Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

er - (v.) boil down as in making salt or jaggery - Example: They make salt (by boiling the salt water) = Cite an er
er - (v.) cook rice - Example: We cook rice = Buh kan er
er - (v.) compete (in a bad sence) - Example: They compete in their work (trying to outdo one anothr) = An rian ah an i er
er khawh lomi , tluktu ahohmanh a ngei lomi, tluk lomi - (adj.) unrivalled
er , tang , ir - (n.) bosom
erh - (v.) can - Example: We can pears = Pear kan erh
erh - (v.) plant seeds - Example: We plant seeds = Thlaici kan erh
erh (voi), irh - (v.) belch
ernak , i chuhnak , dohnak - (n.) rivalry
ertu , dohtu - (n.) rival
esit , a thormi ti - (n.) acid
Eskimo mi - (n.) Eskimo
Eskimo mi tilawng, saphaw in sermi - (n.) kayak
et , det , chawdet - (v.) bargain - Example: I don't like to bargain = Chawdet ka duh lo
et , e - (interj.) yes, positive answer - Example: Would you like to go? Yes, I do = Kal na duh lai maw? E, ka duh lai
etom - (n.) atom
eu - (v.) roast lightly - Example: We roast meat = Sa kan eu
euh - (v.) bend backwards - Example: He bends backwards protruding his stomach = A paw a euh
euh - (v.) pull down and outward leaves such as of bananas or corn - Example: We pull down the leaves of the banana tree = Banhla hnah kan
euh
Europe ram i kum zabu 14, 15 le 16 chung i fimnak le thiamnak a tthancho ciammam caan kha; a sullam cu fimnak le thiamnak an
hung tthan kha a si - (n.) renaissance
Exodus - (n.) Exodus
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fa - (n.) child
fa - (n.) thread, string - Example: Slip out one thread/string from the yarn = La chungin fa khat kha zuk tuah
fa - (adj.) small - Example: Your calf is small = Na cawfa a fa ko
fa - (adj.) every - Example: You will come every month = Thla fa in na ra lai
fa a pawimi - (adj.) pregnant
fa canter - (n.) adoption
fa ei - (n.) stepchild
fa i canter - (v.) adopt
fa ngei hko lomi - (adj.) barren
fa ngei kho lo in i tuahnak - (n.) sterilization
fa ngei kho lo in umnak , cinnak - (n.) sterility
fa ngei kho loin tuah - (v.) sterilize
fa ngei lo - (adj.) childless
fa panga phir - (n.) quintuplets
fa pawi ternak - (n.) impregnation
fa pawiter - (v.) impregnate
fa tampi ngei kho sinak , vawlei tthatnak - (n.) fertility
fa zohkhenh - (v.) rear - Example: Mother rears her children = Ka nu nih a fale a kan zohkenh
faah ; ram/facang hlehnak , datari - (n.) sickle
facang - (n.) rice
facang a tuantu/ciltu ; fangvoi a thlingtu , fatun a sik i a ciltu - (n.) thresher
facang bantuk a simi rawl phun khat - (n.) rye
facang fang , fatun fang , rawl fang - (n.) grain
facang hmui , fangvoi hmui - (n.) stubble
facang tuknak fung - (n.) flail
facang uh i roter tthanmi - (n.) malt
facang zun , rawlttuan - (v.) reap
facanghum - (n.) paddy, unpolished rice - Example: Paddy is cheaper than rice = Facang-hum cu facang nakin a man a fawi deuh
fah - (v.) feed - Example: I feed the chickens = Ar rawl ka fah hna
fah damternak si - (n.) analgesic
fah , fak - (adj.) painful - Example: If your wound is painful apply medicine on it = Na hma a fah ahcun si na thuh lai
fah theih lonak si - (n.) anaesthaesia
fah theih lonak si - (n.) chloroform
fah theih lonak si , dai tein umternak a simi - (adj.) sedative
fahenh , khenhfial , henhfia - (n.) wedge
fahi , favai - (n.) chaff
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