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184 ía


 * A wilderness; a moor; savage.
 * khùang-ía;
 * a waste.
 * a waste.


 * suaⁿ ía kâi nâng;
 * mountaineers.


 * ía sèⁿ būe tṳ̂;
 * his wild disposition is not yet tamed.


 * ía bī;
 * gamey flavor.


 * ía kíaⁿ;
 * a savage.


 * cí kâi nâng ía căi;
 * this person is very rude and fierce.


 * châng ía;
 * wild land.


 * lông-hu ía-jîn;
 * savage yeomen.


 * Sire; noblemen; divinities; officers.
 * thài-îa;
 * your worship, the district magistrate.
 * your worship, the district magistrate.


 * lău-îa;
 * an officer, a nobleman, or a male divinity.


 * tōa îa, jī îa, sam îa;
 * an officer, his servant, and servant's attendant.


 * lău thài îa;
 * your honor, the prefect.


 * îa mn̂g;
 * the servants or attachés in a yamun.


 * kong îa;
 * your grace, the duke.


 * sṳ îa;
 * a private secretary.


 * a îa;
 * sire; esquire.


 * pài lău-îa;
 * worship the gods.


 * sāi lău-îa;
 * set up gods.


 * hĕ lău-îa;
 * make known to the god.


 * hŏng lău-îa;
 * make offerings to a god.


 * To carry on the back.
 * ĭa a-nôⁿ;
 * to carry a child pickback.
 * to carry a child pickback.


 * i bŏi kîaⁿ, tîeh ĭa i;
 * he cannot walk and must be carried pickback.


 * Also; moreover; likewsiselikewise [sic].
 * cí kâi īa hó̤;
 * this also is good.
 * this also is good.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ īa hó̤, hìeⁿ-seⁿ īa hó̤;
 * either will do.


 * īa sĭ bô̤ năi kâi;
 * neither is it durable.


 * īa màiⁿ mn̄g i;
 * do not ask him either.


 * cí kâi īa sĭ kun-cṳ́ nâng;
 * he is likewise a cultured person.


 * īa m̄ sĭ lṳ́ lâi tàⁿ, úa cĭu m̄ khéng;
 * had you not come and told me, I should not have been willing.


 * To scatter; to sow broadcast.
 * īa céng-cí;
 * to sow seed.
 * to sow seed.


 * īa bí khṳt koi cîah;
 * scatter some rice for the fowls to eat.


 * màiⁿ īaⁿ cêk koiⁿ;
 * do not scatter it all about.


 * īa chek;
 * to sow paddy.

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 * To glance at.
 * khṳt úa íaⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * I got a glimpse of it.
 * I got a glimpse of it.


 * úa íaⁿ mâk, chin-chĭeⁿ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * I glanced at it, as in taking a hasty look.


 * íaⁿ mâk, chin-chĭeⁿ sĭ i;
 * at a momentary view, it appears to be he.


 * i kâi cṳ, cē íaⁿ mâk cū pat;
 * he knows his lesson after just a slight glance at it.


 * lṳ́ íaⁿ-thóiⁿ tîeh căi-seⁿ;
 * you take a look at it and see what sort of things it is.


 * A shadow; a picture or image.
 * jît íaⁿ;
 * a shadow cast by the sun.
 * a shadow cast by the sun.


 * gûeh íaⁿ;
 * a shadow made by the moon.


 * nâng íaⁿ, chīu íaⁿ, hue íaⁿ;
 * shadows of people, trees, and shrubs.


 * suaⁿ íaⁿ;
 * reflections of natural scenery in water.


 * nâng íaⁿ cìe tŏ̤ tî tói;
 * a person's image reflected in a pool.


 * teng íaⁿ;
 * shadows made by lamp light.


 * kìaⁿ tói kâi íaⁿ;
 * the image in a mirror.


 * bô̤ íaⁿ;
 * there is no evidence of it.


 * bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ ciah;
 * there is no trace of it.


 * bô̤ íaⁿ nō̤;
 * there is no truth in it.


 * ŭ íaⁿ ciah;
 * there is evidence of its reality.


 * būe sĭ ŭ íaⁿ;
 * there are as yet no signs of its being real.


 * i tàⁿ kàu ŭ íaⁿ ŭ ciah;
 * he gives corroborative proof.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ ŭ íaⁿ a bô̤?
 * Do you consider that it is founded on fact?


 * ŭ íaⁿ híang a bô̤?
 * Are there visible or audible signs of it?


 * chūe cìeⁿ kú hŵn-lío bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ híang;
 * have sought it so long and yet there are no signs of it to be found.


 * chŵn bô̤ íaⁿ híang; bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ híang;
 * no proof of its existence given to the ear or the eye.


 * íaⁿ-sìeⁿ;
 * a likeness.


 * huh-cē-kìe, thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i kâi íaⁿ;
 * suddenly saw his similitude.


 * bô̤ hêng ío ŭ íaⁿ?
 * Without substance how can there be a shadow?


 * bô̤ íaⁿ thah;
 * a pagoda that casts no shadow.


 * sĭ lâng-thâng cúa-íaⁿ, a sĭ pêh jī cúa-íaⁿ?
 * Do these puppets casting shadow pictures, speak the mandarin dialect or the colloquial?


 * íaⁿ hì;
 * a play performed by puppets casting shadows on a screen.


 * kâi íaⁿ cū seⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;
 * the shadow repeats itself.


 * To go on a circuit.
 * îaⁿ lău-îa;
 * take idols out for an airing in a procession.
 * take idols out for an airing in a procession.


 * sĭ îaⁿ jît bô̤ îaⁿ mêⁿ;
 * they carry him around in the day-time, not in the night.


 * cai hĭⁿ-cìⁿ lío, lîah khṳ̀ îaⁿ sì mn̂g-thâu;
 * having pierced his ear with an arrow, they carry him around by force to people's doors as a show.


 * îaⁿ sîn;
 * to get up processions in honor of the gods.


 * îaⁿ teng;
 * the feast of lanterns.


 * îaⁿ kéng;
 * to exhibit tableaux in a procession.


 * Perturbed; afraid; terrified.
 * thong po kâi nâng cn̂g kâi kiaⁿ-îaⁿ;
 * all the people in the mart were greatly alarmed.
 * all the people in the mart were greatly alarmed.


 * hāi kàu i tâng-mêⁿ kiaⁿ-kiaⁿ îaⁿ-îaⁿ;
 * kept them in fear and trembling the whole night through.


 * m̄ cai sim lăi kiaⁿ-îaⁿ mih sṳ̄;
 * do not know why he is so much perturbed.


 * i cn̂g kâi bô̤ kiaⁿ bô̤ îaⁿ;
 * he feels no apprehension.


 * To conquer; to win; to overcome; to get the victory; to excel; superior; best.
 * i cêk nâng cìen îaⁿ i cèng nâng;
 * he alone conquered the whole of them in the fight.
 * he alone conquered the whole of them in the fight.


 * mih sṳ̄ tō àiⁿ cò̤ kàu îaⁿ;
 * in whatever one does, he wishes to excel in it.


 * lṳ́ îaⁿ kùe i;
 * you surpass