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 * To connect; to traverse; to permeate; linked with.
 * sía mêng tô-tô cĭa-kẁn;
 * write out plainly the residence and parentage.


 * cía ūe tàⁿ lâi m̄ kẁn-chẁn;
 * this is not spoken with continuity and relevancy.


 * i ŭ ke châi;
 * he is very rich.


 * cí kù cṳ kâi ì-sṳ̀ kẁn kàu thong phien;
 * the meaning of this sentence is connected with all that is on this page.


 * i kàu cí-kò̤ lâi cŭe-ak kẁn-îong;
 * having reached this point, his iniquity is full.


 * Paralysis, or stiffness of the tendons.
 * i kẁn-pien kàu cí-kò̤ lâi ku-ā nî lío;
 * he has been paralyzed for many years.
 * he has been paralyzed for many years.


 * Legal documents.
 * tìo cīeⁿ-jît kâi ùaⁿ-kẁn lâi thóiⁿ;
 * call for the documents relating to the case and see.
 * call for the documents relating to the case and see.


 * tìo kẁn lâi hek tîeh m̄ hû;
 * called for the documents and found by examining them that they did not agree.


 * chau kẁn;
 * copy deeds.


 * The cheek bones.
 * nŏ̤ kâi kẁn-kut tōa-tōa;
 * very high cheek bones.
 * very high cheek bones.


 * kẁn-kut tōa, kâi nâng ío ŭ suah khì;
 * people with high cheek bones are rather savage looking.


 * A gallipot; a pot with a cover and spout.
 * tê-kẁn;
 * a tea-pot.
 * a tea-pot.


 * cúi kẁn;
 * a water-pot.


 * hûi kẁn;
 * an earthen pot.


 * kẁn kùa;
 * the cover of a pot.


 * kẁn lih, kẁn pèⁿ;
 * the handle.


 * kẁn sui; kẁn chùi;
 * the spout.


 * To turn the eyes back upon fondly.
 * kẁn-lw̄n-lw̄n, m̄ kam sìa tīo;
 * looked back to it with longing eyes, and was unwilling to part from it.
 * looked back to it with longing eyes, and was unwilling to part from it.


 * i kâi chêng cn̂g kâi kẁn-lw̄n tŏ̤ i kò̤;
 * his whole heart turns fondly toward it.


 * To pour out libations before the dead.
 * kîaⁿ kẁn cíu kâi lói;
 * to offer a libation of spirits.
 * to offer a libation of spirits.


 * To squirm; to wriggle.
 * cêk tîo kău-ún tó̤ kw̆n;
 * an earth-worm is squirming there.
 * an earth-worm is squirming there.


 * i cē so̤h tîeh i li-li kw̆n;
 * as soon as it smarts, it keeps squirming.


 * ŭ cêk īeⁿ thâng tŏ̤ cúi tói tó̤ kw̆n, àiⁿ lîah khí lâi li bô̤ : kâi sĭm-mûeh?
 * There is a sort of worm wriggling at the bottom of the water, if you try to seize it and bring it out it proves to be nothing: what can it be?


 * Tired; fatigued.
 * nâng khùn-kw̆n;
 * am tired.
 * am tired.


 * kâi nâng phî-kw̆n căi;
 * am very languid.


 * bûa kàu hṳ́ hûe kâi ceng-sîn kw̆n căi;
 * had drudged till at that time I was quite fagged out.


 * To break away; to jerk one's self away.
 * kw̆n cáu;
 * to jerk away and escape.
 * to jerk away and escape.


 * kw̆n khui;
 * to jerk off.


 * kw̆n chut khṳ̀;
 * jerk out.


 * phŏ̤ kín kàu bŏi kw̆n;
 * hold him tightly so that he cannot break away.


 * khṳt i kw̆n lut khṳ̀;
 * it was jerked off by him.


 * khṳt i cē kw̆n cĭu pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;
 * having jerked away he fell down.


 * To wave to and fro; to shake; to sway.
 * i kâi búe tó̤ kw̆n;
 * his tail is wagging.
 * his tail is wagging.


 * ki-búe li tó̤ kw̆n;
 * the twigs flutter in the wind.

kwt


 * To decide; to settle; decidedly.
 * i íⁿ-keng kwt-ì àiⁿ cò̤;
 * he has already decided that he will do it.
 * he has already decided that he will do it.


 * hṳ́ kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ŭ cêk kwt a būe ŭ?
 * Is that matter decided yet or not?


 * i kâi nâng cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ kúaⁿ-kwt;
 * he acts in an undecided way.


 * i a-bó̤ cò̤ sū kèng kwt-tẁn;
 * his mother acts with greater decision.


 * i hŵn-lío chî gî, būe kwt;
 * he still delays and doubts, and is not yet decided about it.


 * kwt-kwt m̄ hù ieh cū sĭ;
 * certainly will not fail to carry out the contract.


 * kwt put cîah ngân;
 * will positively not retract.


 * kwt-tīaⁿ ŏi tit sêng;
 * certainly may succeed.


 * Parting or dying words; an art, a rule; a mystery, occult doctrines, a trick in legerdemain; hidden; abstruse.
 * tit tîeh i kâi pì-kwt;
 * got the secret of it, (as of a trade).
 * got the secret of it, (as of a trade).


 * kháu kwt;
 * gibberish.


 * i kâi kwt-sût cōi;
 * they have many superstitious observances.


 * mih īeⁿ sṳ̄ ā-sĭ tit kwt cū kōi cò̤;
 * anything is easily done if you can get at the art of doing it.


 * To inclose in a bundle; to envelop; to include; to comprehend.
 * kai-kwt;
 * to contain; to embrace.
 * to contain; to embrace.


 * pau-kwt;
 * to include.


 * cí kù ūe pau-kwt thong cieⁿ kâi ì-sṳ̀;
 * this sentence contains the gist of the whole chapter.


 * pât nâng tàⁿ cōi-cōi hŵn-lío m̄ cheng-chó̤, khṳt i tàⁿ cò̤ nŏ̤ kù cū kai-kwt khṳ̀;
 * other people talk a great deal and still do not express what he will say in two sentences.