Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

cawnpiaknak ca i hmanmi - (adj.) didactic - Example: Didactic story = Cawnpiaknak tuanbia
cawnpiaknak ca i hmanmi tuanbia - (n.) fable
cawnpiaknak , cawnnak - (n.) education
cawnpiaknak , chimhnak , hmuhsaknak - (n.) instruction
cawnpiakning - (n.) type of teaching, the 'how' of teaching
cawnpiaktu - (n.) preceptor
cawnpiaktu , hmuhsaktu - (n.) instructor
cawnpiaktu saya - (n.) educator
cawnpiaktu saya - (n.) pedagogue
cawnpiaktu saya - (n.) tutor
cawnpiaktu saya - (n.) teacher
cawp , cop - (n.) chisel
cawphaw - (n.) cow skin
cawrun - (n.) flock of cows, cattle
cawsa - (n.) beef
cawsa - (n.) steak
cawsa tit - (n.) beefsteak
cawt - (v.) be blind - Example: If you are blind you will not be able to read = Na mit a cawt achun ca na rel kho lai lo
cawtu - (n.) buyer
cawtum - (n.) bull
cawtum - (n.) bullock
cawtum - (n.) ox
cazi - (n.) clerk
cazin - (n.) list
cazin - (n.) register
cazin chung i min khumh, luh - (v.) enlist
cazin chung khumhnak - (n.) entry
cazin chung min khumh - (v.) register
cazin chung min khumhnak - (n.) registration
cazin chung min khumhnak he aa pehtlaimi kong i haotu - (n.) registrar
cazoh le cawn a zuam ngaingaimi - (adj.) studious
cazual - (n.) scroll
cazual samh , samh - (v.) unfold
ceengmaang - (adv.) very slowly - Example: A child goes very slowly = Ngakchia a kal ceengmaang
ceh - (v.) tuck - Example: She tucked her purse under her arm = A phaisa bawm kha a zak tangah aa ceh
ceh , cheu - (v.) split
ceh , cik - (v.) nip
ceh , tan , rem tein tuah , tamh - (v.) trim - Example: He trims the flowers = Pangpar kha a riam hna
cehrep - (n.) scissors
cehrep hmursau - (n.) forceps
cehrep nganpi phun - (n.) shears
cei , cai - (v.) have sexual intercourse
cei , cai - (v.) become warped - Example: My plank is warped = Ka thing a cai
cei cikcek in tthuat (seh) , tthalo in - (v.) maul - Example: He was mauled by the bear = Vom nih a seh
ceih , caih - (v.) deliberate, discuss - Example: They discuss about the journey = Khualtlawnnak kong an i caih
ceih , chim , ttial - (v.) treat - Example: The newspaper treated well the subject of water supply = Tadinca nih ti kong kha ttha tein a ttial
ceih tti , i al , ruah tti - (v.) debate
ceihmi ruahmi , cawnmi , chimmi - (n.) subject - Example: The subject for our discussion will be health = Kan i ceih lai dingmi kong cu
ngandamnak a si lai
cekci - (adv.) sharp - Example: Come at 1 P.M. sharp = Zanlei suimilam pakhat cekci ah ra
celh - (v.) be able to bear, suffer, tolerate
celh - (v.) play game - Example: They are playing a game = Lente an i celh
celh lo - (v.) give - Example: We pushed until the door began to give = Innkhar nih a celh lo tiangin kan nam
celh lo i i peknak - (n.) capitulation
celh ti lo i i pek - (v.) capitulate - Example: The men in the fort capitulated = Ralhau chung mi hna nih an celh ti lo i an i pe
celhlo - (v.) be sick - Example: I am sick = Ka celhlo
cem - (adv.) most
cemchih - (v.) implicate, involve
cencerh - (n.) porridge
cengceh - (n.) pliers
cengceh - (n.) tongs
cengceh hmete - (n.) tweezers
cengceh phun khat - (n.) pincers
cenghngia - (n.) fox
cenghngia ngan phun , ttih a nung ngaimi hngartlai - (n.) wolf
cenghngia phun khat , mi tuancia lawng ei a duhmi - (n.) jackal
cengkeuh , cicua , cengkol - (n.) oyster
cengkeuh , dawkawng - (n.) snail
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