Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

zeihmanh lo i tuahnak , pakpalawng i sernak - (n.) nullification
zeihmanh lo sinak , pakpalawng sinak - (n.) nullity
zeihmanh tuah lo i a ummi - (adj.) idle - Example: He spent an idle hour watching the river = Zeihmanh tuah loin suimilam pakhat chung tiva
kha a zoh sawhsawh ko
zeihmanhlo - (n.) nothing - Example: There is nothing in an empty box = A lawngmi kuang chungah zeihmanh a um lo
zeikhum si ai kun , zeikhum - (adv.) i any case, what come may
zeilo - (pron.) something, anything
zeilo i chuih i rilh - (v.) stumble
zeilo nih kan tak a tongh i a zami khi - (v.) tingle
zeilo thil a hung um sual kho ding - (n.) eventuality
zeimaw - something with question mark
zeimaw caan ah - (adv.) sometimes
zeimaw lote - (n.) something secret
zeimaw tiin - (adv.) somewhat
zeimaw tiin - (adv.) somehow or other
zeimaw tikah - (adv.) sometime
zeipaoh - (pron.) whatever
zeipaoh - (n.) any - Example: He can answer any question = Biahalnak zeipaoh a leh khawh
zeipaoh a fawinak in a ruatmi pawl - (adj.) happy-go-lucky
zeipaoh ah lau lo tein um khawhnak , mah le mah i uk khawhnak - (n.) self-posession
zeipaoh hi khaukhih cia dih a si ko tiin zumhning - (n.) fatalism
zeipaoh hmanh i ningcang tuk i um a duhmi - (n.) prude
zeirel - (v.) respect - Example: You do not respect me = Zei ah na ka rel lo
zeirel awk tlak a si lomi - (adj.) negligible
zeirel lo , hmaizah lo - (v.) disregard
zeirel loin a ummi - (adj.) defiant
zeirel lomi - (adj.) unrespected person/thing
zeirel lonak - (n.) defiance
zeirel lonak langhter , nihsawh , serhsat - (v.) insult
zeirello - (n.) nonchalance - Example: Eleanor received the prize with pretended nonchalance = Eleanor nih laksawng a lakah khan zeirello bantukin
aa umter
zeirello - (v.) disrespect - Example: Do not disrespect your parents = Na nu le na pa kha zeirello in um hna hlah
zeirello in a ummi - (adj.) nonchalant
zeirello in , zeirelnak zeihmanh um loin - (adv., adj.) regardless
zeirellonak - (n.) disrespect, disgrace
zeirelmi - (adj.) respected person/thing
zeiruang lo ah - (adv.) for no reason
zeiruang , zeiruang ah dah - (conj.) for what reason
zeisawngthlai - (v.) hold in respect (mostly used in the negative sence)
zeisawngthlai loin - (adv.) disdainfully
zeisawngthlailo - (v.) disdain
zeiti hlei in dah , zeidang hlei dah - (adv.) else - Example: What else could I say? = Zeidang hlei dah ka chim khawh nhga?
zeitik ah - (adv.) when - Example: Wnen did you come? - It was raining when we arrived = Zeitik dah na rat? - Kan phak ah ruah a sur chuahmah
ko
zeitik paoh ah - (adv.) whenever
zeitikhmanh ah - (adv.) at any time, whenever
zeitikhmanh ah aa thleng kho lomi - (adj.) immutable
zeitilei paoh hmanh in tuah hlah - (adv.) by no means
zeitilei paoh hmanh in tuah ko - (adv.) by all means
zeitin - (conj.) how
zeitindah - (adv.) how - Example: How did you come to Yangon? = Yangon ah zeitindah na rat?
zeitindah na um - (adv.) how - Example: How are you? = Zeitindah na um?
zeitindah , zei ah - (conj.) wherein
zeitindah , zei in dah - (adv.) however
zeitinhendah - how (did it happen?)
zeitintiah - (conj.) because, for
zeitluk dah a rih ti hngalhnak ca i thlai - (v.) weigh
zeitluk in dah - (interj.) how great! / how much!
zeizat dah a si ti tuaknak i a thiammipa - (n.) statistician
zeizat , pazeizat - (pron.) how many, hov much - Example: How many people are living in your town? - Hov many of you are going? = Nan
khua ah mi zeizat dah a um hna? - Pazeizat dah nan kal lai?
zeizat riamruam dah - (interj.) what a great number
zeizat ti set a um lomi - (adj.) any - Example: Do you have any money = Tangka zeital na ngei marw?
zeizatdah a si ti relnak - (adj.) statistical - Example: The statistical figure of the Hakha town population is 20,000 = Hakha khua chung minung
zeizat dah an si ti relmi cu thong kul a si
zeizatdah an si ti tuak thiamnak cawnnak - (n.) statistics
zeizong vialte - (pron.) everything
zeizong vialte a simi - (adj.) universal
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