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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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canphio - (n.) tin<br />

canphio bantuk , canphio in sermi - (adj.) tinny<br />

canphio bawmte , kuang hmete - (n.) canister<br />

canphio cung i an nalhmi zingh khi - (n.) zinc<br />

canphio kha ngen pan tein thuh - (v.) galvanize<br />

canphio pan dikdekte thil funnak i hmanmi - (n.) tinfoil<br />

cantiang a hna - (n.) fluke<br />

cantiang hmur , thal hmur - (n.) arrowhead<br />

cantu , themhtu - (n.) carver<br />

capawl - (n.) straw<br />

capawl hlonhtu fungte - (n.) pitchfork<br />

capawl pon - (n.) rick<br />

capetu - (n.) mailman<br />

capetu - (n.) postman<br />

capetu ngakchiapa , sinum - (n.) page<br />

capo - (n.) joke, fun<br />

capo , capoh - (v.) crack jokes, joke, make fun, make fun of<br />

capo i saihnak - (n.) mockery<br />

caponak i i kawhnak min , min ngaingai a si lomi - (n.) nickname<br />

car - (adj.) dry<br />

carbon , hydrogen le oxygen aa cawhmi , thanthling le rawl hang bantuk - (n.) carbohydrate<br />

carek - (n.) post office<br />

carel , cacawn - (v.) read<br />

careltu - (n.) reader<br />

carh - (v.) dry in the sun - Example: I dry cot<strong>to</strong>n in the sun = Lapar ka carh<br />

carhlet - (n.) back door<br />

carialnak seh - (n.) duplica<strong>to</strong>r<br />

carter , roter - (v.) wither - Example: The sun withers the grass = Ni nih ram cu a roter<br />

casanh - (v.) mail, post<br />

casanhnak - (n.) mail box, letter box<br />

cat - (v.) break - Example: The rope breaks = Hri a cat<br />

cat - (v.) die - Example: The sick person died at 3 A.M. = Mizaw kha zing pathum ah a cat<br />

cat lo in a ummi , a peh thluahmahmi - (adj.) continual<br />

catang - (n.) sergeant<br />

cate hna hmuhnak , thil hmuhnak - (n.) receipt<br />

cathiam - (n.) educated person, learned person<br />

cathiam lomi - (adj.) illiterate<br />

cathiam lomi - (adj.) unlearned<br />

cathiam ngaimi , a fim ngaimi - (adj.) erudite - Example: An erudite person = Ca a thiam i a fim ngaimi<br />

cathiamnak aa uangmi , pung cu cu bantuk kha bantuk a si a ti i cu ning cun ti a herh lo tiangin i timi - (n.) pedant<br />

cathiamnak , fimnak - (n.) erudition<br />

cathiamnak lei he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) literary<br />

catial a thiam ngaimi - (n.) essayist<br />

catial zongin , a si hrimhrim tiah ti , ka chim zongin - (v.) certify<br />

catialmi chungin duh lomi hrawh , phawi - (v.) delete<br />

catialmi he aa pehtlaimi - (adj.) documentary<br />

catlam a kam , cattial lonak khi - (n.) margin<br />

catlang - (n.) sentence<br />

catlang bu - (n.) paragraph<br />

catlang chung biafang hna kha zeidah an si, 'navneord' maw 'udsagsord' maw ti bantuk, kha bantuk an sining chim - (v.) parse<br />

catlang donghnak deh (.) - (n.) point<br />

catlang donghnak i deh (.) - (n.) period<br />

catlang ri in - (n.) line<br />

catlang rin - (v.) rule - Example: He rules the paper with a ruler = Pefung in caku cungah catlang a rin hna<br />

catlang rin a ding vevemi a thluanchuak in a kauhlei aa khatmi - (adj.) parallel<br />

catlang rin in thil tuak thiamnak , thil a sau , a kauh , a chahning tah thiamnak - (n.) geometry<br />

catlangrin - (n.) rule<br />

catlap - (n.) sheet of paper<br />

catlap, a chung i a herhmi ttialnak ca i lawnnak a ngemi - (n.) form<br />

catlap a kauh lehmah 13½" a sau lehmah 17 (13½" x 17") - (n.) foolscap<br />

catlap a tthawng i a chah zong a chahmi - (n.) cardboard<br />

catlap tlawm tein thawngthanhnak ttialmi - (n.) leaflet<br />

catlap tlemnak ca bawm - (n.) file<br />

catlap tthawngmi - (n.) card<br />

catsup ti zong ah ttial a si , men phun khat - (n.) ketchup<br />

cattial - (num.) writing<br />

cattial in chimmi , chimmi - (n.) statement<br />

cattial in hlanh - (v.) lease<br />

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