Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

tlu , ngawi - (v.) slant - Example: Most handwriting slants to the right = Kutttial tam bik cu orhlei ah a tlu/ngawi
tlu , thluk , tlukter - (v.) upset - Example: Do not upset the kettle = Ketli kha thlu hlah
tluang - (n.) flattened and straghtened hair
tluang - (v.) to be in good spirit - Example: He is in good spirit = A lung a tluang
tluang , tluangdang - (n.) stranger
tluangkhawn - (v.) boast, to blow one's own horn
tluangkhawn , tluangkhawnnak - (n.) boast, boasting
tluangtlam - (adj.) nice and esy to deal with - Example: He is a nice mand, easy to deal with = Mi tluangtlam a si
tluk - (adv.) as - Example: She is as pretty as her mother = A nu tluk in aa dawh
tluk - (adv.) about, around - Example: I arrived about three in the afternoon = Zanlei pathum tluk ah ka phan
tluk - (v.) fall upon - Example: Because my father died the responsibility of looking after my broters/sisters fell on me = Ka pa a thih caah ka naule
zoh nih khan a ka tluk
tluk , hrawng - (adv.) roughly - Example: From Hakha to Falam is roughly 43 miles = Hakha in Falam cu khan 43 krawng/tluk a si
tluk i zuam, tthatnak lei i lonh i zuam - (v.) emulate - Example: The proverb tells us to emulate the ants = Phungthluk bia nih hngerhte tluk si i
zuam kha a kan chimh
tluk khawh lomi - (adj.) matchless
tluk lomi , er khawh lomi , tluktu ahohmanh a ngei lomi - (adj.) unrivalled
tluk zawtnak - (n.) epilepsy
tluk zawtnak he a pehtlaimi - (adj.) epileptic
tluk zawtnak in zawmi - (n.) epileptic
tluk , zuam khotu - (n.) match, equal - Example: A boy is not a match for a man = Nganchia cu upa zuam khotu (tluk) a si kho lo
tluknak - (n.) equality
tluknak - (n.) parity
tlukter , aa tluk tein ser , tuah - (v.) equalize
tlukter , tlu , thluk - (v.) upset - Example: Do not upset the kettle = Ketli kha thlu hlah
tluktu - (n.) equal - Example: It is hard to find his equal = Amah tluktu hmuh cu a har ko
tluktu ahohmanh a ngei lomi, tluk lomi, er khawh lomi - (adj.) unrivalled
tlum - (v.) hold - Example: This pot can hold ten cups of water = Hi um nih hin ti hrai hra a tlum
tlum - (v.) contain , accomodate - Example: This can contains five gallons. - This hall can accomodate six hundred people = Hi pung nih gallon
panga a tlum. - Hi khaan nih mi za ruk a tlum
tlum , chung um - (v.) contain - Example: This tin contains apples = Hi pung chungah hin apple an um
tlum na lo i benhchih - (v.) squeeze - Example: I can't squeeze another thing into my box = Ka kuang chungah zeihmanh ka benhchih kho ti lo
tlum , riahnak hmum pek , ruahnak fonhtonh - (v.) accomodate
tlumh , arti keuh seh ti tlumh - (v.) incubate
tlumh, arti tlumh - (v.) brood
tlumh , tlumh - (v.) brood over eggs , sit on the eggs, hatch - Example: A hen sits on its eggs = Arpi nih a ti a tlumh hna
tlumhnak , keuhternak - (n.) incubation, hatching
tlumnak - (n.) accomodation
tlun - (v.) to return (home/village) - Example: He went back/returned home = Inn ah a tlung
tlun - (v.) lodge, put up - Example: Where do you put up? = Khuazei ah dah na tlun?
tlun-inn - (n.) lodging house: the home in which you put up - Example: Where is the home in which you put up? = Khuazei ah dah na tlun-inn a
si?
tlun-inn donh - (v.) to refuse hospitality to a guest/stranger
tlun-inn onh - (v.) to welcome guest/stranger
tlun inn pa , inntekpa - (n.) host
tlun , tlunh - (v.) to bring home something - Example: Could you bring/send anything to your home? = Inn ah zeital na thlun kho maw?
tlunhnawh, tlakhnawh - (v.) befall
tlunpi - (v.) to take him/her home - Example: They took him home with them = Inn ah an tlunpi
tlunter - (v.) to accept guest to stay
to , toh - (v.) to warm up near the fire/in the sun - Example: He warms himself up ner the fire/in the sun = Mei/Ni a to
toh - (v.) to seat a pot - Example: Please seat the pot there = Um kha khika ah hei toh
toh - (v.) to stay with another family due to poverty
toh , to - (v.) to warm up near the fire/in the sun - Example: He warms himself up ner the fire/in the sun = Mei/Ni a to
tohnak - (n.) seating
tohnak - (n.) warming up in the sun
tohnak - (n.) staying with another family due to poverty
toi - (n.) the part or space beneath - Example: The place/space beneath your house is too dirty = Nan inn toi a thur tuk
toi i aa dor ngaimi - (adj.) lowly
toi tang - (prep.) under - Example: The book fell under the tablde = Cabuai tangah cauk kha a tla
toi , tawi , toiah - (prep.) under, underneath, beneath - Example: He sits under a tree = Thing tawi ah a tthu
toiah , toi , tawi - (prep.) under, underneath, beneath - Example: He sits under a tree = Thing tawi ah a tthu
toidawrnak - (n.) humbleness
toidor , tawidor - (adj.) humble - Example: You should be humble = Mi tawi ah naa dor lai
toidor tein nawlmi - (adj.) suppliant
toidornak , a niam deuhmi sinak nawlngaihnak - (n.) subordination
toidornak , porhlawtnak lungthin ngeih lo - (n.) modesty
toidornak , tawidornak - (adj.) humility
toih - (v.) pour water
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