Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

chim khawh lomi - (adj.) unspeakable
chim khawh lomi - (adj.) unutterable
chim , konglam chim - (v.) narrate
chim loin - (adv.) let alone - Example: There were seven people in the car, let alone a pile of luggage and three dogs = Mawttaka chungah mi
pasarih an um, thil tom pipi le uico pathum kha chim hna hlah
chim , thanh - (v.) declare
chim tthan - (v.) restate
chim tthan - (v.) retell
chim tthan , a tawinak in a biapi deuhdeuhmi kha hun chim tthan - (v.) recapitulate
chim tthan , nolh tthan - (v.) repeat
chim tthannak - (n.) restatement
chim tthannak , nolhnak - (n.) repetition
chim , ttial - (v.) state - Example: State your opinion in writing = Na ruahnak kha ca in ttial
chim , ttial , a hmaan tiah ti - (v.) vouch
chim , ttial , ceih - (v.) treat - Example: The newspaper treated well the subject of water supply = Tadinca nih ti kong kha ttha tein a ttial
chim , tuk - (n.) onset - Example: The onset of the enemy took us by surprise = Ral nih an hung kan chim/tuk cu ruah lopi ah a si
chimbu - (n.) owl
chimchung - (v.) forebode
chimchung - (v.) predict
chimchung , langhter chung - (v.) portend
chimchungnak - (n.) prediction
chimh - (v.) inform
chimh - (v.) tell - Example: Tell him to come = Ra seh tiah va chim
chimh , hrawh , ttheh - (v.) demolish
chimh , pek , chanh - (v.) refer to - Example: Let us refer our disputes to our chairman = Kan i almi cu kan chairman chan tuah u sih/chim tuah
u sih
chimhhrin - (v.) admonish
chimhhrinnak - (n.) admonition
chimhnak - (n.) persuasion
chimhnak , hmuhsaknak , cawnpiaknak - (n.) instruction
chimhrin - (v.) chasten
chimhrin , hrin - (v.) admonish, rebuke, chastise - Example: We must admonish children when they become naughty = Ngakchia cu mi an nen
tuk tikah kan hrin hna awk a si
chimhrinak - (n.) chastisement
chimloin - (prep.) except - Example: Come here except on Sunday = Zarhpi ni chimloin ni dang ah ra
chimmi ah siseh , ttialmi ah siseh , a biapi bik mi ruahnak - (n.) keynote
chimmi bia - (n.) saying
chimmi bia a rak ngai lomi - (adj.) inattentive
chimmi bia , chimnak - (n.) utterance
chimmi bia kha lak tthan , bia hmuh tthan - (v.) recant
chimmi bia nih sullam a hei ngeih chinmi - (n.) connotation
chimmi bia rak ngaih lonak , zei i rel lonak - (n.) inattention
chimmi , cattial in chimmi - (n.) statement
chimmi , ceihmi ruahmi , cawnmi - (n.) subject - Example: The subject for our discussion will be health = Kan i ceih lai dingmi kong cu
ngandamnak a si lai
chimmi konglam , kong - (n.) narrative
chimnak , chimmi bia - (n.) utterance
chimnak , i ceih ttinak , i ruah ttinak - (n.) discussion
chimning in tuah - (v.) square with - Example: His acts do not square with his promises = A biakammi le a tuahmi an i kaih lo
chimperh , chimporh - (v.) exaggerate
chimpiak , tanh - (v.) advocate - Example: We advocate peace = Daihnak kan tanh
chimthiam , fak - (v.) flatter
chimthiamnak , thangtthatnak , lawmhnak - (n.) compliment
chimtu hmasa nak khan man tlawn deuh in chim - (v.) underbid
chimtu , konglam chimtu - (n.) narrator
chimtu , phuangtu - (n.) informant
chin - (adv.) more
chin , chinh , khar - (v.) shut - Example: Shut your eyes = Na mit chin
chin , phentu - (n.) cover
chinchin - (adv.) even - Example: It was even later than we thought = Kan ruahnak nakin a rak tlai chinchin
chinchin - (adv.) still - Example: You can still read better if you try = Naa zuam ahcun hi nak ttha deuh in na rel khawh chinchin lai
chinchin - (adv.) more and more
ching - (adj.) short - Example: She wears a short skirt = Hni ching aa fenh
chingchang/asiloah - (conj.) either or - Example: Either Edith or Mary will go = Edith asiloah Mary pakhat chingchang an kal lai
chingchiah - (v.) mark, mark a sign, remember
chingchiah awk a tlakmi , a ttha khunmi - (adj.) remarkable
chingchiah lomi , zoh lomi - (adj.) unnoticed
chinh - (v.) wear, put on, cover up, put on lid - Example: I put on a hat = Luchin kaa chinh
Page 64