Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

sunlawih , sunloih - (v.) to make one acceptable to others, to gloriry - Example: Tintin was made acceptable to the public by her parents =
Tintin cu a nu le a pa nih an sunlawih
sunlawihnak , sunloihnak - (n.) glorification
sunlawinak - (n.) glory
sunloih , sunlawih - (v.) to make one acceptable to others, to gloriry - Example: Tintin was made acceptable to the public by her parents =
Tintin cu a nu le a pa nih an sunlawih
sunloihnak , sunlawihnak - (n.) glorification
sunpar - (v.) glory
sunparnak le lianhngannak - (n.) splendour
sunparnak pek , thangtthat - (v.) glorify
sunparnak , thangtthatnak - (n.) glorification
sur - (v.) fall - Example: The rain falls = Ruah a sur
sur - (n.) net, fish net
sur - (v.) wring, squeeze - Example: Wring out your wet shirt. - We squeeze the juice of orange = Na angki cin kha sur tuah. - Theithu hang kan
sur
sur - (v.) rain - Example: It rains = Ruah a sur
sur - (v.) milk - Example: We milk (our cow) = Cawhnuk kan sur
sur bantukin aa takmi - (n.) network - Example: A network of roads connected the towns and villages = Sur bantukin aa takmi lam hna nih
khuapi le khuate kha an pehtlaih dih hna
sur bantukin aa takmi thil - (n.) tissue - Example: Her whole story was a tissue of lies = A chimmi vialte kha sur tah in aa takmi lih lawng te a si
sur saupi rili tang i an hnuh i nga tlaihnak i an hmanmi - (n.) trawl
sur vang - (n.) mesh - Example: This net has half inch meshes = Hi sur hi vang lehmah cheu a si
surh - (v.) rain (fall as rain) - Example: It rains on us = Ruah nih a kan surh
Sweden rammi - (n.) Swede
Switzerland rammi - (n.) Swiss
T
ta - (prep.) of - Example: A friend of mine has gone home = Ka hawipa cu inn ah a tlung
ta - (adv.) just (indicating nearness of position or time) - Example: I shall just go there = Ka va kal ta lai
ta - (particle signifying ownership or possession) - Example: This book is mine = Hi cauk hi keimah ta a si
ta ei - (n.) stepbrother
ta fa , far fa , nu a simi - (n.) niece
ta si - (v.) belong - Example: This pen belongs to me = Hi cafung cu ka ta a si
ta , unau - (n.) brother
taang - (n.) chest
tadin an ttialnak ca , mekazin - (n.) magazine
tadin , thawngpang - (n.) news
tadinca - (n.) newspaper
tadinca - (n.) paper
tadinca ah siseh , mekazin ah siseh , a chuahtupa nih a duhnak le a ruahnak a ttialmi khi - (adj.) editorial
tadinca chung ttial awk i thawngpang a khawmtu - (n.) reporter
tadinca i ca a ttialmi - (n.) journalist
tadinca khawpi zat an phawti - (n.) circulation
tadinca lak - (v.) subscribe - Example: We subscribe to the Working People's Daily = Working People's Daily tadinca kha kan lak
tadinca lakman - (n.) subscription
tadinca latu - (n.) subscriber
tadinca le a chuahtu hna - (n.) press - Example: Our school concert wat reported by the press = Kan sianginn khawnsat kha tadinca ah an
chuah
tadinca le cauk i chuah awkah cattialmi a timlamtu , cun tadinca chung i theihtlei deuh a simi ruahnak le thil umtuning kong a tialtu
- (n.) editor
tadinca le cauk i chuah awkah mi dang nih an tialmi ca kha timh - (v.) edit
tadinca phawtu - (n.) newsboy
tadinca phawtu ngakchia - (n.) paper boy
tadinca ttial thiamnak , cattial thiamnak - (n.) journalism
tah - (v.) measure - Example: She measured the length of the house = Inn a saulei kha a tah
tah - (v.) weep
tah - (adv.) also - Example: Me also? How about me? = Kei tah?
tah - (v.) knit - Example: After she has started knitting sweaters, she has no more time for other things = Sweater a tah hnu cun thil dang caah
caan a ngei ti lo
tah i ik - (v.) sob
tah khawh a simi , a tam a tlawm he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) quantitative
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