Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

tekem - (adj.) small - Example: Small pebbles = Lung tekem
teklung - (n.) granite
tekral - (n.) gecko
tektek bawm - (n.) mistletoe
tel - (adj.) inclusive, to be included
tel - (n.) bundle (used mainly for thatch/grass) - Example: A bundle of thatch = Di tel khat
telephone in i chawnh - (v.) phone
telephone le elektrik hri a ser a zohtu - (n.) lineman
telephone , telifawn - (n.) phone
television , lamhlatpi i a ummi thil hmuh khawhnak - (n.) television
telh chih , i tel ve - (v.) implicate
telh chih , sanh chih - (v.) include
telh chihmi - (adv.) inclusive
telh chihnak - (n.) inclusion
telh lo , thlau , hrelh - (v.) omit
telh lonak , thlaunak , hrelhnak - (n.) omission
telifawn a langhlat in i chawnhnak - (n.) telephone
tem - (v.) tie
tem - (v.) bind
tem - (v.) suffer, endure - Example: He is sick and he suffers/endures too much = A zaw i a tem tuk
tem chih , pakhat le pakhat lungthin in i naih , i dawt - (v.) attach
temh - (v.) smack, smack lips
temh-in - (v.) suffer, agonize
temhinnak - (n.) suffering, agony
temhnak - (n.) suffering, agony
tenau ngai sinak , biapi si lonak - (n.) insignificance
teng - (adj.) retarded - Example: Outr rice plants are retarded = Kan facang kung an teng
tengh - (v.) to throw on the ground with force - Example: He threw an egg with force to the ground and it broke into pieces = Vawlei ah arti a
tengh i a kuai
tengh - (v.) thump feet on the floor
tenghnak - (n.) the throwing down on the ground
tenglam meithal - (n.) musket
tenglam meithal hmangmi - (n.) musketeer
tenh - (v.) tuck - Example: A bird tucks its head under its wings when it sleeps = Vate cu a ih tikah a lu kha a thla tangah a tenh
tenh - (n.) embroidery
tenh - (v.) embroider - Example: She embroidered her skirt = A hni thawi a tenh
tenh - (v.) squeeze into - Example: He squeezed himself into a crowd = Mi karlakah aa tenh
tenh , tamh - (v.) inlay, insert - Example: Stick this paper into your book = Hi catlap hi na cauk chungah tenh tuah
tenhchih , tahchih - (v.) interweave
tenhmi , tamhmi - (adj.) inlaid
tenhnak - (n.) embroidery
tennis pumpululh tuk - (n.) tennis
teo - (adj.) taut - Example: A taut rope = Hri teo
tep , teh - (v.) taste - Example: The cook tastes the curry. - Please taste this soup = Rawlchuang nih tihang kha a teh. - Hi tihang hi tep tuah
ter - (adj.) first - Example: Firstborn child = Fater
ter , ngeihter , siter - (v.) let - Example: Let the dog eat the bone = Uico kha saruh kha eiter
terh - (v.) copulate - Example: A bull copulates a cow = Cawtum nih cawpi a terh
terh - (v.) agitate - Example: Do not agitate (play with)a snak = Rul cu a terh in ter hlah
terhfial - (v.) to ask to do
tet - (adj.) tight - Example: We are tight in the bus = Bus chungah kan i tet
tet - (adj.) congested
tet ngaiin tuahmi thil , fek ngaiin tuahmi - (n.) stringency
tet , tehter , theh - (v.) wear - Example: Walking wears a hole in my shoe = Ke in ka kal lengmang caah ka kedan hmun khat in pem/a tet
teuh - (v.) nibble - Example: Rabbit nibble carrots = Saveh nih kazer an teuh
teuh , tam - (v.) gnaw - Example: The dogs gnawed the bones = Uico nih saruh an teuh
teuhnak - (n.) nibbling
tha - (n.) muscle, sinew, tendom
tha - (n.) strength, energy
tha - (v.) satisfied: to be satisfied, have enough - Example: I am satisfied with the food I had, it was enough for me = Ka rawl ka tha ko
tha a ba lomi , tha ba a si lomi - (adj.) unwearied
tha ba a si lomi , tha a ba lomi - (adj.) unwearied
tha batter - (v.) exhaust
tha chuahternak - (n.) generation
tha chuahtertu enzin seh - (n.) generator
tha-pheh - (v.) hamstring
tha-phet - (n.) calf (leg)
tha tein hngalh , hngalh ciomi - (adj.) familiar - Example: His voice is familiar to radio listeners = A aw cu radio a ngai mi nih cun hngalh cio a si
tha tein rak zohkhenh lomi , ralrin loin a rak simi , timh loin tuah /chommi - (adj.) inadvertent - Example: Inadvertent remark = Timh
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