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Chin Hakha to English Dictionary 02.17.2013

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iathli i chimhnak i hmanmi - (n.) code<br />

biathli pek - (n.) hint - Example: Na kal awk a si tiah biathli a pek (a pekning cu mittheh zongin a si kho)<br />

biathli , thli - (n.) secret - Example: Do not reveal the secret = Biathli phuang hlah<br />

biatiam - (n.) secret agreement, tryst<br />

biatlang - (n.) sentence<br />

biatlang chungah a sullam fianternak caah kulhmi bia: ( - ) - (n.) parenthesis<br />

biatlang donghnak i deh (.) mi hi - (n.) s<strong>to</strong>p<br />

biatlang pakhat chung i biafang a bu in a ummi , biatlang a tling tung lomi - (n.) phrase - Example: In the garden there is much <strong>to</strong> do =<br />

Dum chungah tuak awk tampi a um, hi biatlang ah hin 'in the garden' ('i haven') le '<strong>to</strong> do' ('at gøre') hi 'phrase' ('ordforbindelse') an si veve<br />

biatlang pakhat chung i then khat - (n.) clause<br />

biatlang umtuning - (n.) syntax<br />

biatlangpi - (n.) theme<br />

biavaivuan - (n.) rumour, foundationless news<br />

biaziar - (n.) irony<br />

bih , hei zoh vak - (v.) peek<br />

bihnak thlalang - (n.) mirror<br />

bik , a ttha bik , a chia bik , a sang bik , a riam bik - (adj.) superlative<br />

bik , bikcem - (adv.) most<br />

bik , bikthuh - (n.) hide and seek - Example: The children love hide and seek very much. The children play hide and seek game = Ngakckia nih<br />

bikthuh an duh ngaingai. - Ngakchia bik an i thup<br />

bikcem - (adv.) most, very most<br />

biktaling in tlak - (n.) nosedive<br />

bil - (v.) fold - Example: He folds the paper = Caku a bil<br />

bil - (v.) lap<br />

bil khawhmi , kualh khawhmi - (adj.) flexible<br />

bil, thlep , puan kha vun thlep, puan khu vun bil - (v.) flex<br />

bilh - (adj.) blunt - Example: My knife is blunt = Ka nam a bilh<br />

bilnak - (n.) crease<br />

biltu - (n.) folder<br />

bing - (n.) heroin<br />

bing - (n.) morphia<br />

bing - (n.) dope<br />

bing rit - (n.) opiate<br />

bingbo - (adj.) uneven, not smooth<br />

bingboter , korter - (v.) ruffle - Example: A breeze ruffled the lake = Thli nih tili kha a ti a bingboter<br />

bingtalet - (adj.) upside-down<br />

bingtalet in rilh - (n.) somersault<br />

bisawp - (n.) bishop<br />

bisawp pakhat nih ukmi - (n.) bishopric<br />

bishop luchin - (n.) mitre<br />

bishop ngan bik - (n.) arch bishop<br />

bishop pakhat nih a zohkhenhmi - (n.) diocese<br />

biskit changreu - (n.) biscuit<br />

bit - (adj.) narrow - Example: It is dangerous because the road is narrow = Lam a bit caah ttih a nung<br />

bit , bitter - (v.) make narrow - Example: You will make the door narrower by two inches = Innka kha lehmah pahnih in na bit deuh lai<br />

bizu - (n.) sideboard<br />

bo - (n.) lobe - Example: Ear lobe = Hnakhaw tanglei bo<br />

bo - (n.) anything higher than its surrounding - Example: A mount = Tlangbo<br />

bo - (adj.) bumpy, uneven - Example: The road is bumpy, uneven = Lam a bo<br />

bo , phing - (n.) lump - Example: There is a lump on his head = A lu ah bo a um<br />

bo , vawlei bo , lung ponmi bo - (n.) mound<br />

bochan - (v.) rely<br />

bochan - (v.) bank on - Example: You cannot bank on his help = A ka bawmh lai tiah i bochan hlah<br />

bochan - (v.) count on<br />

bochan , a hman ti i ruah . zumh - (v.) believe<br />

bochan awk tlak lomi , zumh awk tlak lomi - (adj.) unreliable<br />

bochan awk tlakmi - (adj.) reliable<br />

bochan awk tlakmi - (adj.) reliant<br />

bochan awk tlakmi sinak - (n.) reliability<br />

bochan , rinh - (v.) reckon on - Example: We may reckon on your help = Na bawmhnak kha kan i bochan (rinh) lai<br />

bochannak - (n.) reliance<br />

bochannak , fek tein zumhnak - (n.) confidence<br />

boh - (v.) harvest corn<br />

boh - (v.) force-open<br />

boksing thonghthiam - (n.) boxer<br />

bom - (n.) bomb<br />

bom phum - (v.) mine - Example: The place was mined during the war = Ral lioah kha hmun ah khan bom an phum<br />

bom thlak , meithal nganpi i bom in kah - (v.) bombard<br />

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