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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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ziaza dawh lo , dawhcah lo khuasak - (adj.) indecent<br />

ziaza dawh loin a ummi - (adj.) unmannerly<br />

ziaza dawh loin umnak, tla bulbal in umnak - (n.) vulgarity<br />

ziaza dawn in tuahi - (adj.) courteous<br />

ziaza ding , lihchim lo - (n.) integrity<br />

ziaza ding , linchim lo tein a ummi ziaza , dinnak - (n.) rectitude<br />

ziaza ding lo - (n.) obliquity<br />

ziaza hrawh - (v.) demoralize<br />

ziaza lei ah ningcang tein umnak, bawi sin um tik i a ningcang tein tuahserning - (n.) pro<strong>to</strong>col<br />

ziaza lei he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) ethical - Example: It is not ethical <strong>to</strong> tell lies = Lihchim hi ziaza tha a si lo<br />

ziaza lei i a fek ngaingaimi - (adj.) strait-laced<br />

ziaza lei i duh paoh i luat ngaiin a ummi - (n.) libertine<br />

ziaza lei tlu - (v.) fall - Example: He was tempted and fell = Tukforhnak a ing i a tlu<br />

ziaza lei , um - (v.) behave - Example: Don't behave like a fool = Mihrut bantukin um hlah<br />

ziaza ningte langhter - (v.) characterize<br />

ziaza , nuncan - (v.) conduct - Example: He conducts himself well = Tha tein a nung<br />

ziaza remhnak thong - (n.) penitentiary<br />

ziaza , sining - (n.) character - Example: His character is good = A ziaza a tha<br />

ziaza tha hi zeidah a si timi kong cawnnak - (n.) ethics<br />

ziaza ttha lo , upadi buar - (n.) misdemeanour - Example: Stealing is a misdemeanour = Fir hi ziaza tthatlo upadi buar a si<br />

ziaza ttha lomi , nu le pa lei ziaza ttha lomi - (adj.) immoral<br />

ziaza ttha rumro a uarmi - (adj.) puritanical<br />

ziaza tthami , phungning te i khua a sami - (n.) moralist<br />

ziaza tthat aa uangmi - (n.) prudery<br />

ziaza tthatnak - (n.) morality<br />

ziaza tthatnak lei in chiatnak lei i kalip; pumsa nuamhnak in asiloah eidinnak in ziaza hrawh - (v.) debauch - Example: Bad companions<br />

have debauched the boy = Tlangval no cu hawikom tthalo nih chiatnak ah an kalpi<br />

ziaza tthatternak , ziaza hunchonak - (n.) edification<br />

ziaza , umtu - (n.) behaviour<br />

ziaza , umtu ziaza - (n.) demeanour<br />

ziaza , umtuning - (n.) wise - Example: John is in no wise a student = John cu a umtuning in siangakchia a si lo<br />

ziaza ; ziaza ttha - (adj.) moral<br />

zihmui - (n.) perfume<br />

zihmui khanghnak khengte - (n.) censer<br />

zihmui phun khat - (n.) spikenard<br />

zihmui sernak i an hmanmi pangpar - (n.) rosemary<br />

zik - (n.) the tip/<strong>to</strong>p of a tree etc.<br />

zik - (v.) smoke - Example: Smoke gets <strong>to</strong> our clothes = Meikhu nih kan hnipuan a zik dih<br />

ziknawh - (n.) bribe<br />

ziknawh - (n.) graft<br />

ziknawh einak - (n.) corruption<br />

ziknawh khawh lomi - (adj.) incorruptible<br />

ziknawh lak a duhmi - (adj.) venal<br />

ziknawh , ziknawh pek - (v.) bribe - Example: They bribed him = Zik an nawh<br />

ziknawhnak - (n.) bribery, bribing<br />

zil - (n.) cucumber<br />

zil - (n.) breeze - Example: There is a gentle breeze = Zil (thlizil) a hrang<br />

zilzel , zilzel tein - (adv.) prettily<br />

zimziam - (adv.) smilingly<br />

zinan - (n.) kerosene<br />

zinan rang , American pawl nih kerosene an ti - (n.) paraffin<br />

zinan tehna an thianhnak sehzung , thanthling tehna - (n.) refinery<br />

zing - (adj.) cloudy, misty - Example: It's a misty (gloomy) day = Khua a zing<br />

zing - (n.) morning, early morning<br />

zing tein - (adv.) early in the morning<br />

zingin - (adv.) early in the morning - Example: I shall set out early in the morning <strong>to</strong>morrow = Thaizing cu zingin kaa thawh lai<br />

zingka , zinglei - (n.) morning<br />

zinglei - (n.) dawn<br />

zinglei nichuak hlan ceu le zanlei nitlak hnu ceu - (n.) twilight<br />

zio , ziau , ziao - (v.) plane<br />

zio , ziau , ziao - (v.) <strong>to</strong> sarcastically attack<br />

zipaw - (n.) plane (<strong>to</strong>ol)<br />

zipaw ziah - (v.) <strong>to</strong> plane with a plane<br />

zipeng - (n.) deputy commissioner<br />

zir , zer - (adj.) cunning, clever - Example: He is a cunning/clever man = Mi zer a si<br />

zirnak - (adj.) cleverness, cunningness<br />

zit - (v.) spin thread<br />

zit , merh , ngerh - (v.) tangle<br />

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