Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

duhsah tein situ a simi - (adj.) corrosive
duhsah tein thil i hung can - (v.) evolve - Example: The boys evolve a plan for earning money = Tlangval pawl nih tangka hmuhnak lam an ser
duhsah tein thil i hung cannak , thil fawi tete in thil har ngai i hung cannak - (n.) evolution
duhsah tein tlak - (v.) float - Example: The falling leaves float to the ground = Thinghnah cu duhsah tein vawlei ah an tla
duhter, hoihter, sor tlukter - (n.) incline - Example: Incline your heart to obey God's law = Pathian nawlbia zulh ding kha na lung cu hoihter,
duhter, a sor tlukter
duhter , or fawhter - (v.) whet - Example: The smell of food whetted my appetite = Rawl rim nih ka or a ka fawhter
duhternak , lem , lem khawhnak - (v.) allure
duhtu a simi , dawtu a simi - (adj.) loving
duhtu , dawtu - (n.) lover
duk - (adj.) well-ripened fruit - Example: Our pears are all well-ripened = Kan pear an duk dih cang
duk - (adj.) bloodshot - Example: His eyes are bloodshot = A mit a duk dih
duk - (adj.) black and blue - Example: His back is all black and blue from their fight = An i velhnak ah a keng a duk dih
dul - (v.) tarnish - Example: The mirror has been tarnished with age. - The sun is hidden behind the cloud = Thlalang kha a hlun cang i a dul cang.
- Ni a dul
dulhnak - (n.) shade - Example: Let us sit in the shade (under the shade of something) = Ni dulhnak ah tthu u sih
dum - (adj.) azure , blue
dum - (n.) garden
dum - (v.) eat together around a table - Example: We shall eat together around a table = Rawl kan dum hna lai
dum - (v.) beat out animals in a hunting expedition - Example: We shall be beating out animals in hunting expedition = Khaan kan dum lai
dum kaupi - (n.) ranch
dum tein vaa kal ai law - (interj.) farewell
dum tuahtu , dum ngeitu - (n.) gardener
dumh - (v.) blacken - Example: Smoke has blackened all their clothing = Meikhu nih an hnipuan a dumh dih
dumternak si/thil - (n.) pigment
dun - (adv.) together - Example: We shall go together = Kan kal dun lai
dup - (adv.) suddenly - Example: Fire has extinguished suddenly = Mei a mit dup
dupdap in alh , dupdap in ceu - (v.) flicker - Example: The fire flickered and died = Mei cu a alh dupdap i a mit
dupdap in alhmi - (n.) flicker - Example: They saw the flicker of candles = Phazawngdan an ceu depmap kha an hmuh
dur - (n.) gourd used as a bottle, gourd-bottle - Example: We keep salt in the gourd bottle = Dur in cite kan chiah
durbing , a hlami thil nai tein hmuh khawhnak - (n.) telescope
durbing , mit hnih in zoh khawhmi hmanbilu - (n.) binoculars
durttawt - (n.) boils
durwan , inn zohtu - (n.) janitor
dusah tein ti in chuan - (v.) stew
dut - (n.) bump - Example: The airplane landed with a bump = Vanlawng kha vawlei a vung phan i dut tiah a cawl
dut - (adv.) suddenly - Example: They arrived suddenly = Dut tiah an phan
dutdutdut ti in tur - (v.) throb - Example: His wounded arm throbbed with pain = A ban hma cu dutdut tiin a fak a tur hluahmah
dutmat - (adv.) sway this way and that way - Example: They sway this way and that way = An i hnin dutmat
E
e , et - (interj.) yes, positive answer - Example: Would you like to go? Yes, I do = Kal na duh lai maw? E, ka duh lai
Easter hlan Cawn Ni Nga ni - (prop.) Good Friday
Easter hlan ni 40 chung - (n.) Lent
Easter in Zarhpi pasarihnak; Easter ni in a ni sawm nganak - (n.) Pentecost
ee - (v.) go to the latrine, excrete - Example: He cannot co to the latrine, he cannot excrete = A ek a ee kho lo
ee zong ti lo ai zong ti lomi ; ka vaa ruat rih lai a timi khi - (adj.) noncommittal
eh , ek - (v.) complete - Example: Have you finished your weaving? = Na thiam na ek cang maw?
ei - (v.) devour
ei - (v.) erode - Example: Water erodes soil = Ti nih vawlei a ei
ei - (v.) have - Example: Will you have dinner now? = Atu ah zanriah na ei lai maw?
ei - (v.) take - Example: He takes food = Rawl a ei
ei awk din awk ti le rawl - (n.) provisions
ei awk i i hunh - (v.) serve - Example: Dinner is served = Zanriah an kan hunh
ei awk , rawlfang - (n.) foodstuff
ei dih , din dih , hrawh , khangh , hman dih - (v.) consume - Example: Fire consumes his house = Mei nih a inn a kangh dih
ei khawh lomi - (adj.) inedible
ei khawhmi - (adj.) eatable
ei khawhmi thil - (adj.) edible
ei , rawl ei - (v.) eat
eidin - (n.) foodstuff - Example: We are low in foodstuff = Eidin kan har
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