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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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do - (v.) give food - Example: Would you be able <strong>to</strong> feed us dinner? = Zanriah na kan do kho lai waw?<br />

do - (v.) set up a trap - Example: They set up at log trap (for the rats) = Mangkhawng an do<br />

do - (v.) set up a gun as a trap - Example: The gun we set up as a trap shot a tiger = Kan meithal domi nih pawpi a kah<br />

do , doh - (v.) fight - Example: It's no use fighting one another = Pakhat le pakhat i doh hi a tthahnem lo<br />

dodangh - (v.) sacrifice <strong>to</strong> the evil spirit (mainlæy for placification) - Example: They sacrifice red cock when pacifying the evil spirit = Khuachia<br />

dodangh tikah arhli sen an hman<br />

doh - (pref.) anti<br />

doh - (v.) prop - Example: Prop the clothes line with a stick = Puan zarnak hri kha fung in doh<br />

doh - (v.) support - Example: Walls support the roof = Vampang nih inncung kha an doh<br />

doh - (v.) sustain - Example: Walls sustain the roof = Vampang nih inncung kha an doh<br />

doh , al , kham - (v.) resist<br />

doh , al ralchanh - (v.) oppose<br />

doh , do - (v.) fight - Example: It's no use fighting one another = Pakhat le pakhat i doh hi a tthahnem lo<br />

doh i tei , donh - (v.) thwart<br />

doh khawhnak a ngeimi - (adj.) resistant<br />

doh , ral chim , ral tuk - (v.) raid<br />

doh , ralchanh - (prep.) against - Example: He is against me = A ka doh; a ka ralchanh<br />

doh, ralchanh - (v.) contend<br />

doh , tei , in - (v.) withstand - Example: Soldiers have <strong>to</strong> withstand difficulties = Ralkap cu harnak an in awk a herh<br />

dohn - (v.) handicap - Example: His illness handicaps him = A zawtnak nih a donh<br />

dohn , kham - (v.) curb<br />

dohnak - (n.) fight - Example: They have been fighting for a long time now = An i dohnak, a sau cang<br />

dohnak , alnak - (n.) resistance<br />

dohnak , ernak , i chuhnak - (n.) rivalry<br />

dohnak , raldohnak - (n.) war - Example: During the second world war many people perished = Vawlei-cung dohnak pahnihnak ah minung<br />

tampi a thi<br />

dohnak tung - (n.) prop<br />

dohtu , aa paimi lak i pakhat paoh khi , aa domi - (n.) opponent - Example: He could not win his opponent = Amah a dohtu (a paitu) kha a<br />

tei kho lo<br />

dohtu , ertu - (n.) rival<br />

dohtu lei i a tangmi , tthatnak lei tu duh lo i rawhnak lei tu a duh deuhmi - (n.) reactionary<br />

dohtu , ral - (n.) rebel<br />

dohtu , ral chimtu , tutu - (n.) raider<br />

doih , eih - (n.) sorcery<br />

dok - (v.) pluck<br />

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

dolh - (v.) gulp<br />

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

dolh khat - (n.) gulp<br />

dolh , khuh , zual - (v.) engulf<br />

dolung - (n.) anvil - Example: They hammer iron on the anvil = Dolung ah thir an den<br />

dom - (adv.) very much - Example: I like jaggery very much = Thanthling ka duh dom<br />

domh - (v.) begin, start - Example: They have begun the word = Rian an domh cang<br />

domh , dawmh - (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 />

domh , kheldomh - (v.) stand akimbo - Example: He stands akimbo = A khel aa domh<br />

don , <strong>to</strong>n - (v.) meet<br />

dong - (v.) end - Example: The road ends here = Hika ah lam a dong<br />

dong - (n.) pipe, water pipe - Example: Water pipe is necessary <strong>to</strong> carry water (<strong>to</strong> the house) = Ti laknak caah tidong a herh<br />

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

dong hngal lomi sinak - (n.) infinity<br />

dongh - (v.) make somebody dumbfounded - Example: Ceu Nawl and Ceu Bik arguet and Ceu bik made him (Ceu Nawl) dumbfounded = Ceu<br />

Nawl le Ceu Bik bia an i al i Ceu Bik nih a dongh<br />

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

dongh hngal lo i holh lengmang - (v.) blab<br />

dongh hngal lo khor thukpi - (n.) abyss<br />

dongh negi lo , ri ngei lo - (adj.) limitless<br />

donghnak - (n.) ending<br />

donghnak - (n.) conclusion<br />

donghnak - (n.) finish<br />

donghnak a ngei lomi - (adj.) endless<br />

donghnak a ngei lomi - (adj.) unlimitet<br />

donghnak a ngei lomi khor - (adj.) fathomless<br />

donghnak a ngeimi , tlinlonak a ngeimi - (adj.) finite<br />

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

donghnak ngei lo , a thuh , a san , a kauh tah khawh lomi - (adj.) boundless<br />

donghnak ngei lo , dongh hnagal lo - (adj.) infinite<br />

donghnak ngei loin , dongh hngal loin , tuk hringhran - (adv.) infinitly<br />

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