Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

sing - (num.) hundred thousand
sing , mising - (n.) alien, stranger
sinh , misinh - (v.) treat as stranger - Example: He treats us as strangers (keeps us at arm's length) = A kan misinh
sinin - (adv.) from - Example: It's a long time since I have been separated from them = An sinin kaa tthennak a sau cang
sinin - (adv.) every time - Example: Every time he came to visit with us he brought a gift = A kan tlawn sinin laksawng a kan phorh zungzal
sining - (n.) nature - Example: It is the nature of birds to fly = Vate cu zuan hi an sining a si
sining i tlak khawhlo , pawngkam he i tlak thiamlo - (n.) --sining
kawl , zawtnak kawl - (v.) diagonse
sining kawlnak , zawtnak kawlnak - (n.) diagnosis
sining min, tahchunhnak ah siangpahrang, sibawi, saya - (n.) title
sining , ning - (n.) fashion - Example: He talked in a childish fashion = Ngakchia holhning in a holh
sining , phun - (n.) quality
sining phun khat in phun dang ah i thlen - (v.) transmute
sining phun khat in sining phun dang ah i thlennak - (n.) transmutation
sining tawn bantuk i si lo , a laifang chuah tak , hawi he i lawh lo - (adj.) eccentric
sining tein - (adv.) naturally
sining , umtuning - (n.) condition - Example: On condition that = A si ahcun
sining , umtuning - (n.) status
sining , ziaza - (n.) character - Example: His character is good = A ziaza a tha
sinum - (n.) servitor, servant
sinum (nu) - (n.) housemaid
sinum , sal - (n.) servant
sinum , tuah timi paoh a tuahmi - (n.) lackey
sinum upa bik - (n.) butler
sio - (v.) catch - Example: How many fish did you catch = Nga zeizatdah na sio?
sio harh , coktarh - (n.) bait
sio , siao - (n.) fishhook
sipam - (n.) poor people
sipek - (v.) medicate, give medicine
siper - (n.) medicine tablets
sipkap - (adv.) shyly, circumspectfully - Example: She stays circumspectfully = Sipkap tein a um
sir - (n.) side - Example: The side of a box = Thingkuang sir
sirah - (n.) along side of something long - Example: A tree stands on the side of the road = Lam sirah thingkung a dir
sirh , serh - (v.) eat excessively
sir/hmai tampi a ngeimi - (adj.) multilateral
sirlei in zohnak , sirlei in thlakmi hmanthlak - (n.) profile
siseh - (pron.) both - Example: Both adults and children must get flue shots = Upa si hna seh, ngakchia si hna se, tlangrai si an i chun dih lai
sisep - (n.) gossip, small and secret talk
sisik - (v.) whisper
siter - (v.) make - Example: Hot water makes people lazy = Khualin nih mi an tha a thutter hna
siter khawh - (v.) permit - Example: Windows permit light to enter the room = Thlalang-awng nih ceunak cu innchung ah an luhter
siter , ter , ngeihter - (v.) let - Example: Let the dog eat the bone = Uico kha saruh kha eiter
siter , umter - (v.) constitute - Example: We constitute him our leader = Amah cu kan haotu ah kan ser
sitlang - (n.) pill
sitlang a permi - (n.) tablet
sittha - (adj.) well off, well-to-do - Example: They are quite well to do = An si a ttha
sitthatnak - (n.) riches, well being, wealth
siuhseuh - (adj.) to disagree and gossip not too seriously
sivai - (n.) poison - Example: Venom = Rul poison
sivai a ngeimi - (adj.) venomous
sivai a ngeimi pachia - (n.) toadstool
sivai a simi si - (adj.) toxic
sivai a that khotu si , rittertu sivai thattu si - (n.) antitoxin
sivai ngeimi - (adj.) poisonous
sivai pek - (v.) poison
sivai thahnak si , sidin sual le si kah sual tik i hman zokzokmi - (n.) antidote
so - (v.) bulge - Example: An anthill bulges = Chuntlung a so
so dennak lung - (n.) anvil
so , ti so , soh - (v.) boil - Example: Water boils. - We skall prepare tea = Ti a so. - Lakphak kan so lai
sobuk - (n.) smithy
sobuk i mei , meiphu nganpi , somei - (n.) furnace
sobul - (n.) hammer
sobul in khenh , den - (v.) hammer
sobul nganpi - (n.) sledge hammer
sobul tte , tintte , chizawh tin - (n.) claw
soden - (v.) forge: to hammer and shape hot iron into something
sodengtu , sodeng , soser - (n.) blacksmith
sodennak , solung - (n.) anvil
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