Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

upatnak - (n.) homage
upatnak - (n.) reverence
upatnak ca i pekmi thil , a cung i cattialmi a ummi - (n.) medal
upatnak caah sakmi , min aa khatmi - (n.) namesake - Example: My son Kenneth is the namesake of my friend Kenneth = Ka fapa Kenneth cu
ka hawipa Kenneth upatnak in sakmi a si
upatnak , hmaizahnak - (n.) prestige
upatnak , hmaizahnak - (n.) dignity
upatnak , hmaizahnak , thangthatnak - (n.) honour
upatnak le khuaruah harnak aa cawhmi , ttihnak - (n.) awe
upatnak lungthin a ngeimi - (adj.) regardful
upatnak lungthin a ngeimi - (adj.) reverent
upatnak , thangtthatnak - (n.) credit - Example: The boy received credit for his hard work = Ngakchia nih fak piin aa zuammi rian ah khan
thangtthatnak a hmuh
upawng , lupawng , ludomh - (n.) turban
ur - (v.) to keep something over the fireplace so that it may get dry and be smoked
urhsun - (v.) to take something seriously, fervently, passionately
urmar - (adv.) in a large number - Example: They went in a large number = An kal urmar
USA alan - (n.) Stars and Stripes
USA cozah - (prop.) Uncle Sam
USA ram Washington khua i Congress an i pumhnak inn - (prop.) Capitol
USA tangka - (n.) dollar
USA tangka dollar phar cheu za khat i cheu khat - (n.) cent
utlak - (n.) frog
utlak hmete - (n.) toad
V
va - (adv.) used in exclamation - Example: How beautiful you are! = Na va dawh dah!
va - (n.) bird
va - (pref.) prefix for names of birds - Example: Hornbill bird. - Pheasant = Vapual. - Varit
va - (v.) go - Example: I shall go home = Inn ah ka va lai
va - (adv.) verbal particle, signifying going or coming or motion on more or less level ground - Example: Please go there. - He went to Hakha. -
Please take my shirt (from there). - I shall go eat there = Khika ah khin va kal. - Hakha ah a va kal. - Ka angki va la. - Rawl ka va ei lai
va chuahhnawh , an i ralrin lo liote i va tlaih - (v.) surprise
va hmul , ar hmul - (n.) feather
va hmur saupi - (n.) kingfisher
va hmursau rili kam i a ummi - (n.) pelican
va kal , kal hnawh , veh - (v.) resort - Example: Many people resort to the seaside in hot weather = Khualinh caan ah mi tampi cu rili kam ah an
kal lengmang
va kirtak , nupi mak - (v.) divorce
va la , va caw - (v.) get - Example: Get some bread at the store = Chawdawr ah changreu va caw tuah
va lak - (v.) fetch
va nawl , daither , remter , a thin a hungmi va hlemh - (v.) appease
va nganpi phun khat - (n.) emu
va ngei liomi ngaknu ; mo - (n.) bride
va ngei lo nupi tthit loin mah lawng i a ummi - (adj.) single
va ngei loin a ummi , nupi ngei lo - (adj.) celibate
va ngei lomi nu, upatnak in auhnak - (n.) miss
va ngei rih lomi ngaknu - (n.) maid
va ngeih , nupi tthit - (v.) marry
va nuamh ta awk i khua leng i va chuah - (n.) excursion
va pahnih ngeih , nupi pahnih ngeih - (n.) bigamy
va , pasal - (n.) husband - Example: Husband and wife = Nu le va
va phun khat - (n.) penguin
va phun khat , a hngawng le a hmur a sau ngaimi - (n.) heron
va rit - (n.) pheasant
va si seh law ti duhnak ngeihmi ruah peng khi - (n.) wishfull thinking
va si seh law ti in ruah , a tlangpi lawl - (n.) hypothesis - Example: Let us act on the hypothesis that he is honest = Miding a si ti in ruat in cu
ning cun tuan phawt ko hnik u si law
va si seh law ti ruahnak - (n.) supposition
vabu - (n.) bird's nest
vaca - (n.) heron
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