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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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vacung pa duh , nu duh , pa duh - (n.) adultery<br />

vacung pa duh , nu duh , pa duh - (n.) adultery<br />

vah - (n.) nephew or niece<br />

vah - (v.) crawl<br />

vah - (v.) wandering about without any purpose - Example: You want only <strong>to</strong> wander about = Vah lawng na duh<br />

vah , vak - (v.) crawl, creep, wander<br />

vah , vat - (v.) <strong>to</strong> make a clearing in the forest for a field - Example: You ought <strong>to</strong> finish clearing the field by January = January ah cun lo na vah<br />

dih awk a si<br />

vahcap - (n.) the trees in the fields which have been felled and kept <strong>to</strong> get dried for burning in shifting cultivation<br />

vahna - (adv.) upstream<br />

vahna lei - (adv.) upstream<br />

vahnak - (n.) crawling<br />

vahnak - (n.) making clearance in the forest<br />

vahnak - (n.) wandering<br />

vahnak nam saupi hlok saupi a ngeimi , ra - (n.) scythe<br />

vahui - (n.) wood pigeon - Example: A wood pigeon coos = Vahui a awn<br />

vahvaih , vaihvah - (v.) <strong>to</strong> wander about in search of food and settlement<br />

vahvaihnak - (n.) wandering, sojourning<br />

vai - (n.) Indian or European<br />

vai - (n.) paddy husk<br />

vai - (v.) lose way and wander around<br />

vai , vaih - (v.) hunt - Example: I go hunting = Ram ka vai<br />

vaih - (v.) roam<br />

vaih - (v.) rove<br />

vaih , kal - (v.) wander<br />

vaih , vai - (v.) hunt - Example: I go hunting. - I like <strong>to</strong> go hunting = Ram ka vai. - Ram vaih ka duh<br />

vaihnak - (n.) wandering<br />

vaihnak - (n.) hunting ground - Example: Hriphi is a good hunting ground = Hriphi cu ram vaihnak a ttha<br />

vaihvah , vahvaih - (v.) <strong>to</strong> wander about in search of food and settlement<br />

vaihvahnak - (n.) wandering<br />

vailamtah - (n.) cross<br />

vailamtahnak - (n.) cross, crucifixion<br />

vailamtahnak a cung i Bawi Jesu milem a cuangmi - (n.) crucifix<br />

vailamtahnak i thah - (v.) crucify<br />

vailamtahnak i thahnak - (n.) crucifixion<br />

vailamtahnak pungsan in an sakmi biakinn vailamtahnak a lawhnak zawnte khi - (n.) transept<br />

Vailamtahnak Sen, harnak a <strong>to</strong>ngmi hna bawmtu, hi bu hmelchunhnak cu vailamtahnak sen a si - (prop.) Red Cross<br />

vainam - (n.) sword<br />

vainam kuaipi - (n.) sabre<br />

vainam phun khat aa kuaimi - (n.) scimitar<br />

vaipangpar - (n.) marigold<br />

vaisiling sathau - (n.) vaselin<br />

vaitamin si , nunnak si - (n.) vitamin<br />

vaivuan - (adj.) unstable, oscillating, fickle minded<br />

vak , vah - (v.) crawl, creep, wander<br />

vakar - (n.) partridge<br />

vakvai - (v.) wander<br />

vakvai , mivakvai - (n.) vagramt<br />

val , tlangval - (n.) lad<br />

valah - (n.) partridge<br />

vam - (adj.) steep, precipi<strong>to</strong>us<br />

vam - (n.) wall<br />

vam - (n.) the boards used for the wall<br />

vam - (v.) glow (an an amber)<br />

vamh - (v.) winnow, sift<br />

vamhnak - (n.) winnowing, siftig<br />

vamkil , kil, inkil - (n.) angle<br />

vampang a fehtertu ding i rualchampi - (n.) buttress<br />

vampang ah an kaiter tawnmi zunhri aa dawhmi phun - (n.) ivy<br />

vampang benh caku - (n.) wallpaper<br />

vampang cungah tuahmi - (adj.) mural - Example: A mural painting = Vampang cung i an suai colhmi hmanthlak<br />

vampang i benhmi ihkhun - (n.) bunk<br />

vampang i thlai awkah le cabuai tthutdan khuhnak ca i tamhmi puan - (n.) tapestry<br />

vampang kulh chung , a chungah - (adj.) intramural<br />

vampang milhtlorhnak plaster - (n.) stucco<br />

vampang nalh - (v.) plaster - Example: The wall has been plastered recently = Tunaite ah khan vampang cu si rang an nalh<br />

vampang nalhnak ca i hmanmi , thung le thetse ti he cawhmi - (n.) plaster<br />

vampang thuh si rang - (n.) whiting<br />

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