Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

zawtnak rungrul rual - (n.) streptococcus
zawtnak rungrul thahmak si - (n.) antibiotic
zawtnak umtuning cawnnak - (n.) pathology
zawtnak umtuning cawnnak he aa pehtlaimi thil - (adj.) pathological
zawtnak vialte damnak si - (n.) panacea
ze - (v.) to be fatiqued, tired - Example: My eye is tired = Ka mit a ze
ze , zet - (n.) strain - Example: Strain the soup. - You straied gnats and swallowed camels = Tihang kha a hang ze tuah. - Fikfa ti nan zet i kalauk
nan lemh
zeh , zep - (v.) insert - Example: He puts (inserts) a paper between books = Cauk kar ah catlap a zeh
zehnak - (n.) insertion - Example: I do not know where ie inserts the paper = A ca zehnak hmun ka hngal lo
zei - (pref.) what (interrogative prefix)
zei - (pref.) what (interrogative prefix)
zei - (n.) kith and kin - Example: Our kith and kin. - They are not our kith and kin = Kan zeizo. - Kan zei kan zo an si lo
zei ah , khuahzei ah - (conj.) whereat
zei ah , zeitindah - (conj.) wherein
zei can a hlat timi hlatnak khi - (n.) distance - Example: The distance between Hakha and Falam is 40 miles = Hakha le Falam karlak aa hlat cu
khan 40 a si
zei chim awk hngalh ti lo , hnabei donghnak - (n.) desperation
zei chungin , zei ruangah - (conj.) whereof
zei cungah - (conj.) whereon
zei dang ruat kho ti lo i duhmi thil pakhat lawng ruah , lungchung i cu lawng um - (v.) preoccupy - Example: He was preoccupied by
family problems = A innchungkhar harnak lawng a lungchung ah a khat
zei he paoh - (conj.) wherewith
zei hi dah - (pron.) which - Example: Which boy won the prize? = Khuazei ngakchia hi dah laksawng a hmumi cu a si?
zei i rel - (v.) concern - Example: The election of council members should concern every citizen = Khawngsil riantuantu pawl thim cu ramchungmi
paohpaoh nih biapi ah rel awk a si
zei i rel lo , duh lo - (v.) spurn - Example: The judge spurned the bribe = Ziknawh kha biaceihtu bawi nih a duh lo, zeihmanh ah a rel lo
zei i rel lo , kik lo lum lo i um , zei poi lo - (adj.) indifferent
zei i rel lomi , i ralrin lomi - (adj.) unheeded
zei maw ti in - (adv.) somehow
zei nih dah a thihnak a chuahter ti hngalhnak ca i a thimi pum an hlai khi - (n.) autopsy
zei paoh ah thian a uarmi - (n.) purist
zei paoh i aa tawkza in umnak , zu din lonak - (n.) temperance
zei poi lonak - (n.) indifference
zei riamruam dah - (interj.) what a thing!
zei ruangah , zei chungin - (conj.) whereof
zei ruaram lomi pawl - (n.) riffraff
zei thil dah tuah a si i cu thil cu zeidah a si ti a chimtu biafang - (n.) verb
zei thil hmanh , fakpi i ruat setsai lem lo i khua a sami - (adj.) easy-going
zei thil paoh in phei in tanmi , cun cu tannak cu kha thil umtuning langhternak ca i hman - (n.) cross section
zei thilpaoh a harnak lei kap le a chiatnak lei kap a hmumi - (n.) pessimist
zei thilpaoh a harnak lei kap le a chiatnak lei kap i hmuhnak - (n.) pessimism
zei thilpaoh a tthalei in a ruatmi - (n.) optimist
zei tluk rang in dah a kal ti tahnak seh - (n.) speedometer
zei tluk rang in dah a kal/a tlik tinak - (n.) speed - Example: What is the speed of the train = Tlanglawng cu zei tluk rang in dah a kal?
zei tuah set lo i vah sawhsawh - (v.) dilly-dally
zeica , zeicah , zeicadah , ziah - (adv.) why
zeicah , zeica , zeicadah - (adv.) why
zeicahdah a si ti sullam langhternak ah hin ruahnak kha hman a si i "grund" nih hin a va sawh duh bikmi cu ruahnak kha a si - (n.)
reason - Example: Sickness was the reason for Mary's absence = Mary sianginn a kai lonak cu a zawt ruahgah a si
zeicahdah , cucaah - (conj.) wherefore, why
zeicahdek , zeicahdik - (conj.) why - Example: I do not know why I am a soldier = Zeicahdek ralkap ka si hi ka hngal lo
zeicahtiah - (conj.) for , fordi - Example: His story of the football game was true, for I saw it myself = Pumpululh chuih kong a chimmi kha a
hmaan, zeicahtiah keimah hrimhrim nih ka hmuh
zeidah - (pron.) what - Example: What books are you reading = Zei cauk dah na rel len ko hna?
zeidah - (pron.) what
zeidah harnak/palhnak a um? Zeidah a si? - what is the matter?
zeidek , zeidik - not sure (indefinite determiner) - Example: Are you going? Well maybe, I am not sure = Na kal lai maw? A zeidek
zeihendah - what's (the matter)? (indefinite determiner)
zeihmanh - any (indefinite determiner) - Example: He does not have any thing = Zeihmanh a ngei lo
zeihmanh a si lo mi - (pron.) nobody
zeihmanh a si lomi - (adj.) null
zeihmanh a si ti lomi sawsawh a si cangmi - (adj.) trite
zeihmanh a ttahnem lomi - (adj.) useless
zeihmanh hngal loin tuah - (v.) stun - Example: He was stunned by the fall = A tlaknak nih zeihmanh hngal loin a tuah
zeihmanh i tuah khawh lo , bawmtu ngei lo - (adj.) helpless
zeihmanh lo - (n.) nil
zeihmanh lo , 0 - (num.) zero - Example: There are two zeros in 100 = 100 ah 0 pahnih a um
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