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 * Utensils; implements; prepared; well arranged; to furnish.
 * khì-kŭ;
 * a utensil; a tool.


 * kṳ́n kŭ kúi īeⁿ lói- mûeh sàng i;
 * carefully prepare a number of presents to offer him.


 * tê-kŭ;
 * a set of tea-dishes.


 * hun-kŭ;
 * the articles used in smoking opium.


 * eng kŭ-cò̤ kâi thiap khṳ̀ chíaⁿ i a mín?
 * Should we write a formal note and go and invite him thereby, or not?


 * sai cău hêng kŭ;
 * privately invent instruments of torture.


 * thóiⁿ cò̤ kŭ bûn;
 * he regarded it as a mere form.


 * kŭ pín nâng;
 * the one who gets out a warrant.


 * The brothers of one's mother or wife.
 * bó̤ kŭ;
 * mother's brother.
 * mother's brother.


 * chi kŭ;
 * wife's brother.


 * tōa kŭ, ji kŭ, sòi kŭ;
 * the eldest, next to the eldest, and the youngest of one's mother's or wife's brothers.


 * úa kâi a kŭ;
 * my maternal uncle; my wife's brother.


 * a kŭ kíaⁿ;
 * my wife's little brother.


 * gūa kŭ;
 * my wife's father.


 * kŭ seng;
 * my sister's grown up male children.


 * a gû kŭ;
 * a constable of the infernal regions, having a cow's head.


 * Out of use; former; old.
 * kū kau;
 * a former associate.
 * a former associate.


 * i kio úa sĭ kū kau;
 * he is an old acquaintance of mine.


 * sĭ úa kâi kū nâng;
 * it is an old of mine.


 * cía sĭ úa kâi kū-nâng-sāi;
 * this is one of my old customers.


 * kū hieⁿ;
 * native village, from which one has been long absent.


 * kū kok;
 * fatherland; the old country.


 * kui tńg kū hieⁿ;
 * returned to his old home.


 * kū íu;
 * an old friend.


 * Old; worn out; defunct; of yore; long kept.
 * kū sî;
 * olden times.
 * olden times.


 * m̄ lĭam i kū jît kâi ak;
 * not call to mind his former sin.


 * kū nî;
 * last year.


 * jêng kū;
 * as aforetime.


 * jêng kū sĭ i tó̤ cò̤;
 * it was he who made them before.


 * kū mûeh;
 * relics.


 * bói kū hùe;
 * buy second hand goods.


 * bōi kū i;
 * sell second hand clothing.


 * tŏ̤ koi-lō o̤ kū tâng siah lâi bōi kâi;
 * hawk old brass and pewter wares in the street in order to sell them.


 * úa thóiⁿ-kìⁿ i pái kâi kū tê-kẁn chin-chĭeⁿ lṳ́ kâi;
 * I observed that he set out an ancient tea-pot, much like yours.


 * kū thih-teng;
 * old nails.


 * lú cn̂g kâi àiⁿ ēng sin kâi, a àiⁿ cang kū êⁿ sāi, kū hĭa?
 * Are you going to use what is altogether new, or are you going to use the old timbers and old tiles?


 * cí kâi saⁿ cò̤-nî chēng bô̤ kúi jît cū kū?
 * Why is it that this gown is worn out, since you have worn it but a few days?


 * úa thoiⁿ i chēng kĭaⁿ hôk-sek, nĕ kū-kū nē;
 * I see that she wears a garment that is very old.


 * bô̤ sin cò̤ ǔ kū?
 * If I have never had new ones how can I have old ones?


 * kè-cîⁿ cìe kū;
 * the price is the same as before.


 * cĭa kū īeⁿ;
 * follow the same old pattern.


 * eng-têng eng kàu kū-kū;
 * it was dusty, with dust that made it appear very old.


 * cía sĭ ngŵn-kū kâi ki-cí;
 * this is the old foundation.


 * ní lài m̄ hó̤, sói bô̤ nŏ̤ kùe cū kū;
 * it is not well dyed, and will look old before it has been twice washed.


 * chēng hù pùaⁿ-kū-lô̤h kâi saⁿ-khò;
 * wear a suit of half worn clothes.


 * pùaⁿ sin pùaⁿ kū;
 * neither new nor old.


 * kū cú;
 * old master.


 * kū cṳ put ìam peh hûe thâk;
 * one does not tire of old books in reading them a hundred times.


 * kū cṳ;
 * well conned books.


 * bōi tīo ciah kū cûn;
 * sold an old boat.


 * chia sin hâiⁿ kū;
 * take on credit in order to pay off an old score.


 * khṳ̀ kàu, thóiⁿ tîeh mīn kū-kū;
 * went near enough to see his face, and saw it was a familiar one.


 * m̄ khah kū, khah kū m̄ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;
 * not what is too long kept, that which has been standing too long, is not up to the mark.


 * sin kū;
 * does not show age.


 * kū chù;
 * an old house.

kua
 * A ballad; a song; a rhapsody.
 * chìe kua;
 * sing ballads.
 * sing ballads.


 * cêk tîo kua;
 * a ballad.


 * chìe cêk chut kua;
 * sing one song.


 * kua cheh;
 * a song-book.


 * i kâi kua siaⁿ chìe lâi hó̤ thiaⁿ;
 * his song is well sung.


 * khà kua;
 * play on the “bones” and recite ballads.


 * chái tê kua;
 * ballads sung by the tea pickers.


 * kua khek;
 * ditties.


 * cía bô̤ kua bô̤ khek;
 * this has no poetry about it.


 * To revert to; terminate in; to betake to; to be in.
 * khŵn kua i cêk chíu;
 * the authority is in his hands.
 * the authority is in his hands.


 * mih sṳ̄ cn̂g kâi kua i;
 * everything goes through his hands.


 * cîⁿ ngṳ̂n lóng-cóng kua tŏ̤ i kò̤;
 * the money is all in his hands.


 * sì phìⁿ kâi cúi lóng-cóng kua lô̤h hái;
 * the water from all sides runs into the sea.


 * to tîeh kua cêk nâng lí cìaⁿ tīaⁿ;
 * the management must be in the hands of a single individual, then it will be firm.


 * To pass by or through; to go through.
 * úa kua tùe i kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * I went along by his house.
 * I went along by his house.


 * kua tùe i hieⁿ-lí côiⁿ kùe;
 * passed along in front of their village.


 * mih sṳ̄ to tîeh kua i kâi chíu;
 * everything must go through his hands.


 * tîeh táng kua chíu kâi nâng lâi;
 * must wait until those who have the matter in hand shall arrive.


 * cía bô̤ kua i;
 * this is something that he has nothing to do with.


 * mih sṳ̄ kua kàu thàu;
 * have gone through with all the different sorts of business.