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 * To buy liquids.
 * ko cíu;
 * to buy spirits.


 * ko cêk tâng hó̤-hó̤ kâi;
 * buy a measure of the very best.


 * ko îu;
 * to buy oil.


 * A father's or husband's sisters; a polite term for females, especially young and unmarried ones; to tolerate; lenient; for the time.
 * ko-nîe;
 * an unmarried lady.
 * an unmarried lady.


 * chíaⁿ a-ko lâi cîah pn̄g;
 * ask aunt to come to dinner.


 * tōa ko, sòi ko;
 * the elder and younger sisters of one's father or husband.


 * a jī ko;
 * the next to the eldest of one's father's sisters.


 * lăi ko; có ko;
 * grandfather's sisters.


 * lău ko pô̤;
 * one's great grandfather's sisters.


 * ko só̤;
 * one's husband's sisters.


 * saⁿ ko lâk phûa;
 * disreputable women.


 * ko-lĭam i sĭ cò̤ hŭam;
 * tolerate his having done wrong: reprove him slightly and let him go.


 * ko-chíaⁿ, māng-māng-lâi phah-sǹg;
 * let it rest awhile, and after a time we will consider the subject.


 * ko-sek;
 * indulgent.


 * khah ko-sek ĕ jît cū ŏi khṳt i lŭi tîeh;
 * if you are too easy with him, you will hereafter be brought into trouble by him.


 * ko-tĭeⁿ;
 * a father's sister's husband.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng sĭ chin-chin ko píe;
 * the two are own first cousins, sons of a brother and sister.


 * Alone; without a protector; solitary; fatherless.
 * i kâi khẃn ko-hâng căi;
 * his nature is solitary, not gregarious.
 * his nature is solitary, not gregarious.


 * hīn-khek i kâi sì ko lío;
 * his influence is now reduced.


 * ko-hûn bô̤ i;
 * solitary and neglected.


 * kwn kúaⁿ ko tôk kâi nâng chám căi;
 * bachelors, spinsters, orphans and childless people are very desolate.


 * ko-ai cṳ́;
 * an afflicted orphan.


 * ko-toaⁿ bô̤ phŭaⁿ;
 * solitary and companionless.


 * ko-lŏ kúaⁿ-bŭn;
 * an unpolished scholar of limited opportunities.


 * i sî hó̤ tho̤h ko kâi nâng;
 * he is one to whom an orphan might be confided.


 * Rotten or dry wood; dried up; withered.
 * ko-ta;
 * dried up; withered; arid; sapless.
 * dried up; withered; arid; sapless.


 * mīn-sek cn̂g kâi ko-káu;
 * his complexion is cadaverous.


 * líu tîeh cêk hù ko kut;
 * dug up a skeleton.


 * i cêk pôiⁿ chíu phien-ko;
 * one of his arms is withered.


 * hueh ko;
 * his blood is thin.


 * cí kâi mâuⁿ-pēⁿ sĭ hueh-ko tì kâi;
 * this ailment arises from poverty of the blood.


 * cĭam-cĭam ko-ta;
 * gradually dried up and withered away.


 * ko chīu hông chun cài hwt ki;
 * at the coming of spring the old tree again puts forth branches.


 * Fleshless human bones.
 * tôi cîⁿ lâi siu ko-lô;
 * contribute money to pay for burying old human bones.
 * contribute money to pay for burying old human bones.


 * cí kâi tī-hng sĭ cǹg ko-lô kâi;
 * this is a place where old human bones are interred.


 * A failure of duty; to hold to be guilty.
 * ko-hŭ i kâi ṳn;
 * ungrateful; disregardful of his kindness.
 * ungrateful; disregardful of his kindness.


 * àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, būe mín ko-hŭ i;
 * need not then be guilty of ingratitude toward him.


 * A kettle; a covered pot.
 * tê kó;
 * a large tea kettle.
 * a large tea kettle.


 * siah kó;
 * a pewter kettle.


 * pin-lô̤ kó
 * a dish to keep betel-nuts in.


 * The male of quadrupeds.
 * bé-kó;
 * stallions.
 * stallions.


 * gû kó
 * bulls.


 * îeⁿ kó;
 * rams.


 * tṳ kó;
 * boars.


 * káu kó;
 * a male dog.


 * A drum; musical instruments made of skin; drum-shaped; to urge; to rouse.
 * pìe kó;
 * put a head on a drum.
 * put a head on a drum.


 * lûi kó;
 * sound a drum.


 * cang cûa phûe lâi pìe hîⁿ-kó;
 * make the head of a drum with snake-skin.


 * kó phûe;
 * the head of the drum.


 * kó chîeⁿ;
 * the wooden part of a drum.


 * kó teng;
 * the line where the head is joined to the drum.


 * phah lô̤ kó;
 * beat gongs and drums.


 * kó thûi;
 * a drum-stick.


 * kó kè;
 * a drum-stand.


 * pì kó;
 * carry a drum on the back.


 * kó tong-tong-kìe; kó tōm-tōm-kìe; kó ōm-ōm-kìe;
 * the drums give forth sounds, such as are made by a small, by a medium sized, and by a very large drum.


 * cìen kó;
 * a drum used in battle.


 * bōi-ĭe-kó;
 * a rattle used by mongers of wares. to announce their coming.


 * phah keⁿ kó;
 * to beat the watches of the night on a drum.


 * tńg jī kó a būe?
 * Has the second watch been sounded yet?


 * kó-bú;
 * exert one's self.


 * i ka-kī khṳ̀ khio kó;
 * he himself went and sounded the drum.


 * khà kó kîⁿ;
 * beat the drum on its rim; make an ineffective hit.


 * úa ieh lâi tú-tú tùi kó tìn-tang;
 * I guessed exactly right.


 * i mn̂g-kha cêk kâi nâng tó̤ pò̤ kó;
 * there is a man at the door announcing his presence by sound of drum.


 * úa cang lṳ́ saⁿ thong kó, lṳ́ cò̤ lṳ́ ang-ang khṳ̀ cò̤;
 * I will beat the drum for you to keep up your courage, and you go calmly ahead and do it.


 * lûi kó saⁿ thong;
 * beat three strokes on a drum.


 * cîeh kó;
 * stone drums, placed at the entrances of temples.


 * tiak-kó;
 * a tambouinne.


 * kó-kíaⁿ;
 * a toy drum.


 * pìe kâi cúi-koi kó khṳt i;
 * made a drum with frog-skin heads, and gave it to him.


 * lêng-cûn kó;
 * the drums on board a