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English to Chin (Hakha) Dictionary
Authored by Dr. David Van Bik
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a (an) - (art.) pakhat zong an
A-bomb - (n.) atomic bomb
A.D. - (n., abbrev.) Anno Domino; Kan Bawipa kum chungah, Bawi Jesuh chuah hnu
A.M. - (n., abbrev.) chun hlan
a priori - (adj., adv.) al len, ruah len hau ti lo i a ummi ruahnak, thil
abacus - (n.) Tuluk thilfonhnak
abandon - (v.) hlawt , kaltak
abase - (v.) niamter, i tthumh, i hmetter; e.g. He abased himself by drinking = Zudin in amah le
amah aa niamter.
abate - (v.) a zor, a ttum; e.g. The storm will abate soon = Thlichia cu a zor (a ttum) zau lai.
abbess - (n.) Nu Khrihfa phungki pawl umnak i an haotu bik a simi.
abbey - (n.) Pathian rianttuantu hna a bu in nu phungki si hna seh, pa phungki si hna seh, an umnak
inn
abbot - (n.) Pa phungki pawl an umnak i an haotu bik.
abbreviate - (v.) a tawinak in ttial
abdicate - (v.) kaltak, chuahtak, hlawt; e.g. The king abdicated his throne = Siangpahrang nih a bawi
tthutdan a chuahtak.
abdomen - (n.) paw
abduct - (v.) soilem i a ping ah kalpi
abet - (v.) thil ttha lo tuah midang forh
abhor - (v.) huat, lungchung i fih
abide - (v.) 1. i tlaihpeng, zulh, let lo; 2. um
ability - (n.) thil ti khawhnak
abject - (adj.) 1. zohchia tiang i ttih; 2. zoh awk tlak lo tiang i sifah
abjure - (v.) chiatser in hlawt; e.g. The king ordered the Jews to abjure their religion = Siangpahrang
nih Judah mi cu chiatser in an biaknak a hlawtter hna.
ablaze - (adj.) a alh pupmi
able - (adj.) kho, khawh; e.g. He is able to come = A ra kho.
ablution - (n.) thianh , phunglei in i thianh
abnegation - (n.) biaknak hlawt, mah duhnak hlawt.
abnormal - (adj.) hawi he aa lo lomi; e.g. He is an abnormal child = Amah cu hawi he aa lo lomi
ngakchia a si.
aboard - (adv.) cung kai, cit; e.g. It is time to go aboard = Lawng cung kai caan a si cang.
abode - (n.) umnak hmun
abolish - (v.) hrawh, hloh; e.g. Slavery was abolished = Sal zuat cu hloh a si cang.
abominable - (adj.) fihnung; e.g. His behavior (behaviour) is abominable = A ziaza fih a nung.
abominate - (v.) fih , lungchung in fih
aboriginal - (adj.) ram a rak hlum hmasa bikmi hna
aborigines - (n.) ram a rak hlum hmasa bikmi hna
abort - (v.) 1. nau hrawh; nau rawh. 2. donghter. Peace talks have to be aborted = Remnak
biaruahnak an hrawh a hau.
abortion - (n.) nau rawk, thla tlin hlan nau chuah.
abortive - (adj.) a tlam a tling kho lomi; e.g. The construction project was abortive = Innsaknak
project cu a tlam a tling lo.
abound - (v.) tampi an um; e.g. The river abounds in fish = Tiva ah nga tampi an um.
about - (prep.) 1. hrawng; e.g. I shall come back at about 4 p.m. = Zanlei 4 hrawngah ka ra tthan
lai; 2. kong; e.g. I know nothing about him = Amah kong zeihmanh ka hngal lo.
above - (prep.) cunglei; e.g. We flew above the cloud = Khuadawm cungin kan zuang.
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abrade - (v.) tat, hnor, cuarkawh
abrasion - (n.) 1. cuar kawhnak hmun; 2. cuar khawhnak
abreast - (adj., adv.) artlang; e.g. The soldiers marched four abreast = Ralkap cu artlang in pali in an
kal.
abridge - (v.) tawiter
abridgment - (n.) tawiternak.
abroad - (adv.) mah ramleng kal; e.g. He is going abroad = Ramdang ah a tlawng.
abrogate - (v.) hrawh, let, zorter; e.g. His power was abrogated = A nawl ngeihnak kha a zor, a lo.
abrupt - (adj.) khulrang, duak; e.g. He made an abrupt turn to avoid an accident = Poipang ton sual
lo dingah duak tiah aa mer.
abruptly - (adv.) khulrang ngaiin , duak tiin
abscess - (n.) hmahnai
abscond - (v.) zam; e.g. A thief absconded with the money = Mifir cu tangka he a zam.
absence - (n.) um lo; e.g. His absence from school was caused by illness = Sianginn a kai lo cu zawt
ruangah a si. absence of mind = mah tuahmi kha zei a si ti hngalh khawh lo.
absent - (v.) um lo; e.g. He is absent from school = Sianginn a kai lo.
absent minded - (adj.) milunglo , thil a philh zaumi
absentee - (n.) a um lomi
absolute - (adj.) tling, hirhiar; e.g. You must tell the absolute truth = Biatak tling kha na chim lai.
absolutely - (adv.) tling tein
absolution - (n.) ngaihthiamnak , sual thianhnak
absolve - (v.) luatter, sualnak in luatter, sualnak in thianter
absorb - (v.) dawp; e.g. Cotton can absorb water = Lachawn nih ti a dawp khawh.
absorbable - (adj.) dawp khawhmi thil, hngalh khawhmi thil, cinken khawhmi thil, dolh khawhmi thil
absorbent - (n.) dawp khotu thil
absorbing - (adj.) lung la ngai a simi thil; e.g. This is an absorbing story = Hi tuanbia cu mi lungla
ngaimi tuanbia a si.
abstain - (v.) sum; e.g. Abstain from strong drink = Zudin i sum.
abstainer - (n.) aa summi
abstinence - (n.) i sumnak
abstract - (adj.) tongh, hmuh, theih, khawh lomi thil; e.g. Love, hate, anger are abstract qualities =
Dawtnak, huatnak, thinhunnak cu tongh, hmuh, theih khawh lomi thil an si.
abstruse - (adj.) hngalh harmi; e.g. This is an abstruse subject = Hihi cu hngalh harmi thil a si.
absurd - (adj.) nihchuak, zoh rem lo; e.g. His behavior (behaviour) is absurd = A ziaza nichuak a si.
absurdity - (n.) nihchuak sinak, zohchia sinak
abundance - (n.) tampi
abundant - (adj.) tling, duhdim; e.g. abundant life = nunnak duhdim
abuse - (v.) 1. volhpamh; 2. ningcang loin hman; e.g. He abused his power = A nawlngeihnak kha
ningcang loin a hman.
abusive - (adj.) volhpamh hmangmi; e.g. She uses abusive language = Volhpamh bia a hman
lengmang.
abysmal - (adj.) a thuk tuk; e.g. His ignorance is abysmal = A hngalh lonak a thuk tuk.
abyss - (n.) dongh hngal lo khor thukpi
academic - (adj.) cawnnak lei he aa pehtlaimi; e.g. The academic year begins in June = Cawnnak lei
kum cu June thla in aa thawk.
academy - (n.) cawnnak sang sianginn
accede - (v.) 1. hnatlakpi; e.g. They acceeded to his proposal = A bia kha an hnatlakpi; 2. kai; e.g.
When did he acceed to his position = Zeitik ah dah a umnak hmun ah hin a hung kai?
accelerate - (v.) a khul ranter
accelerator - (n.) khulrantertu, khulrang deuh in kal seh tinak caah mawttawka chung i dahsi tam
deuh peknak
accent - (n.) awcawi
accentuate - (v.) fak khun deuh in chim
accept - (v.) cohlan
acceptable - (adj.) cohlan khawhmi
acceptance - (n.) cohlannak
access - (n.) luhnak lam
accessible - (adj.) luh hnawh khawhmi , ton khawhmi
accession - (n.) 1. hmuh khawhmi; 2. bawi tthutnak hmun i hung kainak
accessory - (n.) a bawmtu, thil hmetuai deuh
accident - (n.) eksident, thil poipang ruah lopi i a hung ummi; e.g. The victims of the accident were
mutilated, some lost arms, some lost legs = Eksident a tongmi hna kha an bultan dih, a cheu cu an
kut a um lo, a cheu cu an ke a um lo; e.g. I suspect that an accident has delayed him = Eksident nih a
tlaiter rua tiah ka ruah.
accidental - (adj.) ruah lopi ah sualpang a hung ummi
acclaim - (v.) thangtthat , cawimawi
acclimate - (v.) i nek
acclimatize - (v.) = acclimate; i nek.
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accommodate - (v.) 1. tlum, riahnak hmun pek; 2. ruahnak fonhtonh; e.g. We must accommodate to
each other's ideas = Pakhat le pakhat ruahnak kan i fonhtonh awk a si.
accompaniment - (n.) thil dang he aa zulmi; e.g. They danced to the accompaniment of music = Aw
dawh an tummi zulh in an lam.
accompany - (v.) zulh , kal tti , kalpi
accomplice - (n.) thil ttha lo tuah bawmtu
accomplish - (v.) tlinter , tuah khawh , lim, tuah khawh
accord - (n.) mahte hnatlaknak in, mah hnatla tein; e.g. He went there of his own accord = Amah
hnatla tein a kal.
accordance - (n.) ning zulhnak
accordian - (n.) aw dawh tumnak akhawrdian
according - (adv.) ning zulh in
account - (v.) 1. kong chim; e.g. He was asked to account for his conduct = A ziaza kong kha chim
dingah an fial; 2. rel; e.g. In English law, a man is accounted innocent until he is proven guilty =
Mirang upadi ah cun mi cu, na sual, ti khawh hlanah cun sual lo ah rel a si.
account - (n.) tangka hmuhnak le hmannak cazin
accountable - (adj.) relpiak khawh; e.g. A madman is not accountable for his actions = A molhmi pa
cu a tuahmi kha amah tuahmi ah relpiak khawh a si lo.
accountant - (n.) tangka cazin tlaitu
accredit - (v.) 1. ram aiawhtu ah ramdang i ca he tling tein kalter; 2. zumh; e.g. Can we accredit his
words = A bia cu kan zumh ko hnga maw?
accrue - (v.) mah tein rak tthan; e.g. If you keep money in the Savings Bank, interest accrues = Bank
ah tangka na chiah ahcun a karh kha a rak tthang.
accumulate - (v.) karh, i chap chin lengmang
accuracy - (n.) hmannak
accurate - (adj.) hman (hmaan); e.g. You speak English accurately = Mirang holh hman tein na chim.
accuse - (v.) sual puh
accustom - (v.) i nek; e.g. He is accustomed to cold weather = Khuasik aa nek.
ace - (n.) a ttha bik, a thiam bikmi
acerbic - (adj.) bia chiakha
ache - (n.) fak; e.g. I have a toothache = Ka ha a fak.
achieve - (v.) tlinter , lim , hlawhtlin
achievement - (n.) tlinternak, hlawhtlinnak
acid - (n.) a thormi ti , esit
acidity - (n.) thornak; e.g. Lemon has a high degree of acidity = Theithu cu a thor ngaingai.
acknowledge - (v.) 1. thil kuatmi ka hmuh cang tiah hngalhternak; 2. a si tak, tinak; e.g. We should
acknowledge our faults = Kan palhnak cu a si tak tiah kan ti awk a si.
acknowledgment - (n.) theihter tthannak, lunglawmhnak theihter tthannak.
acme - (n.) a sannak bik
acorn - (n.) thilthing thei, kuhthing thei, farthing thei
acoustics - (n.) aw hrawlning; e.g. The acoustics of the hall is excellent = Khan chung aw hrawlning
cu a ttha ngai.
acquaint - (v.) i theihngalh; e.g. I am not acquainted with him = Amah he kan i theihngal lo.
acquaintance - (n.) theihngalhmi; e.g. He is just an acquaintance = Amah cu ka theihngalh menmen
a si.
acquiesce - (v.) alnak um lo i hnatlakpi; e.g. She wants to marry him, but her parents do not
acquiese = Amah vat cu a duh ko, sihmanhsehlaw a nu le a pa nih an hnatlakpi lo.
acquire - (v.) ngeih, hawl khawh; e.g. He acquired a lot of money = Tangka tampi a ngei.
acquisition - (n.) ngeihnak, hawl khawhnak
acquit - (v.) a sual lo tiah biaceihnak in thanh
acre - (n.) eka, tungvang palh kaih 4840
acrid - (adj.) 1. rimtler; e.g. The smell of burning feather is acrid = Arhmul kangh rim cu a tler; 2.
ingthor, ingchia
acrimonious - (adj.) misual hawl lawng duh
acrobatic - (n.) perzuan thiam
Acropolis - (n., prop.) Hlan lo Grik mi nih an khua an rak kulhmi.
across - (adv.) tan , khattelei in khattelei ah
act - (v.) 1. tuah, ttuan , tuah khawk; 2: mi nawl cawn.
acting - (n.) midang tuah hngami rak tuahpiak
action - (n.) cawlcangh
activate - (v.) cawlcanghter , thawkter
active - (adj.) rianttuan huam , thawhzang , thekvak ttha
activity - (n.) rian; e.g. School activities are carried out by students and teachers = Sianginn rian cu
siangngakchia le sayate nih an tuah.
actor - (n.) baisikup tlangval
actress - (n.) baisikup ngaknu
actual - (adj.) a sining taktak, a simi taktak
actuality - (n.) a taktak
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actually - (adv.) a ngaingai ti ahcun; e.g. He looks honest, actually he is a rogue = Miding a lo, a
ngaingai ti ahcun mi hrokhrol a si.
acumen - (n.) thluak rannak, khulrang in thil hngalh khawh le thiam khawhnak
acupuncture - (n.) thim sawh in damternak, Tuluk thiam hmasami
acute - (adj.) a fak ngaimi
ad hoc - (adj.) herhpang; e.g. ad hoc committee = herhpang komiti
adage - (n.) phungthlukbia
adamant - (adj.) lung hak, lung bantukin a hakmi
adapt - (v.) i cawn , i lak , hawi sining i cawn
adaptable - (adj.) a herhnak bantukin um khawh, i cawn khawh, hman khawh
adaptation - (n.) i cawn khawhnak, i lak khawhnak, i hma khawhnak
add - (v.) fonh
addendum - (n.) hrelh sualmi chap tthanmi
adder - (n.) rul phun khat, a sivai a tthawng ngaimi.
addicted - (adj.) lem cang; e.g. He is addicted to smoking = Kuakzuk nih a lem cang i a thlah kho ti
lo.
addition - (n.) fonhnak
additional - (adj.) chapmi
address - (n.) umnak hmun , biachimmi
addressee - (n.) cakuatmi minung khi
adept - (n., adj.) a thiam ngaingaimi; e.g. She is adept at weaving = Thiamtah a thiam ngaingai.
adequacy - (n.) zatnak
adequate - (adj.) aa za
adhere - (v.) i tlaih peng, i beh peng
adherence - (n.) i tlaih pengnak, i beh pengnak
adherent - (n.) tanpitu , zultu
adhesive - (adj.) benh khawhmi
adhesive - (n.) behnak thil bang
adieu - (interj.) dam tein
adjacent - (adj.) a changtu , a hun pehtu
adjective - (n.) thil kong a chimtu biafang; e.g. He is a good man = Amah cu mi 'ttha' a si. 'Ttha' hi
adjective cu a si.
adjoin - (v.) peh, an i peh
adjourn - (v.) ngol ta rih
adjudge - (v.) upadi ningin biakhiah
adjunct - (n.) a bawmtu , a chapchuantu
adjust - (v.) mah ca ttha dingin mersam
adjustable - (adj.) mersan khawhmi , remh khawhmi
adjutant - (n.) ralbawi, an cung bawi aiawh in rian a ttuanmi, a tam bki cu captain an si.
administer - (v.) 1. tuah; e.g. The Pastor administers the Lord's Supper = Pastor nih Bawipa Zanriah
a tuah; 2. zohkhenh , uk; e.g. The Head Master administers the school = Head Master nih sianginn a
zohkhenh (uk); 3. pek; e.g. The nurse administers the medicine = Sayama nih si a pek hna.
administration - (n.) uknak , zohkhenh , rianttuannak
administrator - (n.) zohkhenhtu , uktu , tuahtu
admirable - (adj.) duh awk tlak a simi, nawl cawn awk tlak a simi
admiral - (n.) tilawng ralkap bawi ngan bik
admire - (v.) duh , a ttha ti , aa dawh ti
admissible - (adj.) luhter khawhmi
admission - (n.) luhkhawhnak
admit - (v.) 1. ka sual ko ti; e.g. He admitted his mistake = Ka palh ko a ti; 2. luhter, sianginn i
luhter
admittance - (n.) luhternak
admixture - (n.) cawhmi chung i cawh chihmi
admonish - (v.) chimhhrin
admonition - (n.) chimhhrinnak
ado - (n.) hnahnawh lurit, phunzai; e.g. Without further ado he signed the agreement = Phunzai ti
loin hnatlaknak kha a min a thut.
adobe - (n.) rawh lo i ni lawngin cartermi tlakrawh
adolescence - (n.) nu le pa kong theih hramthawk caan , tleirol
adolescent - (n.) tlangval , ngaknu
adopt - (v.) 1. fa i canter; 2. i lak; e.g. We adopt the best method = Tuahning ttha bik kha kan i lak.
adoption - (n.) fa canter
adorable - (adj.) fak piin dawt i fak piin upat awk tlak a simi
adore - (v.) fak piin duh i fak piin upat
adorn - (v.) thuamh , ttamh
adornment - (n.) thuamhnak , ttamhnak
adrift - (adj.) thlichia le tilet nih an duhnak paoh i tilawng an fenh khi, hrihhram ngeih lo
adroit - (adj.) thiam, fim; e.g. He is an adroit speaker = Biachim thiam ngaimi a si.
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adroitness - (n.) thiamnak, fimnak
adulate - (v.) fak , ka daw seh ti duh i fak
adult - (adj.) upa , patling , nutling
adulterate - (v.) thurhnawmhter , a ttha lomi thil cawh chih.
adulterer - (n.) nu (pa) sin i a sualmipa
adulteress - (n.) pa sin i a sualminu
adultery - (n.) vacung pa duh , nu duh , pa duh
advance - (v.) 1. hmailei kal; e.g. The troops advanced two miles = Ralkap cu hmailei ah khan hnih
an kal; 2. cung kai; e.g. He worked so well that he was advanced to the post of a manager = A
rianttuan a tthat caah maneizar rian ah a kai; 3. pek chung; e.g. I advanced him two kyats = Tangka
phar hnih ka pek chung.
advancement - (n.) hmailei kalnak
advantage - (n.) tthathnemnak; e.g. What is the advantage of having a house = Inn ngeih cu zei
tthathnemnak dah a um?
advent - (n.) rat; e.g. Since the advent of jet planes, travel has been speeded up = Jet vanlawng rat
(hung chuah) hnu cun, khualtlawn rian a rang deuh; e.g. Bawi Jesuh rat tthannak.
Adventism - (n., prop.) Jesuh a ttum tthan zau lai tiah zumhnak.
Adventists - (n., prop.) Jesuh a ttum tthan zau lai tiah a zummi pawl.
adventure - (n.) kal bal lonak ram le ttih a nungmi hmun i va kal
adventurer - (n.) kal bal lonak ram le ttih a nungmi hmun i a va kal mipa
adventuress - (n.) kal bal lonak ram le ttih a nungmi hmun i a va kal minu
adverb - (n.) riantuantu biafang; e.g. Verb a bawmtu bia; He ran quickly = Khulrang tein a tli.
QUICKLY = 'rang tein' ti biafang hi adverb cu a si, zeicahtiah 'tli' ti biafang kha a fianter chin i a
bawmh.
adversary - (n.) ral; e.g. He is not my adversary = Amah cu ka ral a si lo.
adverse - (adj.) mah ca ttha lomi , harnak ton; e.g. Adverse circumstances caused him to lose all his
money = A ca i a ttha lomi thil umtuning nih a tangka vialte a sunghter.
adversity - (n.) harnak tonmi , mah ca ttha lomi thil tonmi
advertise - (v.) thawngthanh , mi theihter , ca in siseh , hmanthlak in siseh
advertisement - (n.) thawngthanhnak tuahmi
advice - (n.) fim chimhnak , lungthin cheuh
advise - (v.) lungthin cheuh , fim chimh
adviser - (n.) lungthin cheutu , fim chimtu
advisory - (adj.) ruahnak pek; e.g. advisory body = ruahnak petu bu
advocacy - (n.) ttanhnak, chimpiak, dirkamh
advocate - (v.) tanh, chimpiak; e.g. We advocate peace = Daihnak kan tanh.
advocate - (n.) ttanhtu , chimpiaktu , dirkamhtu
aeon - (n.) rel cawk lo kum a raumi caan saupi
aerate - (v.) thli i canter, thli luhter
aerial - (n.) radio hri zammi.
aeroplane - (n.) vanlawng
aesthete - (n.) dawhnak lei a duh ngaimi le a hngal ngaimi
affable - (adj.) komh nuammi mittha
affair - (n.) rian, kong
affect - (v.) thlen, umtuning danter; e.g. Weather can affect crops = Nikhua nih rawl kung umtuning
a danter khawh.
affection - (n.) hawikom dawtnak
affectionate - (adj.) dawt ngaimi; e.g. Your affectionate friend = Na dawt ngaimi na hawi
affidavit - (n.) Biaceihtu bawi hmaiah chiatser in chimmi bia
affiliate - (v.) a tengnge rak si, i peh; e.g. This college is affiliated to (with) the university = Hi
college hi university tengnge a si; Hi college hi university he aa peh.
affiliation - (n.) i pehtlaihnak; a lain deuhmi bu he i pehtlaihnak
affinity - (n.) pehtlaihnak ; i lawhnak, i banghnak
affirm - (v.) a hman a dik hrimhrim ti i chim , ttial
affirmative - (adj.) a si ti in leh , a hman ti in leh
affix - (v.) benh, fonh; e.g. Affix the stamp on the envelope = Ca-ik ah milu benh.
afflict - (v.) nganfah pek, harnak pek; e.g. There are many illnesses which afflict old people = Tar
pawl nganfah a petuzawtnak tampi a um.
affliction - (n.) nganfah peknak , harnak peknak
affluence - (n.) rumnak , duhdim te i nunnak
affluent - (adj.) thilri tampi ngeih, mirum si; e.g. He is an affluent person = Amah cu mirum a si.
afford - (v.) cawknak man ngeih khawh; e.g. I can afford to buy a car = Mawttaw cawknak tangka ka
ngei kho.
afire - (adj.) a kang hluahmahmi; e.g. Bush afire = A kang hluahmahmi burbuk
afloat - (adj., adv.) ti cungah siseh, thli cungah siseh, a lao, aa vuan; e.g. The boat was afloat on the
water = Tilawng cu ti cungah aa lao.
afraid - (adj.) ttih; e.g. I am afraid of tigers = Cakei ka ttih hna.
afresh - (adv.) a thar in tuah tthan; e.g. We painted the room afresh = Innkhan kha a thar in si kan
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thuh tthan.
after - (prep.) hnu ah
afterlife - (n.) thih hnu nunnak, nuncang hmuhnak
aftermath - (n.) thil pakhat nih a dang thil pakhat a chuahtermi
afternoon - (n.) chunhnu
afterward - (n.) hmailei caan ah
again - (adv.) tthan; e.g. I want to read again = Carel ka duh tthan.
against - (prep.) doh, ralchanh; e.g. He is against me = A ka doh; a ka ralchanh.
agape - (n.) dawtnak, zawnruahnak
agape - (adv.) ngang ko i ka i an i um
age - (n.) kum; e.g. I do not know his age = A kum ka hngal lo.
aged - (adj.) tar , hlun; e.g. An aged person = Mitar; An aged car = Mawttawka hlun
agency - (n.) rian fialmi rianttuantu bu le an rianttuannak; e.g. An employment agency helps people
find jobs = Rian kawlpiaktu i ciahmi bu nih rian hmuh an bawmh hna.
agenda - (n.) biaceih awk i chiahmi
agent - (n.) rianttuan fialmi
aggrandize - (v.) nawlngeihnak le rumnak i ngan chinchin, a puanpar i rumra ngei ngai i um
aggravate - (v.) tthat loter deuh , fahter chin
aggregate - (adj.) a dihlak tuak ah; e.g. The aggregate sum of his debts was K.300 = A leiba a dihlak
tuak ah K.300 a si.
aggression - (n.) midang cung i zaang-ennak va tuah ; midang va doh le va thah
aggressive - (adj.) 1. midang va doh le thah a duhmi, midang he bia al a duh ngai i amah duhning in
mi dang umter a duhmi; 2. rianttuan huammi, mi hruai kho
aggressor - (n.) midang ram a va dohtu
agile - (adj.) khulrang, fel, fawi tein cawlcangh, ruang-ai; e.g. Cats are very agile = Chizawh cu an
ruang a ai ngai.
agility - (n.) khulrannak, ruang ainak
agitate - (v.) hninhsaih , thinlung hninhsaih i thinhunter
agitation - (n.) hnahnawhnak, lung hninhsaihnak
agnostic - (n.) Pathian cu a um zongah a poi lo, a um lo zongah a poi lo, tiah a timi pawl
ago - (adv.) kan hnulei caan ah khan; e.g. Two minutes ago = Minit pahnih an khan
agony - (n.) nganfahnak
agree - (v.) ruahnak i khah , hnatlak
agreeable - (adj.) 1. a nuam , a ttha; 2. hnatlakpi awk a simi
agreement - (n.) hnatlaknak , ruahnak i khahnak
agriculture - (n.) lothlawh
agronomy - (n.) thingkung, ramkung, cinning cawnpiaknak
ahead - (adv.) hmailei ah; e.g. He went ahead of me = Ka hmai ah a kal.
aid - (v.) bawmh
aid - (n.) bawmhnak
aide-de-camp - (n.) ralbawi general bawmtu.
ail - (v.) harnak pek; e.g. What ails him = Zei nih dah harnak a pek?
ailment - (n.) harnak
aim - (v.) tinh , tinhmi
air - (n.) 1. thli, thlitu; 2. Radio in biachim; e.g. He is on the air = Radio in bia a chim.
air condition - (v., n.) mah duhning in lumter , kihter
Air Force - (n., prop.) Vanlawng Ralkap
airborne - (adj.) vanlawng zuan; e.g. The plane was airborne = Vanlawng a zuang.
aircraft - (n.) vanlawng
aircraft carrier - (n.) vanlawng phortu tilawng nganpi.
airfield - (n.) vanlawng dinhnak , vanlawng ttumnak
airgun - (n.) thlitu meithal
airline - (n.) vanlawng in khualtlawnnak tuahtu bu
airplane - (n.) vanlawng
airport - (n.) vanlawng dinhnak hmun
aisle - (n.) biakinn a chung tthutnak tlar pakhat le pakhat karlak lam
akin - (adj.) sahlawh rualchan lei in i pehtlaih , i lawh , i bangh
alarm - (v., n.) thil ttihnung nih thinlaunak a chuahtermi; e.g. They were filled with alarm when they
saw the fire = Mei an hmuh tikah thinlaunak in an khat.
alarming - (adj.) thinlautertu a simi thil
alas - (interj.) aize!
album - (n.) hmanthlak benhnak cauk
alcohol - (n.) zureu
alcoholic - (n.) zureu nih a tlaih cangmi
alert - (adj.) ralringte le fimte i um, hliphlau
algebra - (n.) el-zi-bra; kanan tuakning phun khat
alias - (n.) min dangdang i bunhmi; e.g. The criminal has several aliases = Misual nih min dangdang i
bunhmi a ngei.
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alibi - (n.) 1. sonhtarh; e.g. He has no alibi for his failure in the examination = Camipuai a sungh cu
sonhtarh ding zeihmanh a ngei lo; 2. thil pakhatkhat a can tikah, cu lioah cun ka dang ah ka um ti
piah khawhnak
alien - (n.) ramdangmi , khual
alienate - (v.) ramdangmi le khual bantuk i ruah, rem lo, lung fahter
align - (v.) aa ruang in chiah, aa ruang in umter, aa nge in ser; e.g. They aligned the chairs in a
straight line = Artlang in tthutdan kha an chiah hna.
alignment - (n.) aa ruang in tuahnak , aa nge in remhnak
alike - (adj.) aa lo, aa khat, an i lo, an i khat
alimony - (n.) biaceihtu biakhiahnak in , a va nih a makmi a nupi cawmnak tangka a pekmi
alive - (adj.) a nung , a nungin
all - (adj.) a dihlak
all right - (interj.) a ttha ko.
allay - (v.) a fakmi dinter deuh , ttihnak daihter deuh
allege - (v.) puh , sual puh
allegiance - (n.) zumh awk tlak sinak, lungthin in tanpinak
allegory - (n.) tahchunhnak i hmanmi tuanbia; e.g. The Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory = Khrihfa
vancung kainak cu tahchunhnak i chimmi tuanbia a si.
allergic - (adj.) pum nih an huatmi; e.g. He is allergic to penicillin = Penicillin cu a pum nih a huat (A
langhning cu thah le bo a si bik).
allergy - (n.) pum nih huatnak
alleviate - (v.) harnak, fahnak innak nemter deuh, fawiter deuh; e.g. This medicine will alleviate your
suffering = Hi si nih hin na innak a nemter deuh lai.
alley - (n.) inn hnulei le inn hnulei karlak lam, inn sir le inn ser karlak lam
alliance - (n.) tantinak
alligator - (n.) tisartlam hme deuh phun
allocate - (v.) pek, chiah; e.g. They allocate a sum of money to education = Cathiam fimnak cawnnak
caah tangka zeimawzat an chiah.
allot - (v.) pek; e.g. They are alloted a house = Inn pakhat pek an si.
allotment - (n.) pekmi thil
allow - (v.) tuahnak nawl pek; e.g. Allow him to go on a picnic = Hniang hrawmnak ah kalnak nawl
pe tuah.
allowance - (n.) thil herhmi ca i tangka pekmi
alloy - (n.) thir dar phun, phun hnih phun thum cawhmi; e.g. An alloy of gold and copper is harder
than pure gold = Sui le dar cawhmi cu sui thiang nakin a hak deuh.
allude - (v.) sawhter, chim hnawhchan; e.g. What are you alluding to = Zeidah na chim hnawhchanmi
a si?
allure - (v., n.) lem , lem khawhnak , duhternak
allusion - (n.) a sullam rak i hngalh seh ti in a vel deuh in chim hnawh
alluvial - (adj.) tivakam vawlei tthami.
ally - (v., n.) Hawi he asiloah ramdang he ttan tti; e.g. He is a close ally of mine = A ka ttanpi ngaimi
ka hawi a si.
alma mater - (n.) mah rak cawnnak college sianginn.
almighty - (adj.) lianngan bik , cungnung bik
almirah - (n.) bizu
almond - (n.) almon thingthei
almost - (adv.) dengmang , luklak
alms - (n.) tangka siseh , thil siseh , misifak tthenhmi
alone - (adj.) mah lawngin; e.g. He went to school alone = Amah lawngin sianginn ah a kal.
along - (adv.) zulhin; e.g. We went along the river = Tiva zulhin/hrawnin kan kal.
aloof - (adv.) hawi he i komh lo, mah dangte i um
aloud - (adv.) thang piin; e.g. Read the story aloud = Tuan bia cu thangpi in rel.
alpha and omega - (n.) alfa le omega, Grik cafang a thawhnak le a donghnak, cucaah a thawknak le
a donghnak.
alphabet - (n.) cafang, A in Z tiang
already - (adv.) cang; e.g. He has already gone home = Inn ah a ttin cang.
also - (adv.) zong , ve
altar - (n.) biakttheng
alter - (v.) thlen
alternate - (v.) karlak thlak i thlen
alternative - (n.) karlak thlak i i thim
although - (conj.) nain; e.g. I shall go although I do not like to = Ka duh lo nain ka kal ko lai.
altimeter - (n.) a san a niam tahnak
altitude - (n.) rili in zei can dah a san tinak
alto - (n.) hlasak i eltthu aw timi khi
altogether - (adv.) a dihlak in , a ningpi in
altruism - (n.) midang zawnruah
aluminum - (n.) dan (daan).
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alumnus - (n.) sianginn i a rak cawngmi siangngakchia
always - (adv.) zungzal.
am - (v.) 1. um; e.g. I am in the house = Inn chungah ka um; 2. si; e.g. I am a student =
Siangngakchia ka si.
amalgamate - (v.) fonh, cawh
amass - (v.) ngeih luaimai, fonh chap lengmang
amateur - (n.) a thiam a tling deuh rih lomi ; tangka hmuhnak ah si loin i nuamhnak caah lente aa
celhmi
amaze - (v.) khuaruahhar; e.g. I was amazed by his skill = A thiamnak nih ka khuaruah a ka harter.
ambassador - (n.) ram pakhat ai awhtu caah cu ram nih ram dang i an thlahmi
ambiguity - (n.) a sullam a fiang lomi , a sullam pahnih i lak khawhmi
ambiguous - (adj.) a sullam a fiang lomi
ambition - (n.) cung kai duhnak lungthin
ambitious - (adj.) cung kai duhnak lungthin a ngeimi
ambivalent - (adj.) Aa ralkahmi, sullam pahnih a ngei khomi bia.
ambulance - (n.) mizaw phorhnak mawttawka
ambush - (n.) lamhruang ah , lam i rak bawh i nam
ameliorate - (v.) tthatter deuh , dinter deuh
amen - (interj.) cu bantukin si ko seh, tinak ca i thlacam donghnak i rak chimmi
amend - (v.) tthatter , remh
amends - (n.) rulhnak ca i pekmi thil, a hlan i rak tuah sualmi hun remh than
amiable - (adj.) lungthin ttha a ngeimi , hawi komh khawhnak lungthin negih
amicable - (adj.) hawi he i rem khawh.
amid - (prep.) chungah , lakah
amiss - (adv.) ningcang loin um, i palh; e.g. From his angry looks, we knew something had gone
amiss = A thinhun hmai kan hmuh tikah, zeidik ningcang loin a um ti kha kan hngalh.
ammunition - (n.) ral hriamnam
amnesty - (n.) cozah doh ruangah thong tlami ngaihthiamnak
amoeba - (n.) thisen thlet zawtnak rungrul
among - (prep.) lakah. chungah
amount - (n.) cu zat kha zat timi; e.g. A large amount of money = Tangka tampi; e.g. A small
amount of money = Tangka tlawmte.
amphibian - (n.) ti chung zong tlang cung zong i a um khomi saram; e.g. utlak; ti cung zong vawlei
cung zong i aa din khomi vanlawng
ample - (adj.) a ngan , a lian , a kau , a za
amplify - (v.) tthanter , karhter , nganter
amputate - (v.) zawtnak asiloah hma ruangah kutke tan
amulet - (n.) khuachia tih , uilong
amuse - (v.) nihter , nuamhter
amusement - (n.) nihchuahternak , nihchuahnak , nuamhnak
an (a) - (art.) pakhat, cafang aw (vowel) he lawng hmanmi; e.g. An airplane = Vanlawng pakhat;
zong a.
anachronism - (n.) thil hlun a si cang , caan a phan ti lo , caan he aa tlak ti lo
anesthesia - (n.) U.S. fah theih lonak si.
anaesthesia - British. fah theih lonak si.
analgesic - (n.) fah damternak si.
analogous - (adj.) aa lo
analogy - (n.) tahchunhnak, an i lawhnak zohtinak
analyse - (v.) British. cheu cikcek hnu in ttha tein zoh kherhlai.
analysis - (n.) ttha tein zoh cikcek
analytic - (adj.) thil umtuning ttha tein a kherhlai khomi
analyze - U.S. cheu cikcek hnu in ttha tein zoh kherhlai.
anarchy - (n.) cozah nih uk khawh loin , i tuaibur in le ningcang loin um
anathema - (n.) chiatseih, duh lo tuk lehpekmi.
anatomy - (n.) pumchung i thi le sa le ruh tehna an umtuning cawnak
ancestor - (n.) hringsortu
anchor - (n.) thir cangai
ancient - (adj.) hlan liopi , a hlun ngaimi
and - (conj.) le; e.g. You and I = Nangmah le keimah
anecdote - (n.) ngaihnuammi tuanbia tawite
anemia - (n.) thider zawtnak
angel - (n.) vancungmi
anger - (n.) thinhunnak
angle - (n.) 1. kil, innkil, vamkil; 2. hmuhning; e.g. From my angle = Kei ka hmuhning ah.
Anglican - (n., prop.) Church of England Khrihfa.
Anglo - (n., prop.) Mirang le a dang miphun pakhat aa cawhmi, Mirang le miphun dang pakhat hrawm
in tuahmi.
angry - (adj.) thinhun
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anguish - (n.) fakpi lungretheihnak
animal - (n.) saram
animate - (adj.) nunnak a ngeimi; e.g. animated conversation = lungtho ngaiin bia i ruahmi
animate - (v.) nunnak pek , lungtho ngai i chimmi
animism - (n.) rai biaknak, khuachia biaknak
animosity - (n.) i huatnak , i ralnak
ankle - (n.) fengbeo
annals - (n.) kum khat hnu kum khat in thil thar an hmuhmi tehna an ttial lengmangnak ca, tuanbia
annex - (v., n.) fonh, thil hme deuh thil ngan deuh i hei fonhmi khi, ram dang pakhat va tei i mah
ram i fonh.
annihilate - (v.) hrawh dih cikcek , hloh
anniversary - (n.) camphak ni
annotation - (n.) fianternak , a tling lomi chapnak
announce - (v.) thanh , zapi theihter
announcement - (n.) thanhnak , zapi theihternak
announcer - (n.) thanhtu, zapi theihtertu, radio in thawng thanhtu.
annoy - (v.) ing puanter , thinhunter
annual - (adj.) kumfate in a ummi
annul - (v.) hrawh , dongther
anoint - (v.) chiti thuh
anonymous - (adj.) min hngalh lomi
another - (adj.) a dang pakhat
answer - (n.) lehnak
answer - (v.) leh , biachan
ant - (n.) hngerhte
antagonism - (n.) i ralnak , i dohnak , i huatnak
antagonist - (n.) ral , pakhat le pakhat aa ralmi
Antarctic - (n., prop.) Thlanglei Pole hrawng ram, Antaktik.
ante - (pref.) hlanah; e.g. Antedeluvian = Buanchukcho hlan
anthem - (n.) hlaremh ttha.
anthill - (n.) chuntlung
anthropoid - (n.) minung he aa lomi saram; e.g. zawng, ngau
anthropology - (n.) minung chuahkehnak kong cawnnak
anti - (pref.) doh
antiaircraft - (n.) vanlawng kahnak meithal
antibiotic - (n.) zawtnak rungrul thahnak si
Antichrist - (n., prop.) Khrih dotu.
anticipate - (v.) rak i ruah chung; e.g. We anticipate good crops this year = Tukum cu rawl kan ngei
lai tiah kan rak i ruah chung.
anticlimax - (n.) ttum , ruah hleng
antidote - (n.) sivai thahnak si , sidin sual le si kah sual tik i hman zokzokmi
antipathy - (n.) pakhat le pakhat i huatnak , ruahnak i khah lonak
antique - (n.) hlanlio thil, thil hlun; e.g. He is a collector of antiques = Thil hlun khawmtu a si.
antiquity - (n.) hlanliopi caan
antiseptic - (n., adj.) hma por lonak si.
antitank - (n.) Thengh kahnak meithal
antithesis - (n.) biachimmi hun alnak bia
antitoxin - (n.) sivai a that khotu si, rittertu sivai thattu si
antler - (n.) nengpi, a ki a hreu churmi
antonym - (n.) sullam, aa ralchanhmi bia; e.g. a nak le a rang, a niam le a sang. Zoh opposite.
anus - (n.) tol , tawka
anvil - (n.) so dennak lung
anxiety - (n.) lungretheihnak , hmailei thil kong lungretheihnak
anxious - (adj.) 1. lungreithei in um; e.g. He is anxious about his health = A ngandamnak kong ah
lung rethei in a um; 2. fak piin duh; e.g. He is anxious to meet you = Ton an duh ngaingai.
anxiously - (adv.) lungrethei ngaiin
any - (adj.) 1. zeizat ti set a um lomi; e.g. Do you have any money = Tangka zeital na ngei maw? 2.
kha set ti theng um lomi; e.g. Take any book you like = Na duhmi cauk paoh kha i lak; 3. tlawmpal in;
e.g. Do you want any cream in your coffee = Na kawfi chungah cawhnuk kham tlawmpal in na duh
maw? 4. zeipaoh; e.g. He can answer any question = Biahalnak zeipaoh a leh khawh.
any - (adv.) hlei maw; e.g. Is the patient any better = Mizaw cu a ttha deuh hlei maw?
anybody - (n., pron.) ahopaoh.
anyhow - (adv.) a zeitipaoh a si ah, zeitipaoh in
anyone - (pron.) ahopaoh, mi zeipaoh
anyway - (adv.) tthiamtthiam ko, zei ti paoh in
anywhere - (adv.) khuazeihmanh ah, khoika paoh ah
apart - (adv.) hmun dangdang i um, karlak hlat; e.g. The two houses are one mile apart = Inn pahnih
hna kha khan khat in an i hlat.
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apartheid - (n.) miphun thleidan in rianttuan, phunkhat khat tang chiah
apartment - (n.) inn pakhat chung i a ummi dal , umnak i rak hman ciami
ape - (n.) zawng ngan phun
ape - (v.) umtu khuasakning nawlcawn
apocalypse - (n.) caan donghnak i thil um ding phuanmi
Apollo - (n., prop.) Grikmi Pathian, vancung uktu a si tiah an zumhmi arfi pakhat min.
apologetics - (n.) thil pakhatkhat a herhnak kong i chimchung; thil pakhatkhat fianternak
apologize - (v.) ngaihthiam hal , ka palh ti i chim
apology - (n.) ngaihthiam halnak
appall - (v., adj.) a chia lei in khuaruahhar in um, khuaruahharter, lungdonghter; e.g. Her conduct
appalled me = A umtu nih ka khuaruah a ka harter, ka lung a ka donghter.
apparatus - (n.) thilri; e.g. We have no heating apparatus = Tisa lumnak thilri kan ngei lo.
apparel - (n.) thilthuam
apparent - (adj.) a fiang, fiangin a lang
apparently - (adv.) a leng zohnak i a hman ko a lomi; e.g. Apparently they are good friends = A leng
zohnak ahcun hawi ttha an si ko.
appeal - (v.) 1. nawl; e.g. People appealed to us to help the poor = Misifak bawmh kha an kan nawl;
2. mi lungthin lak khawh; e.g. His ideas do not appeal to young people = A ruahnak nih mino cu an
lungthin a la kho hna lo; 3.azukhan; e.g. He appealed to a higher court = Biaceihnak zung sang deuh
ah azu a khan.
appear - (v.) 1. mithmai i hung langh; e.g. He appears to be happy = Lunglawm in a mithmai a lang;
2. a hung chuak; e.g. He appeared from the jungle = Ramlak in a hung chuak; 3. zapi hmai a hung
chuah
appearance - (n.) langhning, muisam umtuning
appease - (v.) daihter , remter , a thin a hungmi va hlemh , va nawl
append - (v.) chapchih , thlaih
appendicitis - (n.) ril fonnghlei hmaat zawtnak
appendix - (n.) 1. ril fonghlei; 2. thlaihhleimi
appetite - (n.) rawl duhnak , ka thawtnak
applaud - (v.) thangtthat , kut benghpiak
applause - (n.) thangtthatnak kut bengpiaknak
apple - (n.) epal thei
appliances - (n.) hmanmi thilri; e.g. elektik thilri tehna
application - (n.) 1. sohluah; 2. hmannak, thilri hmannak
apply - (v.) 1. hman; e.g. You must apply your skill in your work = Na thiamnak kha na rian ah na
hman lai; 2. thuh, boih, si thuh; 3. rian sok
appoint - (v.) rian pek
appointee - (n.) rian pekmi
appointment - (n.) rian peknak
appraisal - (n.) a man tuaknak , mi khingthlainak
appraise - (v.) a man tuak
appreciate - (v.) 1. a ttha rak ti, a tthatnak rak hngalh; 2. rak lawmh; 3. rak hngalhpiak
apprehend - (v.) 1. tlaih; e.g. The police apprehended the criminal = Palik nih misualpa kha an tlaih;
2. hngalh; e.g. He apprehends what he reads = A relmi kha a hngalh.
apprehension - (n.) 1. ttihnak; 2. hngalhnak
apprehensive - (adj.) ttih ngai, thinphang ngai i um
apprentice - (n.) rian thawknak i a cawngpahmi
approach - (v.) 1. fuh; e.g. The car approached the town = Mawttawka nih khuapi kha a fuh; 2.
fuhpanh, nawlpat
approachable - (adj.) ton fawimi, hawikom ttha
appropriate - (adj.) aa tlakmi, aa rupmi; e.g. He made a speech appropriate to the occasion = A caan
le a hmun he aa tlakin bia a chim.
appropriate - (v.) hman awk ding i tangka chiah; e.g. The government appropriated money for the
new school = Acozah nih sianginn thar ca hman awkah tangka an chiah.
appropriation - (n.) 1. tangka hman awk i chiahmi; 2. mi thil ngeih ciami nawl ngeitupa nih va chuh
approval - (n.) hnatlakpinak
approve - (v.) hnatlakpi
approximate - (adj.) hrawng; e.g. What is the approximate amount of money you need = Tagka
zeizat hrawng dah na herh?
April - (n., prop.) Thla linak thla, April thla.
April Fool - (n., prop.) April nikhat ni ah pakhat le pakhat lentecelhnak ca i i deh.
apron - (n.) hni le tawhrolh hnawn lo dingin a lengin i fenh thuatmi
apt - (adj.) 1. sual lai caah; e.g. Please remind me for I am apt to forget = Ka philh sual lai caah ka
chim tthan te; 2. khulrang tein a hngal khomi; e.g. The girl is an apt pupil = Hi ngakchianu hi
khulrang tein a hngal khomi a si; 3. aa tlak; e.g. He made apt remarks = Aa tlakmi biatete a chim.
aptitude - (n.) thiam ngai khawhnak le hngalh khawhnak
aquarium - (n.) nga zuatnak tili , tidil , kuang
aqueduct - (n.) tiluannak kahcham
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