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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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darkhing thlainak inn - (n.) belfry<br />

dat , dah - (n.) electricity - Example: Our electricity is good these days = Tukar hrawng cu kan dah tha a ttha<br />

datari , faah , ram/facang hlehnak - (n.) sickle<br />

dathmanthlak , kan tak chung hmanthlaknak - (n.) x-ray<br />

datsi - (n.) oil<br />

Daw - (n.) Miss<br />

daw , dawt , duh - (v.) love - Example: Do you love me? = Na ka daw maw?<br />

dawbi - (n.) washerman<br />

dawh - (adj.) handsome<br />

dawh - (v.) seem - Example: They seem <strong>to</strong> know what they did = An tuahmi kha hngalh dawh an si<br />

dawh - (v.) look like - Example: It looks like rain = Ruah sur dawh a si<br />

dawh ngaiin - (adv.) politely<br />

dawh , rumra - (n.) magnificence<br />

dawh tein chim - (v.) phrase - Example: She phrased his answer carefully = A lehnak bia cu dawh tein a chim<br />

dawh tein umnak - (n.) politeness<br />

dawhnak - (n.) beauty<br />

dawhnak - (n.) grace<br />

dawhnak ca i thuh boih awk thil - (n.) cosmetic<br />

dawhnak , hnuhnak , lungthin laknak - (n.) attraction<br />

dawhnak lei a duh ngaimi le a hingal ngaimi - (n.) aesthete<br />

dawhter , tamh - (v.) beautify<br />

dawhter , tamh. - 2. tthatter deuh, pehsauh, chap - (v.) embellish<br />

dawhter , tamh , thawitenh , pangpar suai - (v.) embroider<br />

dawhternak , tamhnak , thawitenhnak , pangpar suai - (n.) embroidery<br />

dawhtlak , loin umnak - (n.) immodesty<br />

dawhtlakte i nun , umtu ziaza aa dawhmi - (n.) decency<br />

dawi - (n.) sorcery - Example: In former days <strong>Chin</strong> feared sorcery much = Hlan ah cun Laimi nih dawi an ttih ngai<br />

dawi , hlawt - (v.) rid - Example: What will rid a house of rat? = Inn in zei nih dah zu cu a dawi hna lai?<br />

dawi , thawl - (v.) banish<br />

dawi , tthawl - (v.) chase<br />

dawk , dok - (v.) pull out - Example: Please pull out one string of the yarn = La kha zai khat in vun dawk tuah<br />

dawkawng , cengkeuh - (n.) snail<br />

dawkawng phun khat - (n.) slug<br />

dawl - (v.) pile bricks or s<strong>to</strong>nes one upon another <strong>to</strong> make a wall - Example: They make a brick wall = Tlakrawh vampang an dawl<br />

dawlh , dolh - (v.) swallow - Example: Sugar coated medicine is easy <strong>to</strong> swallow = Si thlum cu dawlh a fawi<br />

dawm - (n.) manure, fertiliser - Example: Com dung is best manure = Caw ek hi dawm ttha bik a si<br />

dawm - (adj.) cloudy, overcast - Example: It is cloudy = Khua a dawm<br />

dawmh , domh - (v.) place hand on the spot of pain <strong>to</strong> relieve pain - Example: Please put your hand on my head (<strong>to</strong> relieve pain) = Ka lu ka<br />

domh tuah<br />

dawn , dawnh - (v.) impede<br />

dawnchungle - (n.) members of the family - Example: How many members are in your family? = Na dawnchungle zeizatdah an si?<br />

dawng - (n.) household, family - Example: There are hundred families in our church = Kan khrifabu chungah dawng za khat kan um<br />

dawngchung - (n.) spouse - Example: Is your spouse also coming? = Nu dawngchung a ra ve lai maw?<br />

dawngchungnu - (n.) wife - Example: My wife is a midwife/nurce = Ka dawngchungnu cu si sayama a si<br />

dawngchungpa - (n.) husband - Example: My husband is a pas<strong>to</strong>r = Ka dawngchungpa cu pas<strong>to</strong>r a si<br />

dawngh , dongh - (v.) end<br />

dawnghnak , donghnak - (n.) end<br />

dawnh , donh - (v.) catch in a cup or cloth something which dropw - Example: You should catch the mangoes in your blanket = Hai kha na<br />

puan in na rak donh hna lai<br />

dawnh , hrawh , pakpalawng i canter - (v.) foil - Example: The police foiled his evil plan = Thil ttha lo tuah aa timhmi kha palik nih an hrawh<br />

dawnh , kham - (v.) hinder<br />

dawnhnak , hnahnawh peknak - (n.) interfeence<br />

dawnnak - (n.) impedement<br />

dawntu - (n.) bar - Example: Bad temper is a bar <strong>to</strong> making friends = Thinchiat hi hawikom ser dawntu a si<br />

dawntu - (n.) barrier<br />

dawntu - (n.) disadvantage<br />

dawntu - (n.) handicap - Example: Lack of education is a handicap for many people = Cathiam lo hi mi tampi caah dawntu a si<br />

dawntu - (n.) hindrance<br />

dawntu - (n.) obstacle<br />

dawntu - (n.) block<br />

dawntu a simi - (adj.) detrimental<br />

dawntu a simi thil - (adj.) disadvantageous<br />

dawntu a simi , thil hnahnawk a simi - (adj.) cumbersome<br />

dawntu , harnak petu , tthat lonak petu - (n.) detriment<br />

dawntu , mi a rilhtertu - (n.) stumbling block<br />

dawnzuk - (n.) watermelon<br />

dawnzuk , phazeti - (n.) melon<br />

dawp - (v.) absorb - Example: Cot<strong>to</strong>n can absorb water = Lachawn nih ti a dawo khawh<br />

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