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286  kṳ̂h


 * To stammer in talking, because of a stoppage in the throat, caused by fear, rage or grief.
 * i kâi âu-lêng-kng ngĕ, kṳ̂h-kṳ̂h-kìe, tàⁿ ūe tàⁿ m̄ chut;
 * his tonsils were stiffened, so that (having a lump in his throat,) he could only sob out some words, and could not talk connectedly.
 * his tonsils were stiffened, so that (having a lump in his throat,) he could only sob out some words, and could not talk connectedly.


 * tkⁿ ue m̄ tîeh tàⁿ hó̤-hó̤, màiⁿ kṳ̂h-kṳ̂h-kìe;
 * if you are going to speak, why don't you speak properly, and not stammer and stutter.


 * nŏ̤ kù ūe kṳ̂h-kṳ̂h-kìe, tàⁿ cêk kùa;
 * in saying two sentences he stammers and stutters so that it takes him half a day to get it out.


 * khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tó̤ kṳ̂h;
 * gradually stammered forth.

 kṳn


 * The roots of plants; origin, beginning, cause, foundation; fundamental, radical.
 * chīu kṳn;
 * the roots of trees.
 * the roots of trees.


 * cêk tîo kṳn chẁn kàu hn̆g-hn̆g kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * a root has made its way to a long distance.


 * hó̤ kṳn tói;
 * the bottom of a thing; the cause, or origin of a thing.


 * i kâi sĭm-mih kṳn-tí?
 * What is at the bottom of it all?


 * i kâi kṳn-pún sĭ chông tī-kò̤ lâi kâi?
 * Whence comes the original cause?


 * cí kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi bô̤ kṳn;
 * there is no foundation for this story.


 * kui kṳn, sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * To go back to its origin, what does it amount to?


 * sòi mn̄g i kâi kṳn-îu;
 * carefully inquire into its origin.


 * bô̤ kṳn cúi-lâu-phîe;
 * a rootless weed that floats on the surface of the water; a vagrant.


 * ŭ sĭm-mih kṳn-kṳ̆ mē?
 * Is there any well based evidence of it?


 * kṳn chim, lih kù;
 * roots deep and rootlets tough.


 * cám cháu, tṳ̂ kṳn;
 * cut down the weeds and destroy their roots; utterly eradicate.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ ŭ kṳn-ki a bô̤?
 * Do you think this child has much vigor?


 * à pit chêng-chīu kṳn;
 * split a banyan root by argument.


 * ngŵn kṳn sĭ tī-tîang kâi?
 * Whose was the original foundation?


 * cía phò úa sĭ i bói tn̆g kṳn kâi;
 * as to this shop, I have bought him out altogether.


 * i cē bô̤ cîⁿ, cū tó̤ hwn châng kṳn, chù kṳn;
 * being out of money, he is selling off his fields and houses, without reservation.


 * tŏ̤ i chù sĭ tó̤ kă hun-kuah kṳn;
 * in his house they live on sweet potatoes.


 * hṳ́ cho̤h nâng cū sĭ i kâi kṳn-mîoⁿ;
 * those people are his offspring.


 * pàng kàu chin-chĭeⁿ seⁿ kṳn tùe tī hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * if you set it down, it is as if it produced roots and adhered to the earth.


 * The tendons; the sinews; applied also to the veins and nerves; sinewy, strong.
 * cêk sin tau kṳn, pâk kut;
 * a sharp pain in the joints over the whole body.
 * a sharp pain in the joints over the whole body.


 * cá-jît hut-jîen cū thiu kha kṳn;
 * was taken suddenly with a cramp in the leg yesterday.


 * mīn-tèng tîo cheⁿ-kṳn phû-phû;
 * a swollen vein on the face.


 * i kâi phûe khah pô̤h, hía kṳn cêk tîo cêk tîo, thóiⁿ hīn-hĭn;
 * her complexion is too transparent, and the veins can be plainly seen.


 * hàm i lâi kio úa lîah pùe kṳn;
 * t«ll him to come and knead my back for me, to ease the pain.


 * cí kò̤ sĭ cóng kṳn thâu;
 * this is a nerve centre.


 * tōa kṳn;
 * sinews.


 * âng kṳn;
 * arteries.


 * jī sìa tōa kṳn;
 * the letters are written with bold strokes.


 * kuah tīo i nŏ̤ tîo kha kṳn;
 * to cut the tendons of the legs, (a terrible punishment).


 * mīⁿ kṳn;
 * tough strings of dried dough.


 * hueh kṳn;
 * blood vessels.


 * gû-nêk tîeh kuah màiⁿ seⁿ kûn kâi;
 * you must get beef which has no tendons in it.


 * hía kṳn jūn căi, pō m̄ lô̤h;
 * that tendon is very tough, I cannot chew it.


 * phû kṳn lò kut;
 * become emaciated.


 * i kâi kha kṳn cē sek ngĕ, tōa nâng tàⁿ i cū m̄ thiaⁿ;
 * as soon as he gets upon his own legs, he will give no heed to what his elders say to him.


 * i jíang kàu ăm kṳn phòng-phòng;
 * he shrieked until his throat was ready to burst.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi càng kṳn kut;
 * this medicine will impart muscular strength.


 * The Chinese pound; its weight differs in different localities: by treaty a catty is fixed at 1 &frac13; pounds averdupois.
 * cêk kṳn nŏ̤ kṳn ŭ;
 * I have perhaps a catty or two.
 * I have perhaps a catty or two.


 * pùaⁿ kṳn tùi poih níe;
 * a half a catty is as good as eight onnces.


 * cêk tàⁿ cêk peh kṳn;
 * a picul is a hundred catties,


 * ŭ kúi kṳn tăng?
 * How many catties does it weigh?


 * taⁿ choiⁿ kṳn tàⁿ;
 * carrying a burden of a thousand catties.


 * i kâi chìn kṳn-nìe síam;
 * this steelyard gives short weight.


 * cí ki chìn, níe cìeⁿ tōa, kṳukṳn [sic] cìeⁿ síam;
 * on this steelyard, the ounces are over weight and the catties under weight.


 * cêk kṳn sĭ câp-lâk níe a sĭ câp-poih níe?
 * Is the pound one of sixteen ounces, or one of eighteen ounces?


 * pha bô̤ kṳn táu;
 * to turn somersaults.


 * To follow at one's heels.
 * kṳn-sûi;
 * to follow, as au attendant.
 * to follow, as au attendant.


 * câp nâng kṳn, poih nâng sûi;
 * a number of persons followed as attendants.


 * i sĭ tó̤ kṳn kuaⁿ kâi nâng;
 * he is one who acts as attendant on a magisti-ate.


 * i pat kṳn kùe tău-thâi;
 * he has been an attendant on the Prefect.


 * cí nŏ̤ kâi chiah-kha sĭ ciu-jît kṳukṳn [sic]-sûi i kâi;
 * these two large footed women attend upon her all day.