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 It is yours is it not?
 * i sieh lṳ́;
 * she is very kind to you.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ sĭ thóiⁿ-tŏng lṳ́, m̄ sĭ thóiⁿ-khin lṳ́;
 * this is showing you respect, not treating you lightly.


 * lṳ́ thiaⁿ úa tàⁿ;
 * listen to what I say.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ;
 * look here.


 * lṳ́ khéng mē?
 * Are you willing?


 * úa sĭ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lṳ́;
 * I see you.


 * To burnish by rubbing upon; to rasp; to rub.
 * khîeh khṳ̀ sua tèng lṳ̀;
 * go and scour it on the sand.
 * go and scour it on the sand.


 * lṳ̀ kàu i kim-kim;
 * rub it very bright.


 * lṳ̀ kàu pô̤h-pô̤h;
 * rasp it thin.


 * lṳ̀ tīo cí gūa kâi cho phûe;
 * rasp off this coarse outer rind.


 * khṳt cháu lṳ̀ kàu kng-kût;
 * rubbed smooth on the grass.


 * An ass.
 * lṳ̂ kó, lṳ̂ bó̤, lṳ̂ kíaⁿ;
 * the male the female, and the foal.
 * the male the female, and the foal.


 * khîa lṳ̂;
 * to ride an ass.


 * kúi ciah lṳ̂;
 * several asses.


 * cêk khûn lṳ̂;
 * a drove of asses.


 * To stoop in walking.
 * i kâi thâu lṳ̂-lṳ̂ li-li kìaⁿ;
 * he pushed straight on with his head projecting in front of him.
 * he pushed straight on with his head projecting in front of him.


 * To think upon anxiously; to turn over in one’s mind; concerned; doubtful about.
 * khùa-lṳ̆;
 * anxious, troubled, concerned about.
 * anxious, troubled, concerned about.


 * khùa-lṳ̆ tîeh i;
 * am doubtful about his welfare.


 * iu-lṳ̆;
 * careworn.


 * sim lăi iu-lṳ̆;
 * troubled in mind.


 * lṳ̆ kàu ău lâi kâi sṳ̄;
 * take forethought of what may happen.


 * sṳ-lṳ̆ thài kùe cū àiⁿ seⁿ pēⁿ;
 * if you worry about it too much you will get ill.


 * i kâi lṳ̆ sṳ̄ tn̂g căi;
 * his precautions extend to what is yet a long way off.


 * sṳ̄ tîeh lṳ̆ tn̂g cìaⁿ hó̤;
 * it will be well for us to consider remote results.



lwn

 * A pleasant warmth; bland; kind.
 * tit-tîeh jît kâi lẃn-khì;
 * get warmth from the sun.
 * get warmth from the sun.


 * cêk ke pá-lẃn, cōi ke ẁn;
 * when one family is well provided for, many families are discomforted.


 * nâng-chêng né lẃn;
 * people’s feelings are changeable.


 * un-lẃn;
 * genial.


 * thiⁿ sî un-lẃn;
 * the weather is balmy.


 * A fabulous bird, regarded as the embodiment of every grace and beauty; the argus pheasant seems to have furnished the type.
 * i khìa ki lŵn mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ;
 * he carried a fan made of the feathers of the argus pheasant.
 * he carried a fan made of the feathers of the argus pheasant.


 * Imperial; royal; a term of respect.
 * lŵn kè;
 * the emperor’s carriage or sedan.
 * the emperor’s carriage or sedan.


 * lŵn-ngî-ŭe;
 * the imperial guard.


 * kim lŵn tōiⁿ;
 * the imperial palace.


 * cêng hûe-lŵn a būe?
 * Has he yet set out on the return journey? (said of His Majesty, or of a god).


 * Contracted as by palsy.
 * khu-lŵn;
 * bent and unable to straighten itself; stiff and crooked; distorted.
 * bent and unable to straighten itself; stiff and crooked; distorted.


 * i kâi kha chíu khu-lŵn, sĭ hueh ko kâi mâuⁿ-pēⁿ;
 * the distortion of his limbs has its origin in the impoverishment of his boodblood [sic].


 * The peaks of a hill; a line of pointed summits.
 * hṳ́ cêk phài kâi hong-lŵn ngía căi;
 * that line of mountain peaks is very fine.
 * that line of mountain peaks is very fine.


 * i kâi thóiⁿ suaⁿ pit àiⁿ káng-kìu lŵn-thâu;
 * the geomancer will surely expatiate upon the surrounding peaks.


 * Confusion; insurrection; disorder.
 * tăi lw̃n kṳ hieⁿ, síeⁿ lw̆n kṳ sîaⁿ;
 * a great commotion in a village, would make but a small one in a city.
 * a great commotion in a village, would make but a small one in a city.


 * tī-tîang káⁿ châk lw̆n?
 * Who dares stir up insurrection?


 * lw̆n sì kâi sî-kāu;
 * in time of sedition.


 * thiⁿ-ĕ jío-lw̆n;
 * disorder everywhere.


 * To dote on; to love ardently; to long after.
 * lw̄n-lw̄n put sía;
 * cannot tear himself away.
 * cannot tear himself away.


 * lw̄n-tîeh kū hieⁿ;
 * strongly attached to his native place.


 * i lw̄n tîeh bó kíaⁿ, kîaⁿ m̄ khui;
 * he loves his wife and children and cannot leave them.

lwt

 * To pass in review; to inspect; to compare in order to vouch for.
 * lwt-lêh;
 * to pass through; to understand because of having experienced; well versed in.
 * to pass through; to understand because of having experienced; well versed in.


 * i lwt-lêh ío cōi;
 * he has had more experience in this sort of thing.


 * lwt-thóiⁿ;
 * to look over, with a purpose.


 * lwt piaⁿ;
 * to review troops.


 * Poor, insignificant, feeble.
 * iu lwt;
 * best and worst, talented and stupid, terms of comparison.
 * best and worst, talented and stupid, terms of comparison.


 * hun-pîet iu lwt;
 * discriminate between the superior and the inferior.


 * i kâi lwt ciah cōi căi;
 * the evidences of past follies are numerous in him.

m

 * An elderly woman; the wife of a father’s or a husband’s elder brother.
 * An elderly woman; the wife of a father’s or a husband’s elder brother.