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 * Celery, parsley, and similar plants.
 * khṳ̂n-chài;
 * celery.
 * celery.


 * iam khṳ̂n-chài;
 * put dressing upon celery.


 * A stack; to stack np; to pile.
 * khṳ̂n kàu cêk koiⁿ chek tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;
 * heaped full of paddy.
 * heaped full of paddy.


 * cí cêk khṳ̂n cháu tōa khṳ̂n căi;
 * this stack of weeds is a big one.


 * thiaⁿ piⁿ khṳ̂n cêk khṳ̂n hun-kuah;
 * on one side of the main room a pile of sweet potatoes was piled.


 * cêk khṳ̂n tāu-khoih;
 * a pile of pea-pods.

 

khṳt

 * To beg; to ask alms; to intreat humbly.
 * khṳt cîah;
 * to beg for food.
 * to beg for food.


 * cêk khûn khṳt-kài lâi khṳt cîⁿ;
 * a swarm of medicantsmendicants [sic] came asking alms.


 * în koi khîu-khṳt;
 * to beg in the streets.


 * hôk khṳt ṳn cún;
 * prostrate one's self and humbly beg for mercy.


 * chit sek khṳt khá;
 * on the seventh night of the seventh month beg the weaver goddess for skill in needlework.


 * To allow one the opportunity; to give; to afford.
 * khṳt úa lâi khùi;
 * let me go.
 * let me go.


 * cŏ̤ khṳ̀ cē, kò̤ khṳt úa cŏ̤;
 * sit along a little and make room for me.


 * àiⁿ khîeh khṳt i a m̄?
 * Are you going to give it to him or not?


 * màiⁿ khṳt i jîp lâi;
 * do not let him come in.


 * khṳt i khṳ̀ sĭeⁿ cē;
 * let him go and think it over.


 * sĭ úa chin chíu khîeh khṳt i kâi;
 * it is the one I gave him with my own hand.


 * àiⁿ sàng khṳt tīa-tîang?
 * To whom are you going to give it?


 * i m̄ hàuⁿ khṳt úa thóiⁿ;
 * he will not let me see it.


 * hàm i tîeh khṳt úa thóiⁿ kàu hâh ì, cìaⁿ àiⁿ;
 * tell him he must let me look at it till I am satisfied that it suits me, then I will take it.


 * i bô̤ khṳt úa cai;
 * he did not let me know.


 * khṳt i chì-thóiⁿ hó̤ mē;
 * let him try it and see if it is good.


 * lṳ́ taⁿ hó̤ khṳt úa khṳ̀, ē jît úa cū lâi;
 * let me go now and I will come another day.


 * A stake; a stanchion; a peg.
 * tèng cêk ki khṳ̂t;
 * drive a stake.
 * drive a stake.


 * ceng-seⁿ khṳ̀ pâk pàng hṳ́ khṳ̂t kò̤;
 * go and tether the animal to that stake.


 * cí ki khṳ̂t khah sòi ki m̄ hó̤ pâk;
 * this post is too small to tie to.


 * tèng ki khṳ̂t tŏ̤ toi-kha hó̤ pâk cûn;
 * drive a stake in the bank to fasten the boat to.


 * chîeⁿ-tèng tèng ki khṳ̂t hó̤ pák mûeh;
 * drive a large peg in the wall to fasten things to.



khwn

 * Ample; clement; to forgive; to bear with; to indulge; lax.
 * i kâi nâng khwn-hông tăi-lĭang;
 * he is a very easy tempered and liberal minded man.
 * he is a very easy tempered and liberal minded man.


 * chíaⁿ khwn-îong i;
 * I beg you to bear with him.


 * tī-hng khwn-khuah căi;
 * the space is ample for the purpose.


 * chíaⁿ khwn i cêk chṳ̀;
 * please let him off this once.


 * chù lăi khwn-khwn khuah-khuah, sûi lṳ́ khĭa khí;
 * the house is roomy, abide wherever you please in it.


 * khwn-ĭu i kâi cŭe;
 * overlook his fault.


 * i kâi ce kui khah khwn;
 * the discipline of the school is too lax.


 * i kâi sèⁿ-chêng sĭm sĭ khwn-hûa;
 * his disposition is very forgiving.


 * i kâi kui-kṳ́ cū hó̤, īu bŏi kùe ngîam, īu bŏi kùe khwn;
 * their rules are just right, being neither too strict nor too lenient.


 * cang khwn-sù lâi thăi nâng;
 * treat people with clemency.


 * i ā-sĭ mó̤, úa cū bô̤ khwn-îong i;
 * if he is bad, I shall not be lenient toward him.


 * khwn-ôiⁿ;
 * leisurely.


 * khwn hăng ke câp jit;
 * allow ten days beyond the time allotedallotted [sic].


 * An enclosure; a large circle.
 * kîaⁿ cêk tōa khwn;
 * walked a long distance around.
 * walked a long distance around.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū lô̤h i kâi khwn-thàu;
 * thus fell into his snare.


 * tīa kîⁿ cêk khwn lóng-cóng àiⁿ kit cò̤ cîeh kâi;
 * the enclosure is to be built wholly of stones.


 * ûi cêk tōa khwn nâng, tó̤ thói;
 * a great circle of spectators stood around.


 * The largest of Chinese land measures, equal to a hundred Chinese acres.
 * châng īa bw̄n khẃn;
 * a vast extent of arrablearable [sic] land.
 * a vast extent of arrablearable [sic] land.


 * i kâi châng-bn̂g bw̄n khẃn;
 * he owns an immeasurable stretch of land.


 * Kind, sort; a style or fashion; inscriptions, such as are on jars, showing the date of manufacture; a proof stamp.
 * àiⁿ tī cêk khẃn kâi?
 * Which sort do you want?
 * Which sort do you want?


 * úa àiⁿ cí khẃn, hṳ́ khẃn úa màiⁿ;
 * I want this sort, not that.


 * cìeⁿ cōi khẃn sûi lṳ́ thóiⁿ;
 * of these many sorts, whichever you see fit.


 * tī cêk khẃn ío hâh sî?
 * Which sort is the more suitable for the occasion?


 * kak khẃn m̄ sie tâng;
 * each kind is different from all the others.


 * mih sṳ̄ to ŭ kâi khẃn sek;
 * there is a fixed style for doing everything.


 * lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ bô̤ khẃn bô̤ sek, khṳt nâng chìe;
 * in doing it thus, not in accordance with any established fashion, you will be laughed at.


 * bô̤ khẃn căi;
 * not after any known pattern.


 * sît-căi kah khẃn to bô̤;
 * really of no style at all.


 * chŵn bô̤ kâi