Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

tlawn , tlawng - (v.) visit, travel, be on tour, tuor - Example: I'm going to pay a visit to my granfather = Ka pu ka tlawng lai
tlawng , tlawn - (v.) visit, travel, be on tour, tuor - Example: I'm going to pay a visit to my granfather = Ka pu ka tlawng lai
tlawnh , tlonh - (v.) bribe, oil - Example: If you know how to oil him you will surely be successful = A tlawnh zia na tiham ahcun na awngmin ko lai
tlawr , tlor - (adj.) oiled, polished, waxed, smooth and shiny
tlawrh - (v.) to go on talking without any particular direction
tlawrh , tlorh - (v.) smoothe - Example: They smooth the floor = Tuang an tlawrh
tlawrnal - (adj.) sleek, smooth and glossy
tlawt - (adj.) something which falls off the dining table - Example: Food that falls from the table = Rawl tlawt
tlawttlau - (adj.) missing - Example: Is there any of us missing? = Mi tlawttlau kan um maw?
tle - (v.) be spilled, poured out (passive form of tleh) - Example: The water is spilled/poured out = Ti a tle
tleh , puan thleh , caku thleh - (v.) rip
tleh , tlek - (v.) be torn, ripped - Example: If your socks are torn I shall stitch them for you = Na hmawca a tleh ahcun kan tthitpiak lai
tlei - (v.) to look pale and sickly - Example: His face looks pale and sickly = A hmai a tlei
tlei - (v.) be weaned - Example: My son has been weaned = Ka fapa a tlei cang
tleih , tlaih - (v.) catch - Example: Catch the ball = Pumpululh kha tlai
tleirol , nu le pa kong theih hramthawk caan - (n.) adolescence
tlek , tleh - (v.) be torn, ripped - Example: If your socks are torn I shall stitch them for you = Na hmawca a tleh ahcun kan tthitpiak lai
tlem - (v.) stack up, to put things on the top of one another - Example: We put the boards on the top of one another = Thingah kan tlem
tlem - (v.) hoard - Example: He hoards bags and bags of rice = Facang a tuntun in aa tlem
tlem tein chiah - (v.) file - Example: The clerk files the papers = Cazi nih tadinca kha tlem tein a chiah hna
tlen hnawh , cung tlun - (v.) fall - Example: The choice falls on you = Nangmah an in thim
tlen , tleng - (v.) to tranfer from one pot to another
tleng lakin sawh , chunh - (v.) transfix - Example: He pierced thorugh the cloth with a needle = Puan kha thim in tleng lakin a sawh
tleng , tlen , tlenh - (v.) to tranfer from one pot to another - Example: Please pour the water from this pot into that pot = Ti kha hei tleng tuah
tlengh - (v.) rinse, wash away, cleanse - Example: Water cleanses away dirt. - If you rinse your shoes with water they will be clean = Ti nih hnawm
a tlengh. - Ti in na kedan kha na tlengh ahcun a thaing lai
tlengper - (n.) high jump
tlenh - (v.) explain, to make something clear to somebody, tell the whole story
tlenh , tleng , tlen - (v.) to tranfer from one pot to another - Example: Please pour the water from this pot into that pot = Ti kha hei tleng tuah
tlennak - (n.) trasfering, moving into other things such as pots, cups
tlep - (n.) horsefly
tlep - (adj.) smooth - Example: She combs her hair ant it's now smooth = A sam aa hriah i a tlep
tlerh - (v.) to cause to vibrate, to shake as the house by an earthquake
tlerh , hrocer , tlirh - (v.) threaten
tlerh , tlerhnak - (n.) repercussion
tlerhnak , hronak - (n.) threat
tlerhnak in minung ther le phang in tuahnak , hronak - (n.) terrorism
tlet - (v.) pour out, spill
tleu - (v.) glisten
tleu - (adj.) bright, shiny, glittering as polished brass
tleu , cer - (v.) glitter - Example: Diamond glitters = Daimond cu a cer
tleu , ceu , cer, de - (v.) scintillate
tleuh - (v.) rinse - Example: Rinse the plates with water = Pakan kha ti in tleuh hna
tleunak - (n.) sheen
tleunak a ngeimi - (adj.) lustrous - Example: Lustrous perls = A tleumi pale lungvar
tleunak kha a dul - (v.) tarnish - Example: Salt will tarnish silver = Cite nih ngun cu a tleunak kha a dulhter
tleuternak si - (n.) polish
tli - (v.) run away, abscond - Example: He runs away/absconds = A tli
tli , tlik - (v.) run, race - Example: He raced to the house = Inn ah a tli
tliang - (adj.) to be clear and not knotty
tlik - (v.) snatch away - Example: A dog snatches away a bone = Uico saruh a tlik
tlik - (v.) bowels running - Example: His bowels are running (having a diarrhea) = A chung a tlik
tlik , per , cheh zuamnak phunphun - (n.) athletics
tlik , teh , tek - (v.) run - Example: He is strong in running = Tlik a tthawng ngai
tlik zuam khan 26.2 - (n.) marathon
tliknak - (n.) running
tliknak - (n.) runway - Example: The runway is one mile long = Vanlong tliknak cu khan khat a sau
tlikpi - (v.) elope - Example: Gregor eloped with Teresa = Gregor nih Teresa a tlikpi
tlikzuam - (v.) compete in running - Example: The compete in running = Tlik an i zuam
tlikzuamnak - (n.) running competition
tlim , tlimhno , tlimno - (n.) lush grass
tlin - (adj.) satisfied - Example: If you are satisfied = Na lung a tlin ahcun
tlin lo , ngeih lo , bau - (n.) shortage - Example: There is a shortage of fish = Nga a um lo
tlin lonak - (n.) imperfection
tlin lonak - (n.) shortcoming
tlin lonak - (n.) demerit
tlin lonak a negimi thil - (adj.) defective
tlin lonak , baunak - (n.) deficiency
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