Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

a sannak hmun i hawhra tampi aa khong aa khong i hlum nganpi ah aa cang i a niamnak hmun leiah aa thawnmi - (n.) glacier
a sannak in a niamnak ah - (adv.) down - Example: He was down into the cave = Lungkua chungah a vung lut
a sau / a tawi a si - (v.) measure - Example: The table measured 9 feet by 3 feet = Cabuai cu pe 9 a sau i pe 3 a kau
a sau tukmi - (adj.) prolix - Example: He is a prolix speaker = A biachim a sau tukmi a si
a saulei tahnak , meter cheu thong khat i cheu khat - (n.) millimeter
a saumi - (adj.) long
a saumi , a kaumi - (adj.) expansive
a saunak - (n.) length
a saunak , a kauhnak , a tamnak , a ngannak , a niam a san , a tam tlawm - (n.) extent
a saunak cun 'Save Our Souls' = Kan nunnak kha kan khamh tuah u, ti a si; harnak a tongmi hna nih bawmhnak halnak ca i an
thanhmi hmelchunhnak a si - SOS
a sawhsawh i caan hman i umkal men , mah duhsahlam i um le kal - (v.) loiter
a sawngmi , a kormi - (n.) wrinkle
a sawsawhte a si ko - (adj.) homely - Example: The food was homely but filling = Rawl cu a sawsawhte a si ko, asinain paw a khim ngai
a sen - (adj.) red
a sen - (adj.) scarlet
a sen bantuk - (adj.) reddish
a sen dang (daang) - (adj.) pink
a sen le a dum aa cawhmi mui - (adj.) purple
a si - (v.) it is
a si a fakmi , herhbaunak a ngeimi - (adj.) needy
a si , a hmaan tiah chim - (v.) postulate
a si , a um - (v.) is - Example: 1. Vawlei cu a pum 2. Yangon ah a um
a si awk a si tiin hnatlakmi - (v.) stipulate - Example: It was stipulated that the goods should be delivered within three days = Ni thum chungah
thil kha nan hun chuahpi lai ti in hnatlak a si
a si bantuk - (pref.) quasi
a si biktu sinak - (n.) championship
a si cu a si kho , asinain si taktak dawh a si lo - (adv.) hardly - Example: His story is hardly true = A chimmi cu a si ngainai lo
a si dengmang - (adj.) imminent
a si hlan i rak ruah - (v.) presuppose
a si hmanh ah - (conj.) even if
a si hmanh maw , si nih a dawh timi - (adj.) probable
a si hmasa bikmi thil - (n.) prototype - Example: A hollowed log was the prototype of modern ships = Thingtum da kha tuchan tilawng hna an
thawhkehnak a rak si ko, tuchan tilawng han hi an rak si hmasa bikmi cu thingtum dao a si
a si hrimhrim ding i siter - (v.) ensure
a si hrimhrim lai tiah chimh tthan , lungfehnak pek tthan - (v.) reassure
a si hrimhrim lai tiah kamh tthannak - (n.) reassurance
a si hrimhrim ti langhternak caah chimmi bia - (n.) testimony
a si hrimhrim ti zumh - (adj.) certain - Example: I am certain that he has gone home = Inn ah a tlung cang tiah ka zumh hrimhrim
a si hrimhrim tiah ti , ka chim zongin , catial zongin - (v.) certify
a si hrimhrim tiah zumhnak - (n.) assurance
a si hrimhrim tinak lehhmah - (n.) certificate
a si khawh chungin - (adv.) possibly
a si khawh chungin - (adv.) possibly - Example: I will come as soon as I possibly can = Ka caah a si khawh chung ttuan in rat kaa zuam lai
a si khawhnak - (n.) limit - Example: They stretched the rope to its limit = Hri kha aa zam khawhnak a donghnak tiang an reng
a si kho - (adv.) perchance - Example: I may go to India perchance = India ah ka kal kho men
a si kho , duh naloin - (adj.) liable - Example: You are liable to get wet if you go out in the rain = Ruahpi sur i naa chawh ahcun na cin kho ko
a si kho fangfang - (adv.) scarcely - Example: He can scarcely write his name = A min a ttial khawh fangfang a si
a si kho ko , a si men lai - (adv.) maybe - Example: Maybe we will go tomorrow = Thaizing cu kan kal men lai, kan kal kho men
a si kho lomi - (adj.) impossible
a si kho lomi thil , santlai lomi thil - (adj.) futile
a si kho men - (adv.) haply
a si kho men - (adv.) belike
a si kho men , a si men lai - (adj.) perhaps - Example: Perhaps he may arrive today = Nihin a phan kho men
a si khomi - (adj.) possible
a si khomi - (adj.) potential
a si ko - (adv.) yes, yea
a si lai le si lai lo hngal set lo i a si lai ti i ruah - (v.) presume
a si lai le si lai lo hngal set lo i a si lai ti i ruahmi - (adj.) presumable
a si lai ti i ruahnak ahcun - (adv.) presumably
a si lai ti komi thil - (n.) matter of course
a si lai tiah ruah hrimhrim lomi , khuaruahhar a simi - (adj.) surprising
a si lo - (pron.) none - Example: None of her work is done = A rian pakhat hmanh aa ttuan lo
a si lo ahcun - (adv.) else - Example: Hurry, or else you will be late = I hnawh, a si lo ahcun na tlai lai
a si lo , duh lonak langhter - (adj.) negative
a si lo i canter , al , duh lo - (v.) negate
a si lo kho lo - (v.) help - Example: He cannot help going to sleep = Ngu loin a um kho lo
a si lo kho lomi , a herh hrimhrimmi - (adj.) imperative
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