Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

cakuatmi a umnak a rak i tthial i cu aa tthialnak hmun i hei kuat tthan - (v.) redirect
cakuatmi minung khi - (n.) addressee
cakuatnak catlap a bawm a hau lomi - (n.) postcard
cakuatnak lei thil he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) postal
cakuatnak man pek - (adj.) postpaid
cal - (n.) brow
cal - (n.) forehead
cal - (adj.) male - Example: A male deer = Sakhi cal
cal lei thluak - (n.) cerebrum
caleri - (n.) celery
calung - (n.) slate
calungpi , phalung - (n.) blackboard
cam - (v.) stop - Example: We stopped three days in his village = A khua ah ni thum kan caam
cam - (n.) anniversary - Example: Today is my anniversary birthday = Nihin cu ka chuah cam a si
cam - (v.) pray, say incantation - Example: He prays = Thla a cam
cam , hngah , tan (taan) , ruah - (v.) tarry
camcawh - (v.) cast lot
camcin - (adv.) always
camera (khemara) chung i ceunak luhnak le a hungtu - (n.) shutter
camh - (v.) cast spell
camh a ngei tiah an ruahmi thil , siasal - (n.) fetish
camh , camhnak i bia an chimmi - (n.) incantation
camh lung - (n.) talisman
camhnak biatlaih hna bantukin tlaih - (n.) spellbound - Example: The audience was spellbound by his rhetoric = A biachim thiamnak nih a
hamh in a hamh hna
camipuai - (n.) examination
camipuai tuah - (v.) examine
camipuaituahtu - (n.) examiner
camphak ni - (n.) anniversary
can - (n.) spell - Example: The child has spells of coughing = Ngakchia cu a khuh lengmang
can - (n.) time - Example: It's now time to go = Kal can a si cang
can - (n.) season - Example: Winter season = Khuasik can
can - (adj.) of the same length - Example: Your pencil and my pencil are of the same length = Na khedan le ka khedan an i can
can ah - (prep.) for - Example: He gave me a new book for the old one = Cauk hlun can ah khan a thar pakhat a ka pek
can ah , aiawhtu ah - (n.) behalf - Example: On my behalf = Keimah can ah
can har , ttihphannak can - (n.) crisis
can , hmun - (n.) stead - Example: In his stead = Amah hmun ah, amah can ah
can karlak - (adj.) interim
can , si - (v.) become - Example: He became a great man = Mi ngan ah a cang
can tawite vun i hngilh - (v.) nap
Canada rammi - (n.) Canadian
canam - (v.) print
canam palhmi - (n.) misprint
canamnak ding ca i thing sermi - (n.) woodcut
canamnak seh - (n.) press
canamnak seh - (n.) printing press
canamning phun khat , a cahang kha lung chung i nalh i cu ti i nam - (n.) lithography
canamtu - (n.) printer
cang - (adv.) already - Example: He has already gone home = Inn ah a tin cang
cang - (v.) become - Example: He becomes a teacher = Saya ah a cang
cang - (v.) move - Example: The leaves do not move = Hnahchawl an cang lo
cang - (v.) move about - Example: He can no longer move about = A cang ko ti lo
cang - (adv.) completed action - Example: He has gone to church = Biakin ah a kal cang
cang - (adj.) hard - Example: Steel is hard = Kahpathir cu a cang
cang - (adj.) mature
cang theu lai - (v.) must - Example: He must have arrived there by now = Atu cu khika ah a phan cang ttheu lai
cangai - (n.) crab
cangal - (n.) lye
cangcel - (n.) earthworm
cangcel , kut - (n.) worm
cangcel tampi umnak , thei a chung rungrul nih a eimi - (adj.) wormy
cangdawl - (n.) terrace
cangdonh , a dot a dot in cang tuahmi - (n.) terrace
cangh - (v.) sprain - Example: I sprained my back = Ka keng kaa cangh
cangh - (v.) play - Example: We play king (game) = Kei kan i cangh
cangka - (adv.) as soon as - Example: As soon as I get out he enters = Ka chuah cangka a lut
cangvat - (n.) leech
canh - (v.) be as tall as - Example: Now I am as tall as my mother = Atu cu ka nu ka canh
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