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 * To carry under the arm; to clasp between the arm and the trunk.
 * i ko̤h-tháng-ĕ cū kŏiⁿ ku-ā ki tek lâi;
 * he brought several bamboos, holding them tightly under his arm.


 * kŏi pn̄g-tháng lâi;
 * bring the rice-basin, holding it under the arm.


 * hāi i kŏiⁿ kàu êhⁿ-êhⁿ-kìe;
 * was squeezed so tightly under her arm that he could scarcely breathe.


 * i pì kíaⁿ kŏiⁿ jî lâi kàu cí-kó̤ kang-khó căi;
 * it will be very hard for her to come all this distance carrying one child on her back, and another under her arm.


 * i kíaⁿ-jît kĭam-kŏiⁿ ke kâi hak-seng tó̤ cò̤;
 * he to-day brought along another student into the examinations.



koih

 * Lined; double; to pick up between two prongs.
 * sĭ toaⁿ kâi a sĭ koih kâi?
 * Is it of a single thickness, or is it lined?
 * Is it of a single thickness, or is it lined?


 * àiⁿ koih sĭm-mih lí?
 * What sort of lining will you put in?


 * koih hîuⁿ;
 * a lined sleeveless jacket.


 * koih bûeh;
 * lined stockings.


 * koih khò-thàu;
 * double trowsers.


 * koih phàu-thàu;
 * a double-gown.


 * ēng tṳ̄ koih;
 * take up with chopsticks.


 * koih m̄ khí;
 * I cannot nip it up.


 * cía tîeh khîa thih-kîⁿ khṳ̀ koih;
 * you must pick it up with tongs.


 * koih mûeh phùe;
 * pick up the condiments.


 * cía m̄ ēng tṳ̄ koih, tîeh ēng sî íe;
 * this is not to be taken up with chopsticks, but is to be dipped up with a spoon.


 * To press between two boards; boards for pressing; to clasp or carry under the arm.
 * kôih póiⁿ;
 * boards for pressing the sides of a thing.
 * boards for pressing the sides of a thing.


 * cṳ-cheh kôih;
 * board covers for books.


 * sieⁿ kôih;
 * boards used to support the sides of trunks.


 * kôih kín cē;
 * press it somewhat tighter between the two.


 * kôih kín-kín;
 * squeezed very tightly between two.


 * kôih bih;
 * flatten by pressing.


 * kôih kàu cap lâu-lâu;
 * squeezed so that the juice runs out.


 * nâng cōi, sie cìⁿ sie kôih;
 * there was a great crowd of people, crowding and pressing upon each other.


 * kôih kha, kôih chíu;
 * to torture by pressing the ankles and wrists between boards.


 * khṳt i kôih tîeh;
 * got nipped by it.


 * hŭ-jîn hùe siu cang kâi cang-kôih;
 * the splints used by women to hold the coiffure in place.


 * kôih tŏ̤ cṳ-cheh tói;
 * pressed in a book.


 * pài thiap tói kôih cêk tieⁿ lói-mûeh toaⁿ;
 * a complimentary token folded within the folds of a visiting card.


 * kôih tŏ̤ ko̤h-tháng-ĕ;
 * put it under his arm.


 * kôih pńg cṳ-cheh;
 * carrying a book under his arm.


 * kôih cêk ki phoiⁿ-taⁿ;
 * carrying a bearing-pole under his arm.


 * ciah chíu kôih, ciah chíu khîeh;
 * some under one arm, and some in the other.


 * kàu kâi, kôih lâi;
 * take it whole, and bring it along.


 * phiaⁿ-lî-kut khṳt i kôih cîh;
 * squeezed him under his arm so hard as to break his ribs.


 * To mimic tones; to modulate the voice.
 * kôih kàu ki siaⁿ sòi-sòi, cū sĭ cṳ-niê siaⁿ;
 * modulated his voice to a squeak, like the voice of a woman.
 * modulated his voice to a squeak, like the voice of a woman.


 * i kâi siaⁿ m̄ cai cò̤-nî nîap, cò̤-nî kôih, put tăng chìe khek kâi siaⁿ kio cṳ-nîe cêk īeⁿ, cū sĭ tîaⁿ-pêh kâi ūe, īa cū sĭ kâi cṳ-nîe-kíaⁿ kâi siaⁿ-sueh;
 * I do not know how he modulates his voice, but in singing ballads his voice is just like a woman’s, it is in a conversational style, and is also the voice of a young girl.


 * kôih siaⁿ jîn;
 * an apt mimic of female voices.

kok

 * A gully; a gulch; the bed of a torrent.
 * suaⁿ-kok;
 * a ravine.
 * a ravine.


 * i khĭa-khí tŏ̤ suaⁿ-kok-lok tói;
 * he lives away off in a mountain wady.


 * tùi cí suaⁿ-kok-lok tói jîp khṳ̀ cū sĭ;
 * go in through this wady, that is the way.


 * A state, a kingdom, a country, a nation, a people; national; government.
 * pńg kok;
 * own country.
 * own country.


 * gūa kok;
 * foreign lands.


 * pâk kok; tha kok;
 * other nations.


 * bw̄n kok;
 * all nations.


 * kū kok;
 * fatherland; the old country.


 * i tńg khṳ̀ kū kok;
 * he has returned to his native land.


 * kok kun;
 * sovereign.


 * kok bó̤;
 * the empress.


 * kok ûang;
 * princes.


 * kok sṳ;
 * royal astrologers.


 * tŏ̤ tī cêk kok-tō?
 * What country is it in?


 * chêng-lí bw̄n kok cū tăi-khài sie tâng;
 * those usages which are founded in reason, are much alike in all countries.


 * lī-sôk bw̄n kok cū kak-kak m̄ tâng;
 * customs differ in all different lands.


 * kak kok kak kok kâi hong-sôk;
 * each nation has its own peculiar ways of doing things.


 * hīu-khek thiⁿ-ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi tōa kok?
 * How many great nations are there now in the world?


 * thong thiⁿ-ĕ bw̄n kok;
 * all nations under heaven.


 * sam kok;
 * the three states which divided China from A.D. 222 to 265.


 * líang kok sie thâi;
 * the two countries are at war.


 * kok huap; kok-ke kâi huap-lût;
 * the laws of the country.


 * suaⁿ kok;
 * a mountainous country.


 * cêk kok;
 * a country of which a large portion of the surface is watered.


 * thó kok;
 * a country which contains a large proportion of dry land.


 * cṳ̆ khui kok íⁿ lâi, būe ŭ;
 * from the foundation of the state until now it has not been so.


 * kok sṳ̄ sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ cóng-