Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013
Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013
Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013
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tlau - (v.) lose - Example: He loses the way in the forest = Tupi chungah lam a tlau<br />
tlau , lo lak i kal , pial , a ping i kal - (v.) stray<br />
tlauh - (adj.) mediocre, flat in taste, insipid - Example: Your soup is insipid = Na tihang a tlauh<br />
tlauhnak - (n.) insipidity<br />
tlaunak - (n.) prodigality<br />
tlaunak - (n.) losing<br />
tlavakmak in , khulrang in - (adj.) brisk<br />
tlaw - (n.) the bad smell of a skunk<br />
tlawh , tlawk , tlok - (v.) bite<br />
tlawh , tlok , tlawk - (v.) boil - Example: Please tell me when the water boils = Ti a tlawh tikah ka chim te<br />
tlawh , tlok , tlawk - (v.) bubble (metaphorically) - Example: My grandfather is bubbling (talking with zest) = Ka pu cu a tlawh in a tlok ko<br />
tlawk - (v.) bubble<br />
tlawk , tlawh , tlok - (v.) bite<br />
tlawk , tlawh , tlok - (v.) boil - Example: Please tell me when the water boils = Ti a tlawh tikah ka chim te<br />
tlawkciar , tlokciar - (adj.) fussy, gossipy, complaining - Example: She is a fussy person = Mi tlawkciar a si<br />
tlawlh , tlolh - (v.) miss <strong>to</strong> do something - Example: He missis all the good chances = Caan ttha vialte a tlolh dih<br />
tlawm - (n.) donation<br />
tlawm chin lengmang - (v.) dwindle<br />
tlawm deuh - (adv.) less - Example: Tom is less clever than his brother = Tom cu a nau nakin a fim lo deuh<br />
tlawm deuh - (prep.) under - Example: The coat will cost under Ks. 200 = Angkileng cu a man 200 <strong>to</strong>i a si lai<br />
tlawm deuh , hme deuh - (adj.) less<br />
tlawm deuh , tum - (v.) diminish<br />
tlawm deuh , zor - (v.) decrease<br />
tlawm deuhnak , tum deuhnak - (n.) diminution<br />
tlawm deuhnak , zornak - (n.) decrease<br />
tlawm , tawm - (adj.) little, few, small in number - Example: If you are few in number you won't be able <strong>to</strong> carry it = Mi nau tlawm ahcun nan pu<br />
kho lai lo<br />
tlawm tein din , teh - (v.) sip<br />
tlawm tein , din tein - (adv.) slightly<br />
tlawm tein thang lo deuh in umter , ceu lo deuh in umtermi - (adj.) subdued - Example: The window curtain gives the room a subdued light<br />
= Thlalangawng zar nih a khan cu zorter deuhmi ceunak kha a pek<br />
tlawm tete - (n.) snatch - Example: We heard snatches of their conversation = Bia an i ruahmi kha a tlawm tete kan theih<br />
tlawm tete in fir - (v.) pilfer<br />
tlawm tuk lo , a zafang , tam tuk lo - (adj.) moderate<br />
tlawm tuknak - (n.) scarcity<br />
tlawmh , tlomh - (v.) donate - Example: I donated him ten kyats = Tangka fang hra ka tlawmh<br />
tlawmnak , tawmnak - (n.) fewness<br />
tlawmpal - (adj.) some<br />
tlawmpal hnu deuh ah - (adv.) in time - Example: Zanriah ei ah cun ka ra manh ko lai<br />
tlawmpal in - (adj.) any - Example: Do you want any cream in your coffe?. - Please give me some sugar = Na kawfi chungah cawnhnuk khanm<br />
tlawmpal in na duh maw? - Thanthling tlawmpal in ka pe tuah<br />
tlawmpal tein hrem , khangh - (v.) singe<br />
tlawmpalte - (adj.) very few (tings) - Example: I have only very few cows = Caw tlawmpalte lawng ka ngei<br />
tlawmpalte ngol ta - (v.) intermit<br />
tlawmte - (n.) bit - Example: I am a little bit tired = Ka tha thlawmte a di deuh rih<br />
tlawmte - (adj.) few - Example: The few who came early were friends = Mi tlawmte ttuan i a rami hna kha hawikom an si<br />
tlawmte - (n.) grain - Example: There is not a grain of truth in what he says = A chimmi ah khan biatak tlawmte hmanh a um lo<br />
tlawmte - (adv.) little - Example: She slept very little last night = Zahan cu tlawmte lawng a it<br />
tlawmte - (adj.) meagre<br />
tlawmte - (n.) sprinkling - Example: There was a sprinkling of young people in the congregation = Aa pummi chungah mino cu tlawmte lawng an<br />
si<br />
tlawmte hmamh - (n.) shadow - Example: There is no shadow of doubt about lhis guilt = A sual lai ti zumh lonak a tlawmte hmanh a um lo<br />
tlawmte i dinh - (v.) pause<br />
tlawmte i dinhnak - (n.) pause<br />
tlawmte lawng a hngalmi - (adj.) ignorant<br />
tlawmte lawng a simi , pante lawng a simi - (adj.) skimpy<br />
tlawmte lawngin pek - (v.) skimp<br />
tlawmte lawnglawng in i dan - (n.) shade - Example: Your coat is a shade longer than mine = Na angki cu ka angki nakin tlawmte lawng a sau<br />
deuh<br />
tlawmte lawnglawng , menmen - (adv.) hardly<br />
tlawmte , zapei khat - (n.) handful<br />
tlawmter - (v.) lessen<br />
tlawmter , daihter , tthawnnak derter - (v.) deaden - Example: Some medicines are given <strong>to</strong> deaden the pain = A fahnak daihter awkah si an<br />
pek<br />
tlawmter deuh , panter deuh - (v.) rarefy<br />
tlawmter , hmetter - (v.) minimize<br />
tlawmter , hmetter , man tthumh - (v.) reduce<br />
tlawmternak - (n.) reduction<br />
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