Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

tuah awk chim , ruahnak chim - (v.) propose
tuah awk rian a simi - (adj.) obligatory
tuah ciami / tuah liomi / tuah laimi a langhtertu bia - (n.) tense - Example: He obeyed his parents (past tense) - He obeys his parents
(present tense) - He will obey his parents (future) = A nu le a pa bia a rak ngaih (tuah ciami) - A nu le a pa bia a ngaih (tuah liomi) - A nu le a pa bia
a ngaih lai (tuah laimi)
tuah cutmat , khulrang in kal cutmat - (v.) rush
tuah dih - (adj.) done
tuah dingmi thil - (n.) program
tuah duhmi , tinhmi , tuah khawh - (adj.) effective - Example: Water is effective in extinguishing fire = Mei hmihnak ah ti cu san a tlai
tuah duhnak langhter , bawmh duhnak - (v.) offer - Example: The boy offered to carry my books = Nganchiapa nih, na cauk kan putpiak lai,
a ti
tuah duhnak/pek duhnak lungthin ngeih - (v.) vouchsafe - Example: He vouchsafed me no reply = Ka ca leh duhnak lungthin a ngei lo
tuah hlah ti i kham , kham - (v.) interdict
tuah hlah ti i khamnak - (n.) interdiction
tuah hlan in tha te i ruah hmasa - (v.) deliberate
tuah hramhrammi , timh ciammam tein tuahmi - (adj.) deliberate
tuah khat chung i pakhat - (n.) mate - Example: He could not find the mate to his shoe = A kedan pakhat a hmu kho lo
tuah khat chung i pakhat - (n.) mate - Example: A kedan pakhat a hmu kho lo
tuah khat i can - (v.) mate - Example: Birds mate in the spring = Vate cu thal ah tuah khat ah an cang (nu le va an si)
tuah khat , khuah khat , nu le va tuah khat - (n.) pair
tuah khat , nu le va - (n.) couple
tuah khawh a simi thil - (n.) feasibility
tuah khawh a simi thil - (adj.) feasible
tuah khawh ding a ri khiahpiak , kham - (v.) restrict
tuah khawh fangfang - (v.) get by - Example: I'll get by with your help = Na ka bawmhnak thawngin ka tuah khawh fangfang a si lai
tuah khawh , khawh - (v.) can - Example: He can go to church = Biakinn ah a kal kho
tuah khawh , lim , tlinter - (v.) accomplish
tuah khawh lonak - (n.) disability
tuah khawh lonak - (n.) inability
tuah khawh lonak - (n.) incapacity
tuah khawh , tuah duhmi , tinhmi - (adj.) effective - Example: Water is effective in extinguishing fire = Mei hmihnak ah ti cu san a tlai
tuah khawhmi, hman knawhmi - (adj.) practicable
tuah khawhnak nawl - (n.) warrant
tuah khawhnak ngeih lo - (n.) incompetence
tuah khawn lomi - (adj.) incapable
tuah khawnnak a ngei lomi , a thiam lomi aa tlak lomi - (adj.) incompetent
tuah lengmang i zia i a cang cangmi zia - (n.) habit
tuah lengmangmi , pum ngandamnak ca i pum in tuahmi , thiamnak ca i cawlcanghnak - (n.) exercise
tuah lengmangmi , tuah tawnmi - (n.) practise - Example: Practise makes perfect = Tuah lengmangnak nih thiamnak a chuahter
tuah lengmangnak in kan hmuhmi thiamnak le fimnak , minung nih kan tommi , a nuam a si ah , a har a si ah - (n.) experience
tuah lo khawh lomi - (adj.) compulsory
tuah lo lei lenghternak - (conj.) neither - Example: He neither drinks nor smokes = Zu zong a ding lo, kuak zong a zu lo
tuah loin um - (v.) spare
tuah loin um , a herh lo ti i ruahpiak , ngol - (v.) waive
tuah lonak , um sawsawhnak - (n.) inaction
tuah peng , ngeih peng - (v.) maintain - Example: He maintains a steady speed = A kal ranning in a kal peng ko
tuah setsai lem lo i lungchung i a hung chuakmi kha - (n.) hunch - Example: I have a hunch that my friend will arrive today = Ka hawipa
nihin a tlung lai tiah ka lung ah a chuak
tuah taktak tikah a si kho lomi - (adj.) impracticable
tuah tawnmi a si lomi , a um bal lomi - (adj.) uncommon
tuah tawnmi ningin tuahmi - (adj.) conventional
tuah tawnmi , tuah lengmangmi - (n.) practise - Example: Practise makes perfect = Tuah lengmangnak nih thiamnak a chuahter
tuah tawnning in tuah lengmang - (n.) routine
tuah timi paoh a tuahmi , sinum - (n.) lackey
tuah , tlinter - (v.) implement
tuah tthan - (v.) recommit
tuah , tuan , tuah khawk - (v.) act
tuah u tiah nawlpek - (v.) prescribe - Example: Good citizens do what the laws prescribe = Upadi nih tuah u a timi cu mi ttha nih cun an tuah
tuah , umter , chuahter - (v.) effect - Example: He effected many changes = Thlennak tampi a chuahter
tuah zau awk a herhmi thil - (adj.) pressing
tuah zungzalmi , zungzal , aa hmun zungzalmi - (adj.) perpetual
tuahmi - (n.) cause - Example: They fought for the cause of freedom = Luatnak an i tinhmi ruangah an doh
tuahmi - (n.) deed - Example: His words and deeds do not agree = A bia le a tuahmi an i khat lo
tuahmi chungin hmuhmi tangka - (n.) proceeds
tuahmi thil , a khunhlei in cawnmi thil - (n.) speciality
tuahmi thil a tuahtu le a tuahmi karlakah zeihmanh a um lomi - (adj.) transitive - Example: 1; I kick a ball. - 2: I stand = 1: Hihi 'transitivt
verbum' a si. - 2: Ah hin 'står' hi 'transitivt' a si lo, va tuahmi thil a ngei lo
tuahmi thil cung i lungthin chiah tuk i a dang zeihmanh hngalh ti lo - (v.) lose oneself
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