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 * A usage, a law, a custom, a pattern; strict, exact, constant, as a law.
 * kui kṳ́;
 * established usages.


 * bô̤ kui-kṳ́;
 * uncivil, impolite, rude.


 * bô̤ kui bô̤ kṳ́;
 * lawless.


 * pat kui-kṳ́;
 * well-bred.


 * tîeh ŭ kui-kṳ́;
 * one must act in accordance with correct customs.


 * A saw; to saw.
 * sĭ kṳ̀-kíaⁿ a sĭ tōa kṳ̀?
 * Is it a hand-saw, or a wood-saw?
 * Is it a hand-saw, or a wood-saw?


 * kṳ̀ cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
 * saw it in two.


 * cí ki kṳ̀ hó̤ kṳ̀ tek m̄ hó̤ kṳ̀ sam;
 * this saw is good to saw bamboo with but not to saw pine.


 * kṳ̀ khí;
 * the teeth of a saw.


 * tô̤ kṳ̀;
 * to file a saw.


 * kṳ̀ cí-hûe cìaⁿ tô̤ kàu lāi-lāi;
 * the saw has just been sharpened.


 * hîeh kîⁿ kio kṳ̀-khí hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * the edges of the leaf are serrated.


 * kṳ̀ âu;
 * to cut one's own throat.


 * jw̆n kṳ̀, kṳ̀ m̄ tn̆g;
 * however much I saw upon it, I cannot sever it.


 * kṳ̀-sut;
 * sawdust.


 * kṳ̀ cêk kùa kâi kè-cîⁿ, hŵn-lío kṳ̀ būe lô̤h;
 * has spent time enough to get half a day's wages at sawing, and has not yet sawed into it.


 * kṳ̀ nêk;
 * the blade of the saw.


 * To occupy forcibly.
 * kṳ̆-tìn tŏ̤ hṳ́ kâi tī-hng;
 * took up their quarters there.
 * took up their quarters there.


 * hṳ́-kò̤ sĭ i kṳ̆-tìn tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * that is where they have planted themselves.


 * i hóⁿ-kṳ̆ tŏ hṳ́-kò̤, bô̤ nâng káⁿ khṳ̀ thīn i;
 * they have forcibly taken possession of the place, and no one dare go and oust them.


 * To ward off with the hand; to obstruct; to withstand; to reject; to stop; to oppose a plan.
 * kṳ̆-cô̤h, m̄ kio i kau-chap;
 * broke off intercourse, and would not associate with him.
 * broke off intercourse, and would not associate with him.


 * cē chia lío cū kṳ̆-cô̤h bô̤ hâiⁿ;
 * as soon as he had got something from him on credit, he ceased from intercourse with him, and would not pay him.


 * i cò̤-nî káⁿ khàng-kṳ̆ i?
 * How dare he oppose him by force?


 * i cí-kò̤ m̄ káⁿ kṳ̆ kuaⁿ;
 * those living here, dare not resist the magistrates.


 * châk kṳ̆-pŭ tì-kàu sieⁿ tîeh kuaⁿ-piaⁿ;
 * the rebels resisted to the extent of wounding the regular troops.


 * kṳ̆-têk;
 * to stand out against.


 * kṳ̆ i m̄ cŭ;
 * could not successfully stand out against.


 * khṳt i kṳ̆ co, kṳ̆ nŏ̤ saⁿ nî;
 * he stood out against paying his rent for two or three years.


 * A choking which hinders swallowing.
 * lău nâng khṳt pn̄g kṳ̆ tîeh;
 * the old man was choked by the rice.
 * the old man was choked by the rice.


 * cîah pn̄g, cîah lío kṳ̆-kṳ̆ nē;
 * after eating the rice, it produces a choking sensation by stopping in the passage to the stomach.


 * Evidence; warranty; to have form or substance; to occupy a place; to maintain; to fend off; according to; conformably to.
 * ŭ sĭm-mih pêng-kṳ̆?
 * What proof is there of it?
 * What proof is there of it?


 * cí kâi cū sĭ cèng-kṳ̆;
 * this is the evidence of it.


 * cìam-kṳ̆ i kâi tī-hng;
 * encroach on his ground.


 * lîp ieh ûi kṳ̆;
 * make a contract as evidence.


 * kṳ̆ i tàⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * from what he says it appears to be thus.


 * kṳ̆ cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lâi thóiⁿ cū sĭ i m̄ tîeh;
 * judging from this, it appears to be he who is in the wrong.


 * kṳ̆ tŏ̤-lí lâi lŭn li, bô̤ cía sṳ̄;
 * taking correct principles as the ground for argument, the thing cannot be done.


 * kṳ̆ pín sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * according to the warrant, it is so.


 * bô̤ pêng bô̤ kṳ̆, hàm úa cò̤-nî tẁn?
 * With no proof nor evidence, how would you have me decide the case?


 * cía sĭ ŭ cèng ŭ kṳ̆ kâi sṳ̄;
 * this is a thing about which there is testimony to be had.


 * kṳ̆ i kâi cú-ì li àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
 * conformably to his will, let it be thus done.


 * kṳ̆-tìn i kâi phò, m̄ khéng puaⁿ;
 * took possession of his shop, and would not move out.


 * īu-kṳ̆ bô̤ hâiⁿ i kâi co cîⁿ;
 * and furthermore withheld his rent from him.


 * Rapid; spurred on; suddenly.
 * tŏ̤ kip-kṳ̆ kâi sî-hāu cū àiⁿ m̄ cai-hûang;
 * when in a hurry one does not take precaution.
 * when in a hurry one does not take precaution.


 * kṳ̆-jîen cū àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ kîaⁿ, kiaⁿ-ùi kîaⁿ m̄ khṳ̀;
 * if you want to do that on the spur of the moment, I fear it cannot be done.


 * A free and easy way; haughty; assuming.
 * i kâi nâng kṳ̆-ngău căi;
 * he is very domineering.
 * he is very domineering.


 * hàm tîeh i kṳ̆-kṳ̆ nē;
 * when you call him he pays no attention to it.


 * cho̤h noⁿ-kíaⁿ chŵn bô̤ kui-kṳ́, to sĭ kṳ̆-ngău, síen-tíen;
 * those children are wholly destitute of correct training, and are insolent and impudent.


 * The chief; great; vast.
 * ke-cṳ kṳ̆-bw̄n;
 * a vast estate.
 * a vast estate.


 * hṳ́-kò̤ sǹg i sĭ kṳ̆-phek;
 * he is the great man of the place.


 * kṳ̆ mn̂g thó;
 * in geomancy, a symmetrical hollow between two hills.


 * To gulp down.
 * khṳt i cò̤ cêk chùi kṳ̆ lô̤h khù;
 * he gulped it down at one mouthful.
 * he gulped it down at one mouthful.


 * tōa-tōa chùi li-li kṳ̆;
 * kept gulping it down in great mouthfuls.


 * kṳ̆ m̄ lô̤h;
 * could not swallow it.


 * Distance between.
 * kṳ̆ sîaⁿ jîeh hn̆g?
 * How far from the city is it?
 * How far from the city is it?