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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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iaknak pumhnak - (n.) service<br />

biaknak ruang i duhnak i sum ngai i a nungmi - (n.) ascetic<br />

biaknak zei i a rel lomi - (adj.) irreligious<br />

biakttheng , ttheng - (n.) altar<br />

bial - (adj.) rotund - Example: Rotund face = Hmai bial<br />

bialeh , mithmai panh lo ngaiin tawite tawite in biachimmi - (adj.) brusque<br />

bialip - (n.) lie<br />

bialonak - (n.) nonsense<br />

bianabia , tahchunhnak - (n.) instance<br />

bianek , biaeng - (n.) sarcasm<br />

biang , bel - (n.) cheek<br />

biang kuar - (n.) dimple<br />

biangai , ngai - (n.) truth, reality - Example: I tell you the truth = Biangai kan chim<br />

biangpawr zawtnak , biangpaw - (n.) mumps<br />

bianuamsaih - (v.) crack jokes, have fun (in talking)<br />

biaperh - (n.) exaggeration<br />

biaperh , perh - (v.) exaggerate<br />

biaphuannak - (n.) revelation, letting out the secret<br />

biapi - (adj.) important<br />

biapi a si - (v.) matter - Example: What people say matters <strong>to</strong> him = Mi nih an chimmi kha biapi ngaiin a ruah<br />

biapi a si lomi - (adj.) trivial<br />

biapi a si lomi - (adj.) immaterial<br />

biapi a si lomi - (adj.) unimportant<br />

biapi a simi - (adj.) important<br />

biapi a simi - (adj.) significant<br />

biapi a sinak - (n.) significance<br />

biapi bik a simi - (adj.) paramount<br />

biapi bik a simi , a lang bikmi , uktu a simi - (adj.) dominant<br />

biapi bik ahcnu - (adv.) chiefly<br />

biapi in lak - (v.) stress - Example: The school lays stress on arithmetic = Kan sianginn nih kanaan kha biapi in a lak/a ruah<br />

biapi lo sinak - (n.) triviality<br />

biapi ngai a simi , a herh ngaingaimi - (adj.) essential - Example: Food and water are essential <strong>to</strong> life = Rawl le ti cu runnak caah a herh<br />

ngaingaimi an si<br />

biapi ngai a simipa , mirum tuk lehpek - (n.) magnate<br />

biapi ngai i ruah - (v.) prize<br />

biapi ngaingai a simi , vailamtahnak pungsan a simi - (adj.) crucial<br />

biapi si lonak , tenau ngai sinak - (n.) insignificance<br />

biapi sinak - (n.) importance<br />

biaping - (n.) lie, something which is false, untrue<br />

biapitter - (n.) play up<br />

biar - (n.) loin cloth<br />

biaruah - (v.) converse<br />

biaruk - (n.) secret<br />

biaruk i pekmi - (n.) password<br />

biatak - (n.) truth<br />

biatak a chim lomi , lih a chimmi - (adj.) dishonest<br />

biatak a chimmi - (adj.) truthful<br />

biatak a si lomi , a hmaan lomi - (adj.) untrue<br />

biatak a si lomi , lih - (n.) untruth<br />

biatak a simi , a hmaanmi - (adj.) veracious<br />

biatak chim lonak , lihchimnak - (n.) dishonesty<br />

biatak kha fel tein kawl - (v.) research<br />

biatak merh - (v.) dis<strong>to</strong>rt<br />

biatak tein - (adv.) verily<br />

biatawi tein tling ngaiin chimmi bia - (n.) epigram - Example: Speech is silver, but silent is golden = Bia chim hi ngun a si, dai tein um hi sui a si<br />

biate a simi thil - (adj.) trifling<br />

biate ngai a simi - (n.) trifle<br />

biatetter - (v.) play down - Example: He played down the importance of work = Rian biapi a sinak kha a biatetter<br />

biatheitu - (n.) witness<br />

biathlam - (n.) meaning implication<br />

Biathlam - (n.) Revelation, the last book of the New Testament<br />

biathli a hngalmi , a chung i a ummi - (n.) insider<br />

biathli a simi - (adj.) confidential<br />

biathli a simi - (adj.) secret<br />

biathli a simi , hawi hngalh lo awkin bia hleng in chimmi , thuhmi - (adj.) cryptic<br />

biathli chimhmipa , zumhmi - (n.) confidant<br />

biathli , cuti ti ah cucu a si lai timi - (n.) watchword<br />

biathli , hawi hngalhlomi , a thli - (adj.) underhand<br />

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