Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

tlaih
tthat lonak petu , dawntu , harnak petu - (n.) detriment
tthat lonak tuahmi ruang i teirul chamnak - (n.) retribution
tthat tlinnak - (n.) perfection
tthat , ttha - (adj.) good - Example: It's a good thing to have a good command of English. - If you are good your friends will like you = Mirang
holh thiam hi thil ttha a si. - Na tthat ahcun na hawi nih an i dawt lai
tthathnem , a ttha , thil ttha a chuahtermi - (adj.) beneficial
tthathnem , tthathnemnak hmuh - (v.) benefit
tthathnemnak - (n.) advantage - Example: What is the advantage of having a house? = Inn ngeih cu zei tthathnemnak dah a um?
tthathnemnak - (n.) interest - Example: It will be to your interest to get more education = Ca tam deuh cawm cu nangmah ca thil tthahnem a si
lai
tthathnemnak - (n.) usefulness
tthatling in , ttha hringhran in - (adv.) perfectly
tthatnak - (n.) merit - Example: His work has some merit = A rian cu tthatnak a ngei ve
tthatnak - (n.) good - Example: We ought to try hard for the good of the people = Zapi tthatnak caah kan i zuam awk a si
tthatnak lei a sum kho lomi , mi tthatnak a hmu kho lomi - (n.) cynic
tthatnak lei in hawi lonh - (v.) excel
tthatnak lei tu duh lo i rawhnak lei tu a duh deuhmi , dohtu lei i a tangmi - (n.) reactionary
tthatnak , mittha sinak - (n.) piety
tthatnak , thiannam ziaza dawh - (n.) virtue
tthatnak , thlumnak - (n.) sweetness
tthatter deuh - (v.) better - Example: You should try to better the situation = Thil umtuning kha tthatter deuh naa zuam awk a si
tthatter deuh , a ttha deuh - (v.) improve
tthatter deuh , dinter deuh - (v.) ameliorate
tthatter deuh, pehsauh, chap , dawhter , tamh - (v.) embellish
tthatter deuh, pehsauh, chap , tamh, dawhter - (v.) embellish
tthatter deuhnak - (n.) betterment
tthatter deuhnak - (n.) improvement
tthatter , rumter - (v.) enrich
tthatter , tthancho , tthanter - (v.) develop
tthatter , tthanter - (v.) cultivate - Example: He cultivated his mind by reading good books = Cauk tthattha relnak thawngin a ruahnak kha a
thatter
tthatternak , rumternak - (n.) enrichment
tthawi - (v.) sow, scatter/plant seed
tthawl - (v.) evict - Example: He evicted those who rented his house = A inn a hlanhmi hna kna a tthawl hna
tthawl , chuah - (v.) oust, drive away (from home) - Example: He drives away his wife = A nupi a tthawl
tthawl , dawi - (v.) banish
tthawl , dawi - (v.) chase, drive away animals - Example: Drive away the cows = Caw kha va tthawl hna
tthawlh - (v.) to add something to supplement
tthawlh - (v.) to feel pain in the muscle due to strain
tthawlh , tthawl - (v.) drive the animals - Example: Do not drive your goats toward me/my property = Na meheh kha tthawl hna hlah
tthawn - (adj.) strong - Example: If you are strong you can lift this rock = Na tthawn ahcun hi lung hi na cawi khawh lai
tthawn deuhnak , tam deuhnak - (n.) predominance
tthawn lonak , dernak - (n.) weakness
tthawn loter , derter - (v.) weaken
tthawng - (adj.) strong, mighty - Example: Our God is a strong/mighty Gud = Kan Pathian cu Pathian tthawng a si
tthawng deuh in ser, e.g. zu - (v.) concentrate
tthawnnak - (n.) might, strength, power - Example: There is power in the blood = Thisen chungah tthawnnak a um
tthawnnak - (n.) virility
tthawnnak derter , tlawmter , daihter - (v.) deaden - Example: Some medicines are given to deaden the pain = A fahnak daihter awkah si an
pek
tthawnnak , hmual , rannak - (n.) velocity
tthawnnak , thazang - (n.) force
tthawnnak , thazang - (n.) potency
tthawnnak , thazang - (n.) vigour
tthawnnak , thazang , hmual - (n.) power
tthawnnak zeihmanh ngei lo - (adj.) powerless
tthawnter - (v.) strengthen
tthawnternak - (n.) reinforcement
tthe - (n.) plough share
ttheh , chimh , hrawh , tthet - (v.) demolish, dismantle (a house)
tthek - (v.) scatter, disperse
ttheknak - (n.) dispersion, diaspora
tthelh - (v.) miss (the mark, target)
tthemh - (v.) to add water/liquid - Example: I shall pour more wine into your cup for you. - My tea is too strong, I want to add water to it = Na zu
kaan tthemh lai. - Ka lakphak a tthawng tuk, ti tthemh ka duh
tthemhnak - (n.) adding (mainly of water/liquid)
tthen - (v.) separate - Example: Pu Thang and his wife get separated = Pu Thang cu a nupi he an i tthen
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