Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

vuk - (adv.) abruptly - Example: He abruptly went away = Vuk tiah a kal
vulei - (n.) earth, world
vulvau - (n.) summer, hot season
vum - (n.) a heaped up cone (of rice etc.)
vum - (v.) to be piled up, heaped up (as rice etc.) until a cone-like shape is formed at the tom
vun - (n.) skin
vun hmuh ta duak , vun bih ta duaknak , vun hngalh ta duak - (n.) glimpse
vun hngalh tthan , hruh hmasat fim hmanung ti bantuk - (n.) hindsight
vung , vong - (v.) descend, go down
vungchuk - (adj.) declining - Example: He is declining = Mi vungchuk a si
vungchuk - (n.) waning - Example: The waning moon = Thlapa vungchuk
vungmang - (adj.) at flyve nedad hurtigt
vur - (n.) snow, ice, hoar frost
vurh - (v.) to give abundantly - Example: May God pour his blessings on you = Pathian nih thluachuah in vurh hna seh
vurh , vorh - (v.) to cover body with blanket when sleeping - Example: I cover myself with a blanet when sleeping = Puan kaa vorh
vurmar - (adv.) abruptly, quickly - Example: Throw away the wook abruptly = Thingtan kha hei hlonh vurmar
vutcam - (n.) ash
vutcam - (n.) potash
vutmat - (adv.) to do/go about briskly
W
watt thong khat - (n.) kilowatt
X
x-ray - (n.) X-ray
Z
za - (adj.) enough - Example: One hundred kyats will be enough for me = Tangka za khat kaa za ko lai
za - (v.) to be satisfied - Example: I am satisfied with my food = Ka rawl kaa za ko
za - (v.) to feel ticklish - Example: If you touch my armpit I feel ticklish = Ka zaktang na tongh ahcun ka thling a za
za - (n.) palm of hand - Example: Extend your palm to me = Na za ka chan tuah
za - (n.) sole of feet - Example: Sole of foot = Keza
za han - (adv.) --za
khat - (num.) hundred
za loin - (adv.) poorly - Example: The desert is poorly supplied with water = Thetse ram cu ti aa za lo
zaang - (adj.) light in weight - Example: This book is light = Hi cauk hi a zaang
zaang - (adj.) quick and nimble - Example: He is quick and nimble = A mar a zaang
zaang - (n.) strength - Example: He is strong = A zaang a ttha
zaang en in i tinak - (n.) violence
zaang te i ruah , fawite i ruah - (v.) flirt - Example: He flirted with the idea of living abroad = Ramdang i va um kha zaang tein a hei ruah men ko
zaangen - (v.) coerce - Example: He does things by coercing = Zaangen in rian a ttuan
zaangennak - (n.) coercion
zaangfah awk a simi - (adj.) pathetic
zaangfah awk ngaingai a simi - (adj.) pitiful
zaangfah awk tlak , ngaihchiatpi awk thil a simi - (adj.) deplorable - Example: Because of his sickness he is in a deplorable condition = A zawt
ruangah ngaihchiatpi awk tlak ngaiin a um
zaangfah hal - (v.) invoke
zaangfah , zaangfak - (v.) pity, sympathise with - Example: I sympathised with him so I helped him = Amah cu ka zaangfah caah ka bawmh
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