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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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<strong>to</strong>o tight, opposite of resilient = Likuk cu sau tuk koih a si caah a du<br />

dua , hawi - (n.) comrade<br />

dua , kawi - (n.) friend - Example: My friend please come here = Ka dua zaangfahnak tein hika ah hin ra ta<br />

duah - (v.) fire the field in the practice of slash and burn system of cultivation - Example: We fire our fields in mid March usually = March thla<br />

canceo ah lo kan duah tawn<br />

duahmah - (adv.) from one <strong>to</strong> another - Example: They went from house <strong>to</strong> house = Inn khat hnu inn khat an kal duahmah<br />

duahmah in - (pron.) each - Example: Each will be asked a question = Pakhat duahmah in bia an hal hna lai<br />

duai - (v.) diminish (as sharpness in knives and axes) - Example: My knive is getting dull = Ka nam<strong>to</strong>ng a duai<br />

duak , hruak - (adv.) at once, suddenly, immediately, just - Example: He suddenly got out = Duak tiah a chuak<br />

duak . khulrang - (adj.) abrupt - Example: He made an abrupt turn <strong>to</strong> avoid an accident = Poipang <strong>to</strong>n sual <strong>to</strong> dingah duak tiah aa mer.<br />

duakmak - (adv.) the <strong>to</strong>ngues of fire are leaping - Example: The flames are leaping about = Meizik aa hliau duakmak<br />

duh - (v.) interest<br />

duh - (v.) fall in love - Example: I fall in love with a girl = Ngaknu pakhat he kan i duh<br />

duh - (v.) be short of - Example: We have raised 1000 kyats but we are still short of five hundred (<strong>to</strong> reach our goal) = Tangka thong khat kan<br />

hmuh cang, asinain za nga kan duh rih<br />

duh - (v.) like<br />

duh - (v.) long - Example: She longed <strong>to</strong> come home = Inn tlun a duh<br />

duh - (v.) please - Example: You do what you please = Na duhmi kha va tuah ko<br />

duh - (v.) want<br />

duh - (v.) will - Example: We cannot always do as we will = Kan duh bantukin kan tuah zungzal kho lo<br />

duh - (adj.) willing - Example: He is willing <strong>to</strong> die = Thih a duh<br />

duh - (v.) care - Example: A cat does not care <strong>to</strong> be washed = Chizawh nih kholh a duh lo<br />

duh - (v.) wish<br />

duh a fakmi , hak a kaumi - (adj.) greedy<br />

duh , a ttha ti , aa dawh ti - (v.) admire<br />

duh awk a si hrimhrim lomi - (adj.) repugnant<br />

duh awk a si hrimhrim lomi , a fih in fihmi - (adj.) repulsive<br />

duh awk a simi - (adj.) interesting<br />

duh awk a simi - (adj.) likable<br />

duh awk ngaingai a simi , a nuam ngaingaimi - (adj.) ravishing<br />

duh awk tlak a simi - (adj.) desirable<br />

duh awk tlak a simi , nawl cawn awk tlak a simi - (adj.) admirable<br />

duh awk tlak a sinak - (n.) desirability<br />

duh , dawt - (v.) love<br />

duh deuh - (v.) prefer - Example: I prefer reading <strong>to</strong> playing = Lentecelh nakin carel ka duh deuh<br />

duh deuh , sor tluk deuh , ot dehu - (v.) incline - Example: He inclines <strong>to</strong> carelessness = Ralrin lo lei ah a sor a tlu deuh<br />

duh deuhmi a simi - (adj.) preferential<br />

duh deuhmi i thim in - (adv.) preferably<br />

duh deuhnak - (n.) preference<br />

duh deuhnak, sortluk deuhnak - (n.) inclination<br />

duh hringhran - (n.) passion - Example: He has a passion for music = Hla a duh hring hran<br />

duh khunmi - (adj.) pet - Example: Politics is his pet subject = Politiks cu a duh khunmi subject a si<br />

duh leinak - (prep.) pro - Example: Pro and con = Duh leinak le duh lo leinak<br />

duh lo - (v.) detest<br />

duh lo - (n.) disfavour<br />

duh lo , a hmaan lo ti , hlawt - (v.) reject<br />

duh lo , a si lo i canter , al - (v.) negate<br />

duh lo, a ttha lo, ti - (v.) condemn<br />

duh lo , al - (v.) decline - Example: He declined my invitation <strong>to</strong> dinner = Zanriah ei ka sawmmi cu a ka al<br />

duh lo , al , poi - (v.) mind - Example: Do you mind if I smoke? = Kuak zu ning law, ha al hnga maw, a poi na ti hnga maw?<br />

duh lo awk ngai a simi , rimchia - (adj.) odious<br />

duh lo , fih - (adj.) loath<br />

duh lo langhternak ca i liang cawi - (v.) shrug<br />

duh lo , zei i rel lo - (v.) spurn - Example: The judge spurned the bribe = Ziknawh kha biaceihtu bawi nih a duh lo, zeihmanh ah a rel lo<br />

duh lomi - (adj.) reluctant - Example: He is reluctant <strong>to</strong> go <strong>to</strong> school = Sianginn kai a duh lo<br />

duh lomi - (adj.) undesirable<br />

duh lomi a simi , a ttha lo , aa dawh lo , huat awk tlak - (adj.) obnoxious<br />

duh lomi rawl hlonhmi , hmunhnawm , hnawmtam - (n.) garbage<br />

duh lomi thil , a nuam lomi thil - (adj.) disagreeable<br />

duh lonak - (n.) displeasure<br />

duh lonak - (n.) reluctance<br />

duh lonak , alnak - (n.) refusal<br />

duh lonak , alnak - (n.) negation<br />

duh lonak , alnak , phunzainak - (n.) remonstrance<br />

duh lonak chim - (n.) denunciation<br />

duh lonak chim , hlawt , thangchiat - (v.) denounce<br />

duh lonak langhter ; a si lo - (adj.) negative<br />

duh lonak langhter , al , phunzai - (n.) remonstrate<br />

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