Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

elrua kuai , paihau kuai - (n.) shard
belte - (adv.) only - Example: Only I did not go = Keimah belte ka kal lo
bem - (v.) join, live with - Example: I shall live with you = Kan bem ko hna lai
benet , meithal hmur i bunhmi nam - (n.) bayonet
bengh - (v.) slap
bengh - (v.) spank
bengh i chiahmi tangka - (n.) deposit
bengh , tangka chiahnak inn - (n.) bank
bengkeng - (n.) tamarind
benh - (v.) cram - Example: He crammed his clothes into a bag = A thilpuan kha zal chungah a behn in a ben hna
benh - (v.) embed - Example: Precious stones are embedded in stones = Lungvar cu lung chungah an i benh
benh - (v.) fix - Example: He fixed the stamp on the envelope = Milu cu cabawm ah khan a benh
benh - (v.) mount - Example: The photograph was mounted on a white paper = Hmanthlak cu caku raang ah an benh
benh - (v.) stick - Example: Stick a stamp on the envelope = Cabawm ah milu benh
benh , bek - (v.) cling - Example: Wet clothes cling to the body = Thil cin cu tak ah an i bek, benh
benh khawhmi - (adj.) adhesive
benh , nam - (v.) press - Example: Press the button to ring the bell = Darkhing awnhternak ding ah a kep kha hmet
benh , pan tein khuh , tuam - (v.) plate - Example: These cups are plated with gold = Hi hrai cu sui in pan tein an tuam hna; sui an hut
benh , peh - (v.) draft
benhnak i hmanmi thil nem - (n.) padding
beo - (n.) knot
beo - (v.) tie a knot - Example: He ties a knot = Hri a beo
bep , cabek , phuzep - (n.) temple of the head
ber - (n.) a young shoot of branch or leaf
bet, be, beh - (v.) add, increase, join to a group
bete , bailep - (n.) bean
betteri - (n.) battery
beu - (adj.) missing, not present
beu - (v.) break off - Example: His teeth are broken off = A ha a beu
bi - (adj.) narrow - Example: Enter ye into the narrow gate = Kutka bi ah va lut u
bia - (n.) case - Example: The judge decided the case = Biaceihtu nih bia a khiah
bia - (n.) word
bia a sullam aa khatmi hna - (n.) synonym
bia aa almi bu hnih, i tei kho veve lo i an um ko khi deadlock (stilstand) a si - (n.) deadlock
bia aa summi , hmurka a tlawmmi - (adj.) reticent
bia al a thiammi - (n.) debater
bia al a thiammi - (n.) logician
bia al a zuammi , i sik a zuammi - (adj.) contentious
bia alnak in hun hngalhter - (v.) reason - Example: Reason with Mary and try to change her mind = Mary cu va al hnik law a ruahnak thlenter
vaa zuam hnik
bia alnak le biaceihnak hmun i hruaitu - (n.) moderator
bia alning , ning zulh in chim thiamnak - (n.) logic
bia alning phun khat a si i thil pahnih chimmi chung khan aphichuak lak a si - (n.) syllogism - Example: All trees have roots, an oak is a
tree, therefore an oak has roots = Thingkung vialte nih hram an ngei dih; kuhthing cu thingkung a si, cucaah kuhthing zong hram a ngei ve
hrimhrim lai
bia am - (n.) innuendo
bia am in sawhter - (v.) insinuate
bia am in sawhternak - (n.) insinuation
bia an umtuning zeitindah hman an sining , zeitindah ttial an sining , cawnnak - (n.) grammar - Example: He is studying English grammar
= English grammar a cawng
bia ceihpiak - (v.) settle
bia chim i a tlangpi a tlangpi lawng - (n.) outline - Example: He gave me an outline of his speech = A biachimmi a tlangpi a tlangpi a ka pek
bia chim i bia hman thiam ngai i zuam in biachimmi - (n.) rhetoric
bia chim tik i bia tampi a hmang lomi , mi hmurka tlawm - (adj.) laconic
bia chimmi siseh cattialmi siseh a hramthawknak ttialmi biahmaithi - (n.) preamble
bia dawh deuh hmanmi - (adj.) euphemistic
bia-eng , a sullam a bingtalet a simi - (n.) irony - Example: Ngakchia nih a der ngaingaimipa kha bia-eng in "Pa Thau" an ti
bia-eng in chimmi - (adj.) ironical
bia fak ngai a simi , mi a hlip dihtu bia - (adj.) scathing
bia fang khat maw bia tlang khat maw mibu bu khat nih an biapi bik aupinak i an hmanmi - (n.) slogan
bia fiang tein a chim lomi , a holh kho lomi - (adj.) inarticulate
bia fianternak i hmanmi bia: bia chimmi pahnih in a phi chuahning - (n.) premise
bia haltu - (n.) inquisitor
bia har - (n.) conumdrum
bia hmaithi , hngalhternak - (n.) introduction
bia hmuh tthan , chimmi bia kha lak tthan - (v.) recant
bia hmuh tthannak - (n.) recantation
bia i al - (v.) argue
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