Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

tape bantukin a permi khukrul - (n.) tapeworm
taphu - (n.) yoke
tappi - (n.) fireplace
tappi , mei kaunak - (n.) hearth
tapung , cozah a domi pawl - (n.) insurgent
tapung thawh , mah ram chung ral thawh - (n.) insurrection
tar , hlun - (adj.) aged, old - Example: An aged car = Mawttawka hlun
tar nih a chuahtermi derthawmnak - (n.) senility
tar tikah pum sa lei le lungthin lei in derthawm - (adj.) senile
tar tuk lo , no tuk lo , kum 45-65 hrawngmi - (adj.) middel-aged
tarh - (v.) bait: put up as a bait - Example: Put on your hook a small fish for a bait = Na sio ah nga hme tarh
tarmit , mithman - (n.) spectacles
tarnu - (n.) hag
tarpi - (adj.) very old
tat - (v.) grind - Example: We grind the scissors = Cehrep kan tat hna
tat , hnor , cuarkawh - (v.) abrade
tat , zum - (v.) sharpen
tatnak - (n.) honing, sharpening
tau - (v.) tear lengthwise - Example: Barbed wire tears lengthwise his shirt = Thirhri hling nih a angki a tau
tavuan , zohkenhnak - (n.) charge - Example: The books in the library are under his charge = Libray i cauk hna cu amah zohkenhmi an si
taw - (n.) bottom - Example: The bottom of the bottle = Palang taw
taw - (n.) buttock
taw - (n.) euphemism for female sex organ
tawba ngei phun rawl , ba tehna - (n.) parsnip
tawcor - (n.) haunch
tawcor , tawtit - (n.) buttocks
tawh - (v.) pluck - Example: She plucked the flowers = Pangpar a tawh hna
tawh - (v.) to pick up with at stick
tawh inn , hrennak - (n.) lock
tawh thlaihnak thir kuai a vun kilhtu - (n.) hasp
tawhfung - (n.) key
tawhfung in si loin thil dang in tawhinn hun - (v.) pick - Example: She picked the lock with a pin = Thir zumte in tawh kha a hun
tawhfung sawhnak awng - (n.) keyhole
tawhfung tawhinn tampi a hung khomi - (n.) skeleton key
tawhinn - (n.) padlock
tawhnak - (n.) picking (op with a stick)
tawhrolh - (n.) trousers, pants - Example: Long pants. - Short pants = Tawhrolh sau. - Tawhrolh tawi
tawhrolh bil tik i a tlang aa hngal ziahmahmi khi - (n.) crease
tawhrolh chungnawh phun khat - (n.) suspenders
tawhrolh chungnawh/angki/chungnawh - (n.) underclothes
tawhrolh, pakkalh le bawhtah aa cawh in tahmi puan - (n.) jeans
tawhrolh , tawhrolh chungnawh - (n.) pants, underpants
tawhrolh tluan - (n.) slacks
tawhrolh tluan - (n.) trousers
tawhrolh/angki hrenhnak - (n.) zip
tawhrolhtawi - (n.) shorts
tawi - (adj.) short, diminutive - Example: Zakia was a short man = Zakia cu mi tawi a si
tawi - (suff.) suffix to a name for endearment - Example: Dear Si = Sitawi
tawi tein , bia tlawm tein , khulrang in , tunaite ah - (adv.) shortly
tawi tein chimmi bia - (adj.) brief
tawi tein riam - (v.) crop
tawi , toi - (prep.) under, underneath, beneath - Example: He sits under a tree = Thing tawi ah a tthu
tawidor , toidor - (adj.) humble - Example: You should be humble = Mi tawi ah naa dor lai
tawidornak , toidornak - (adj.) humility
tawih - (v.) pour - Example: We shall pour earth in the hole = Kuar ah vawlei kan tawih lai
tawih - (v.) water - Example: We water our mustards = Anttam ti kan wawih
tawih - (v.) shorten - Example: You cannot shorten your life = Nan nunnak cu nangmah nih na tawih kho lo
tawinak - (n.) brevity
tawite i kar i kal - (v.) mince
tawite lawng a nungmi - (adj.) short-lived
tawite ttung i a ka a kheng ttungmi bia - (adj.) terse
tawite ttung, tling ngai ttung i chimmi - (adj.) pithy
tawiter - (v.) shorten - Example: Sorten the rope by one foot = Hri kha pe khat in tawiter
tawiter - (v.) abridge
tawiter lomi - (adj.) unabridged
tawiternak - (n.) abridgment
tawk - (adj.) moderate - Example: He is a moderate man (in ability) = Mi tawk a si
tawk - (adv.) enough - Example: This shirt is good enough for me (I like it enough) = Hi angki hi kaa duh tawk ko
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