Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013
Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013
Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013
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piang tein , velhui lo tein - (adj.) direct - Example: Please give me a direct answer = Lehnak a piangmi te ka pe<br />
piangpai tein a ummi - (adj.) fresh - Example: You are fresh this morning = Mithaizing cu na piang ngai<br />
pianh , penh , pian - (v.) give way <strong>to</strong>, yield <strong>to</strong>, evade - Example: You should know how <strong>to</strong> give way <strong>to</strong> on coming cars = Na hmai in a rami<br />
mawttaka kha a penh na thiam hna lai<br />
piano - (n.) piano<br />
piano tumnak ha - (n.) key<br />
piar thei - (n.) pear<br />
piat , khachuan sen - (n.) onion<br />
pih , pit - (v.) <strong>to</strong> be closed, s<strong>to</strong>pped - Example: As the water (near us) has s<strong>to</strong>pped flowing, I shall have <strong>to</strong> fetch it somewhere else = Ti a pih cang<br />
caah kaa dang ah ka than a hau<br />
pikpak - (adv.) one by one<br />
pil , tichung i pil - (v.) sink - Example: He sinks in the water = Ti chungah a pil<br />
pilh - (v.) dive in - Example: Can you dive <strong>to</strong> the bot<strong>to</strong>m of the river for that fish? = Ti ne hga khi na pih kho hnga maw?<br />
pilh - (v.) bruise - Example: My foot is bruised = Ka ke a pilh<br />
pilter - (v.) sink<br />
pilternak - (n.) indentation<br />
pimpem - (adj.) bright and shiny - Example: She stands with her face bright and shiny = A hmai var pimpem tein a dir<br />
pin - (prep.) beyond - Example: Their village lies beyond that range of hill = Khi tlang pin ah khin an khua cu a si<br />
ping - (adj.) wrong - Example: He has gone the wrong way = Lam pingah a kal<br />
ping - (adj.) dull, stupid - Example: He is a dull boy = Mi lungping a si<br />
ping - (adv.) close <strong>to</strong>gether, closely woven, tightly - Example: They sit closely <strong>to</strong>gether = Ping tein an tthu<br />
ping - (adj.) blocked - Example: Our water pipe is blocked = Kan ti paih a ping<br />
ping-er - (n.) rattle snake<br />
pinh - (v.) put things <strong>to</strong>gether closely - Example: You will plant the rice plants closely = Facang kha pinh tein nan phun lai<br />
pinpi , cungpi - (adv.) high - Example: The plane flew high above the clouds = Vanlawng cu khaudawm cungpi ah khin a zuang<br />
piphen - (n.) swing<br />
piphen - (n.) trapeze<br />
pi/pu - (n.) grandparent<br />
pir - (v.) pick a small quantity with finger/fork/beak - Example: A chicken picks our meat = Ar nih kan sa a pir<br />
pir , per - (v.) <strong>to</strong> be raised on one end<br />
pis<strong>to</strong>l - (n.) pis<strong>to</strong>l<br />
pis<strong>to</strong>l meithal , pangpawi meithal - (n.) pis<strong>to</strong>l<br />
pis<strong>to</strong>l thlaihnak a saphaw bawm - (n.) holster<br />
pis<strong>to</strong>n - (n.) pis<strong>to</strong>n<br />
pit , pih - (v.) <strong>to</strong> be closed, s<strong>to</strong>pped - Example: As the water (near us) has s<strong>to</strong>pped flowing, I shall have <strong>to</strong> fetch it somewhere else = Ti a pih cang<br />
caah kaa dang ah ka than a hau<br />
pithlung - (n.) sparrow<br />
pithlur , ruahnak biapi bik - (n.) motif, theme - Example: Themes of the Bible = Baibal pithlur<br />
po - (n.) the bow of a trap<br />
podar - (n.) powder (face)<br />
poh - (v.) protrude - Example: His teeth protrude = A ha a poh<br />
poh , paoh - (pron.) any, every, whosoever, whatsoever, whatever - Example: Whosoever will may come = A duhmi poh ra u<br />
pohnak , puarnak , ruah a sur i thing a puar i a poh khi - (n.) protuberance<br />
poi - it's <strong>to</strong>o bad - Example: It's <strong>to</strong>o bad that you are sick = Na zawt cu a poi ngai<br />
poi , duh lo , al - (v.) mind - Example: Do you mind if I smoke? = Kuak zu ning law, ha al hnga maw, a poi na ti hnga maw?<br />
poi lo , a poi lo , na lungrethei hlah - never mind<br />
poih - (v.) loose: be loosened - Example: The rope with which the cow is tethered is loosened = Caw hrennak hri a poih<br />
poih , pawih - (v.) impregnate - Example: Tin Tin was impregnated by Tin Tum = Tin Tin kha Tin Tum nih fa a poih<br />
poih , phoih , a tlek , a ttet - (v.) ravel<br />
poipang - (n.) emergency, something happened unexpectedly<br />
poipang , herhpang - (n.) contingency<br />
pok , pawh , pawk - (v.) set out on a journey - Example: We shall set out <strong>to</strong>morrow = Thaizing cu kan pawk lai<br />
pokhlet , pawkhlet - (n.) escape door, a door in the back or side of the house - Example: He jumped down from the escape door = Pawkhlet in<br />
a zuang<br />
politik ah kommunist phung lei a hoih deuhmi - (adj.) leftist<br />
politik party nih tuah an i timhmi le thil kalpi an timhning - (n.) platform - Example: The candidate explains his party's platform = Politik aa<br />
cuhmi nih an party i tinhmi le an tuah ding ning kha a chim hna<br />
politik party pakhatkhat nih an tanhmi thil kan tuah lai ti i zapi sin i an chimmi - (n.) plank<br />
politik tuahnak i bu sermi - (n.) party<br />
pom - (n.) joist<br />
pom - (n.) blister<br />
pom - (v.) blister - Example: My small <strong>to</strong>e blisters (from rubbing the shoe) = Ka hngete a pom<br />
pom , kalper - (adj.) joint<br />
pom , kuh , pawm - (v.) embrace - Example: A baby is embraced by its mother = Bawmte kha a nu nih a pawm<br />
pom , kuh , ttang i i rehchih - (v.) hug<br />
pom , pawm - (v.) accept, agree - Example: I cannot accept your proposal = Na ruahnak chuahmi ka pom kho lo<br />
pon - (n.) heap - Example: A heap of s<strong>to</strong>nes = Lung pon<br />
pon - (n.) stack - Example: A stack of straw = Capawl pon khat<br />
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