n.) male mythun<br />

sepi , siapi - (n.) full grown femal mythun<br />

September thla - (n.) September<br />

ser - (v.) fashion - Example: He fashioned a figure out of clay = Tlak in mi mui pakhat a ser<br />

ser - (v.) make, create - Example: Men make tables. - God made/created man = Mi nih cabuai an ser hna. - Pathian nih minung a ser<br />

ser , a thar ser - (v.) contrive<br />

ser chommile tuahchommi si loin , koketein ngeihmi le simi , cawnchommi si loin - (adj.) natural - Example: It is natural for parents <strong>to</strong> love<br />

their children = Nu le pa nih fale dawt cu an kokek in an i ngeihmi a si<br />

ser , i can - (v.) form - Example: Ice formed in the pail = Baltin chungah ti kha tikhal ah a cang<br />

ser , raite - (n.) lemon<br />

ser , sak - (v.) construct<br />

ser , siam - (v.) make<br />

ser , thiamtah - (v.) weave<br />

ser tthan - (v.) reconstitute<br />

ser tthan - (v.) recreate<br />

ser tthan , remh tthan - (v.) remodel<br />

ser , umter - (v.) create<br />

serbawm - (n.) mistle<strong>to</strong>e<br />

serchom - (v.) make up - Example: He made up the s<strong>to</strong>ry = Amah nih bia cu a phuahchom<br />

serchom - (n.) one's own making/creation - Example: The s<strong>to</strong>ry was his own making/creation = Cu kong cu amah serchom a si<br />

serchommi - (adj.) artificial<br />

serh , sirh - (v.) eat excessively<br />

serhsat , nihsawh - (v.) deride<br />

serhsat , nihsawh - (v.) gibe<br />

serhsat , zeirel lonak langhter , nihsawh - (v.) insult<br />

serhsatnak , a sual lo na i a mualphohnak , nehsawhnak - (n.) indignity<br />

serhsatnak , nehsawh - (n.) derision<br />

sermi - (n.) creature<br />

sernak - (n.) creation<br />

sersiam - (v.) form - Example: Teachers help form the minds of children = Sayate nih ngakchia lungthin sersiam kha an bawmh hna<br />

sersiam - (v.) adjust, make it better<br />

sersiam khawhmi - (adj.) formative<br />

sersiam tthan - (v.) readjust<br />

sersiam tthan - (v.) reorganize<br />

sersiam tthan , remh tthan - (v.) rearrange<br />

sersiam tthannak - (n.) readjustment<br />

sersiamnak - (n.) formation<br />

serthlum , lingmaw - (n.) tangerine<br />

sertu - (n.) crea<strong>to</strong>r - Example: God is man's crea<strong>to</strong>r = Patihan cu minung sertu a si<br />

set , setsai - (adv.) really - Example: Do you really know it? - If you don't really know don't speak about it = Na hngalh set maw? - Na hngalh<br />

setsai lo ahcun chim hlah<br />

si - (v.) am - Example: I am a student = Siangngakchia ka si<br />

si , a si - (adv.) yes - Example: Did you go <strong>to</strong> school? Yes = Sianginn na kai maw? A si, ka kai<br />

si-ai , si - (n.) medicine - Example: Head ache medicine (aspirin) = Lufah si<br />

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