Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

a fim lomi - (adj.) unwise
a fim lomi , a hrutmi - (adj.) silly
a fim lomi , a nal lomi - (adj.) naive
a fim lomi , khuapi chung umtu ziaza le ningcang a hngal lomi - (adj.) unsophisticated
a fim ngai ko na i thil kong i ceihnak le i ruahnak ah a ping i mi a kalpimi - (n.) sophist
a fim ngaimi , a thluak a rang ngaimi - (adj.) witty
a fim ngaingaimi , lungchung in hngalh khawhnak thazang, fimnak - (n.) intellect
a fim ngaingaimi , thil a thiam kho ngaimi - (adj.) ingenious
a fim ngangaimi - (adj.) intellectual
a fimmi - (adj.) sagacious
a fimmi - (adj.) sapient
a fimmi - (adj.) wise
a fimmi , a chia a ttha a thleidang khomi , khuaruah a thiammi - (adj.) judicious
a fimmi , a thiammi - (adj.) clever - Example: Her is a clever carpenter = Amah cu lehtama thiam ngaimi a si
a fimmi , aa dawhmi - (adj.) cute
a fimmi , fimnak a ngeimi - (adj.) sane
a fimnak , fimnak in a tei - (v.) outwit
a fimthiamnak nih a phak lomi - (adj.) unqualified
a fong - (v.) project
a ha a khawn - (v.) grit - Example: He grits his teeth = A ha a khawn
a hak - (adj.) hard - Example: The rock is hard = Lung cu a hak
a hak a kau ngaimi , duhnak a riam kho lomi - (adj.) insatiable
a hak i a nakmi thing - (n.) ebony
a hak i fah a thei ti lomi - (adj.) callous
a hak lomi , a nemmi - (adj.) tender
a hakmi , a fekmi , a tthawng - (adj.) tough
a hakmi thil a lomi - (adj.) metallic
a hakmi thil , thir , dar , sui , ngun , suan , dan , etc. - (n.) metal
a hang a tammi - (adj.) juicy
a hang sur - (v.) squeeze - Example: She squeezed oranges = Theithu kha an hang a sur hna
a har - (adj.) hard - Example: This work is hard = Hi rian cu a har
a har - (adj.) keen
a har - (adj.) sharp
a har lo , a hnawl - (adj.) blunt - Example: Blunt knife = nam hnawl
a har ngaingaimi - (adj.) trying
a harmi - (adj.) stiff - Example: Stiff examination = Camipuai a harmi
a harmi , a fakmi - (adj.) rigorous
a harmi , a nuam lo ngaimi , thadi ngai a simi - (adj.) tedious
a harmi biahalnak a simi , a harmi thil a simi - (adj.) problematic
a harmi biahalnak , harnak - (n.) problem
a harmi rian - (adj.) toilsome
a harmi thil - (n.) puzzle - Example: How to get all my things into one box is a puzzle = Ka thil vialte kuang pakhat chung i sanh dih ding cu thil
har a si
a harmi , thil a at khomi , a ruh lang in a hlai khomi , bia lei ah hman bik a si , a hriammi - (adj.) trenchant
a hawng hawh , hnipuan phoih i taklawngin um - (v.) strip
a hawng , thing hawng , theithu hawng - (n.) rind
a herh - (v.) behove - Example: It behoves you to work hard if you want to be successful = Hlawhtlin na duh ahcun rian fak piin na tuan a herh
a herh biknak, a biapit biknak - (n.) highlight
a herh hrimhrim - (adv.) needs - Example: A soldier must needs go where duty calls = A herhnak hmun ah ralkap cu an kal hrimhrim awk a si ko
a herh hrimhrimmi , a si lo kho lomi - (adj.) imperative
a herh leng i tam deuhnak - (n.) redundance
a herh lo ti i ruahpiak , ngol , tuah loin um - (v.) waive
a herh lomi - (adj.) unnecessary
a herh lomi nolh chihnak , a sullam aa khat komi a simi - (n.) tautology
a herh lomi thil - (adj.) nonessential
a herh ngaingaimi , biapi ngai a simi - (adj.) essential - Example: Food and water are essential to life = Rawl le ti cu runnak caah a herh
ngaingaimi an si
a herh ningin - (adv.) necessarily
a herh tuk lomi , a hmetemi - (adj.) marginal
a herhmi - (adj.) necessary
a herhmi thil thuam , khual tlawnnak caah siseh , ram vaihnak caah siseh i lak i thuam tling cun um - (v.) equip
a herhnak bantukin dirter khawhmi suimilam , lentecelh zuamnak i hman a si bikmi - (n.) stop watch
a herhnak bik zawnte , a muru - (n.) crux
a herhning tein - (adv.) perforce
a himmi - (adj.) safe - Example: This is a safe place = Hika hi hmun him a si
a himnak hmun , mi phak khawh lonak hmun - (n.) fastness - Example: The bandits hid in their mountain fastness = Mifir pawl cu tlang i an i
thuhnak hmun, an ca i hmun him a si i mi phak khawh set lonak a simi ah an i thup
a hla - (adv.) far - Example: He lives far from here = Hika hin lamhlapi ah a um, a si deuh ngaingai
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