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 * Bullion; paper representing bullion.
 * bói cho̤h ngṳ̂n-cúa lâi cih khò̤;
 * buy some gilt paper and fold it so as to represent bullion.


 * khò̤-thâu-si;
 * a small ingot with a coil on its top.

 

kho̤h

 * To cough in order to get something out of the throat.
 * jw̆n kho̤h, kho̤h m̄ chut;
 * however much I cough, I can't cough it up.
 * however much I cough, I can't cough it up.


 * Solicitous lest a thing miscarry; cautious; fearful.
 * cék kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khô̤h-khô̤h-sih;
 * is very solicitous about this matter.
 * is very solicitous about this matter.


 * kiaⁿ kàu khô̤h-khô̤h-sih;
 * in an agony of fear.



khu

 * To drive on; to urge; to force; to lash on.
 * khu sîaⁿ tôk mût;
 * to dispel noxious influences.
 * to dispel noxious influences.


 * tī-tîang khu-sái lṳ́ lâi?
 * Who urged you into coming?


 * khu piaⁿ côiⁿ-cìn;
 * urge the troops forward.


 * khu kàu i m̄ káⁿ lâi;
 * worked upon his fears so that he did not come.


 * i ŏi khu sîn hîah kúi;
 * he can animate the gods, and detain the demons.


 * khu cêk kâi kúi chut lâi teng-tùe;
 * forced a demon to come out and attend upon him.


 * khu huang;
 * expel the wind.


 * khu sip;
 * expel bad humors.


 * A classifier of parcels of land.
 * cêk khu châng;
 * a field.
 * a field.


 * cí cêk khu hn̂g cū khuah;
 * this garden plot is wide.


 * cí khu tī tǹg nâng ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ khu khuah;
 * this piece of ground is three or four times as wide as theirs.


 * in cí-kò̤ kâi chang-khu ío ôih;
 * their fields here are narrower.


 * kek piah khu;
 * the adjoining lot.


 * i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ teh kha-khu;
 * the two are playing draughts.


 * To restrain; to moderate; bigoted; to grasp so as to detain.
 * put khu ke cíe to hó̤;
 * whether more or less is no matter.
 * whether more or less is no matter.


 * m̄ khu tōa sòi úa lóng-cóng àiⁿ;
 * whether large or small I want all of them.


 * míen khu tīaⁿ tī cêk jît;
 * need not fix any particular day.


 * màiⁿ khu lói-sìo;
 * do not be formal.


 * i kâi nâng khah khu-cip;
 * he is too set in his own way.


 * cò̤ sṳ̄ khah khu-nĭ;
 * acts too willfully.


 * cē bô̤ nâng khu-sok cū thèng cò̤;
 * whenever be is without some one to restain [sic] him he acts recklessly.


 * thek che khu kìu;
 * send constables to seize and examine.


 * The body, the person.
 * i kâi sin-khu ío kûiⁿ-tōa;
 * he is rather tall and stout.
 * he is rather tall and stout.


 * i kâi sin-khu ío ói sòi;
 * he is rather short and small.


 * To assign a place for.
 * úa cṳ̆ ŭ khu-chú;
 * I have a good plan for it.
 * I have a good plan for it.


 * khu-pîet mêng-pêh;
 * discriminate clearly.


 * To sit on the heels; to squat.
 * khû lô̤h khṳ̀, tô̤h khí lâi;
 * squat down and pick it up.
 * squat down and pick it up.


 * i khû tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤, táng i;
 * he is squatting there waiting for him.


 * A mortar; a socket.
 * cía bí sĭ ceng hue khŭ kâi a sĭ ceng cîeh khŭ kâi;
 * was this rice pounded in a chunan mortar or in a stone mortar?
 * was this rice pounded in a chunan mortar or in a stone mortar?


 * khŭ sói cheng-khih lío khṳt i lā : ùaⁿ cē àiⁿ ceng kùe;
 * wash the mortar clean and let it dry in the air : after a little while I am going to pound up the ingredients for a cake.


 * khŭ-kíaⁿ;
 * a small mortar.


 * îeh-khŭ;
 * a mortar for triturating medicines.


 * ci kâi mn̂g-kha-khŭ tîeh ūaⁿ;
 * the socket in which this door turns must be renewed.


 * hṳ́ ki khŭ-kíaⁿ-thûi m̄-kìⁿ-khṳ̀;
 * the pestle to this little mortar is missing.


 * kha kut pûah chut khŭ;
 * he fell and dislocated his thigh bone.


 * i kâi chíu cò̤-nî ŏi chut khŭ?
 * How did he dislocate his shoulder joint?


 * nín cêk jît sio ŭ jîeh cōi khŭ bí?
 * How many mortars full of rice do you consume in a day?


 * thang-îu-hue khŭ;
 * a mortar used in making putty.


 * sṳ̄ to m̄ kui khŭ;
 * the matter does not take a manageable shape.


 * cí kâi tûi m̄ kah cí kâi khŭ;
 * this pounder does not fit this mortar.


 * cò̤ cêk khŭ khah tĭⁿ, tîeh cò̤ nŏ̤ khŭ ceng;
 * there is too much for one pounding, you must make two of it.


 * mn̂g-tŏiⁿ khŭ;
 * sockets in a doorsill, for bars to stand in.

khua

 * To boast; to brag; conceited.
 * khua-kháu;
 * boastful.
 * boastful.


 * mih sṳ̄ m̄-hó̤ khah cṳ̆ khua;
 * one should not laud himself too much in anything.


 * i khua-cìang i kàu cìaⁿ ŏi;
 * he extoled [sic] his being so upright and able.


 * ūe tàⁿ chut lâi khah khua;
 * the style in which he talks is too grandiloquent.


 * úa thiaⁿ tîeh i kâi ūe khiam-khua khiam-khua nē;
 * I thought his manner of speaking both modest and self-respectful.