Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

a ttuanmi caan - (adj.) early - Example: They discovered the disease in its early stage = A zawtnak kha ttuan ah an hmuh
a ttum - (v.) drop - Example: Prices drop sharply = Thil man fak piin a tla
a ttum, a zor - (v.) abate - Example: The storm will abate soon = Thlichia cu a zor (a ttum) zau lai
a tuah kho lomi - (adj.) unable
a tuah lengmangtu , rianttuantu - (n.) practitioner
a tuah zungzalmi , a ngol in ngol lomi - (adj.) unremitting
a tuaktantu , a timtu - (n.) planner
a tung a phei in tahmi , thir tung tete - (n.) grating
a tung a sau i a permi - (n.) strip - Example: A strip of paper = Caku sau nawn in thlehmi
a tung in a si lomi , a phei in - (adj.) horizontal
a tung in chiah - (v.) stand - Example: Please stand the box here = Hika ah hin thingkuang kha a tung in chia
a tung in um - (adv.) up - Example: She stands up = A dir
a tung le a phei in a ttialmi puan - (n.) plaid
a tunglei in - (adv.) lengthwise
a tungtlang - (n.) outline - Example: In the dim light I could see only the outline of a man's figure = Ceu huaphap ah cun mipa cu a pumrua
tungtlang lawng ka hmuh khawh
a tungtlang lawng rinmi - (n.) outline - Example: He drew an outline of the child's head = Ngakchia lu a tungtlang lawng a rin
a tungtlang sawhsawh in suaimi - (n.) sketch
a uai , pangpar a uai - (v.) wilt
a uihmi , a hlummi - (adj.) stale - Example: Stale bread = A hlunmi changreu
a um a harmi , a lung a lengmi - (adj.) lonely
a um bal lomi thil sernak , sermi - (n.) invention
a um bal lomi , tuah tawnmi a si lomi - (adj.) uncommon
a um hmasa i a hun zul ding ca i thil a rak timtuahtu a simi - (adj.) preliminary - Example: After a few preliminary remarks he began the
speech = Hramthawknak bia tlawmpal a chim hnu ah a biachim cu a thawk
a um i hmuh i a um ttung lomi - (n.) illusion
a um liomi cozoh hrawh awk ca i khuakhanmi , hrawktu a simi - (adj.) subversive
a um lomi - (n.) absentee
a um set lomi thil , a tlawmmi thil - (adj.) rare
a um taktak lomi , um seh law , si seh law tiin ruahmi thil - (adj.) hypothetical - Example: Kalaba is a hypothetical language = Kalaba cu a um
taktakmi holh a si lo, va um seh law tiin hei ruahmi holh a si
a um taktakmi , a taktak a simi , a si taktakmi - (adj.) real
a um taktakmi si loin ruah chommi minung kong le thil kong tuanbia - (n.) fiction
a um ti lo , a thi cang , a mit cang - (adj.) extinct
a um tthan leng mangmi - (adj.) recurrent
a um tung lomi thil hna hmuh , a um tung lomi aw hna theih , molh thil theih le hmuh - (n.) hallucination
a um zirziar duh lomi , dai tein a um duh lomi - (adj.) restless
a ummi minung - (adj.) resident
a ummi minung dihlak - (n.) population
a umnak , a hmun a ram - (n.) locality
a umnak hmun kha kawl i fiang tein hngalh - (v.) locate - Example: The general tried to locate the enemy's camp = General nih ral pawl
umnak hmun kha fiang tein hngalh aa zuam
a ungmi - (adj.) sulky
a upat lomi , Pathian a hmaizah lomi - (adj.) impious
a vaimi - (n.) rover
a vaimi - (n.) wanderer
a vam , a ceu - (v.) glow - Example: His face glowed = A hmai a hung ceu, a hun i panh
a van - (n.) glow - Example: The glow of the fire lighted the room = Mei a vanmi nih innkhan kna an ceuter
a van a chiami - (adj.) unlucky
a van a chiami , a poi ngaimi , vanchiat a simi - (adj.) unfortunate
a vang nakin a tung a sau deuhmi thil - (adj.) oblong
a vangmi thil - (adj.) porous - Example: Cloth is porous = Lapuan cu a vang
a var deuh in tahmi hma tuamnak puanchia - (n.) bandage
a vel cah - (n.) short circuit - Example: Fire can be caused by short circuit of electricity = Elektrik a sawtnak nih mei kanghnak a chuahter khawh
a vel in kal lengmangnak - (n.) circulation
a vel in kalnak lam - (n.) orbit - Example: The moon travels in an orbit around the earth = Thlapacu vawlei vel in a kal
a vengtu , sentari cawngtu - (n.) sentinel
a vervar lomi , lungthawh a harmi - (adj.) stolid
a vo tete in kiomi sa, dip tein cikmi - (n.) cutlet
a vun i tenh lenmi - (adj.) intrusive
a vun lawng , til - (n.) scrotum
a za , a ngan , a lian , a kau - (adj.) ample
a za ko, a chia lo - (adj.) fair - Example: His knowledge of English is fair = Mirang holh a thiamning cu a za ko, a chia lo
a za lomi , i that lomi - (adj.) inadequate
a za sawkmi - (adj.) tidy - Example: He has a tidy sum of money = Tangka a za nawn a ngei ko
a za siter , zatter - (v.) suffice
a zaang , a ceu - (adj.) light
a zaangte a simi , a pante a simi - (adj.) flimsy
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