Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

thlau , thlao - (v.) lose - Example: I lost my glasses = Ka mithmaan ka thlau
thlauh , kham - (v.) prohibit
thlauh , kham , onh lo - (v.) ban
thlauh lo , onh , nawlpek - (v.) suffer
thlauh , thloh - (v.) forbid - Example: He forbids me to go = Kal a ka thlauh
thlauhmi - (adj.) forbidden
thlauhnak , khamnak - (n.) prohibition
thlaunak , hrelhnak , telh lonak - (n.) omission
thlaunak sunghnak - (n.) loss
thlawh , belh bawh - (v.) weed
thlawk , thlok - (v.) to hunt around every nook and corner - Example: He did not find his book although he looked every nook and corner of
the house for it = A cauk kha an inn a thlawk nain a hmu lo
thlawngh - (v.) shed - Example: Animals shed their hair once a year = Saram nih kum khat ah voi khat an hmul an thlawngh
thlawp - (v.) repair (as in plugging the leakage)
thlawp , thlop - (v.) mend or treat the wound
thlawr - (v.) to extract juice like rubber - Example: They extract rubber = Khairiat an thlawr
thlawrh , thlorh , thlerh - (v.) sprincle
thlawt - (v.) spill - Example: Du not spill water = Ti thlawt hlah
thlawtthlau - (v.) to lose rather carelessly - Example: You lose too many things by being careless = Thil na thlawthlau tuk
thle - (v.) throw away - Example: Throw away the garbage = Hmunthur va thle
thle - (v.) decide - Example: I cannot decide if I should take the exam = Camipuai ka tuah hnga maw tuah lo ka lung kaa thle kho lo
thle , thlet - (v.) pour out water - Example: Pour the water out (of the window) = Leng ah ti va thle
thleh , a zuk , cheu - (v.) slit
thleh , baoh - (v.) lacerate
thleh , cheu - (v.) rend
thleh , thlek - (v.) tear - Example: He tears the paper = Caku kha a thleh
thleh , thlek - (v.) decide
thlehnak - (n.) ripping, tearing (of cloth etc.)
thlehnak , cheunak , ahnak - (n.) slit
thlei - (v.) wean - Example: The child haw been weaned by its mother = Ngakchia cu hnuk a nu nih a thlei cang
thlei - (v.) marginalise, isolate, separate - Example: He has geen marginalises by his friends = A hawile nih an thlei
thlei - (v.) disown - Example: He has been disowned by his brethern = A unau nih an thlei
thleidan - (n.) discriminate
thleidan - (v.) separate - Example: You should separate sheep and goats = Tuu le meheh kha na thleidan hna lai
thleidan , an i dannak langhter - (v.) differentiate
thleidan , minthan , mi lang a simi - (v.) distinguish
thleidang lo , chiatha hnong lo - (adj.) indiscriminate
thleidannak - (n.) discrimination - Example: It's no good to have racial discrimination = Miphun thleidannak cu a ttha lo
thleidannak zeihmanh um loin , aho aho ti loin - (adj.) irrespective
thlek , thleh - (v.) tear - Example: He tears the paper = Caku kha a thleh
thlek , thleh - (v.) decide
thlek , thlik - (n.) marrow
thlem - (v.) to do something secretly, without the knowledge of others - Example: You went to the river secretly, without letting me know about
it = Tiva kal nan ka thlem
thlemh - (v.) to prepare something secretly to harm somebody
thlemnak - (n.) doing something secretly, without knowledge of others
thlen - (v.) change
thlen - (v.) modify
thlen - (v.) vary
thlen - (v.) translate - Example: Translate your words into deeds = Na bia kha tuahnak ah thleng hna
thlen - (n.) change, change of - Example: It's no good changing wives = Nupi thlen a ttha lo
thlen , a thar in thlen - (v.) innovate
thlen fawimi sinak , feh lonak , thlenfawinak - (n.) inconstancy
thlen , i thlen - (v.) transform
thlen khawh a simi - (adj.) convertible
thlen khawh lomi, aa thleng kho lomi - (adj.) unchangeable
thlen ti lo ding - (adj.) final - Example: The ruling of the highest court is final = Biaceihnak zung sang bik nih an khiahmi cu thlen ti lo ding a si
thlen , umtuning danter - (v.) affect - Example: Weather can affect crops = Nikhua nih rawl kung umtuning a danter khawh
thleng - (v.) change - Example: I'm going to change my trousers = Ka tawhrolh kaa thleng lai
thleng khomi - (adj.) changeable
thleng lo i aw khat lawng a si lengmangmi - (n.) monotone
thleng loin aa khat lengmangmi - (adj.) monotonous
thlengh , thlangh - (v.) cut off (branch, bough, twig) - Example: We have cut off the branches = Thingne kan thlangh cang
thlengh , thleng - (v.) to rub the grains off the cob, shell - Example: Fangvoi ka thleng
thlengtu , elektrik volt aa khat lomi aa khat in a thlengtu seh - (n.) transformer
thlennak - (n.) change
thlennak - (n.) exchange
thlennak - (n.) modification
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