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 ; lău ḿ;
 * an old aunt.


 * chù-piⁿ a-sím a-ḿ hùe;
 * the middle aged and elderly women among the neighbors.


 * tōa ḿ;
 * my husband’s eldest brother’s wife.


 * sĭ ún a-ḿ;
 * it is our paternal aunt.


 * Will not; does not wish to; has decided against it; is averse to.
 * úa m̆;
 * I am not going to do that.
 * I am not going to do that.


 * úa kìe i cò̤-pû khṳ̀, i tàⁿ i m̆;
 * I asked him to go with me and he said he would not.


 * i m̆ thâk;
 * he refuses to study.


 * i m̆ cîah;
 * he will not eat.


 * i m̆ chap i;
 * he will not associate with them.


 * i m̆ tàⁿ;
 * he declines to speak.


 * úa àiⁿ khang i kîaⁿ, i m̆;
 * I wanted to lead him along, and he would not let me.


 * i cò-nî m̆?
 * Why will he not?


 * in ā sĭ khṳ̀, ún cū m̆;
 * if they go we will not.


 * An adverb of negation.
 * m̄ cai;
 * unaware.
 * unaware.


 * m̄ pat;
 * do not know.


 * m̄ hío;
 * do not understand.


 * m̄ thiaⁿ;
 * disobey.


 * m̄-hó̤;
 * bad.


 * m̄ pĭen;
 * inconvenient.


 * m̄-tâng;
 * dissimilar.


 * m̄ ngía;
 * unlovely.


 * m̄ jû ì;
 * unsatisfactory.


 * m̄ jîen;
 * unlike.


 * khá m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * Is it not so?


 * m̄ káⁿ;
 * would not presume.


 * lṳ́ àiⁿ a m̄-ài?
 * Do you want it or not?


 * m̄-àiⁿ;
 * he does not want it.


 * àiⁿ khṳ̀ a m̄?
 * Are you going or not?


 * sĭ a m̄ sĭ?
 * Is it so or not?


 * hó̤ a m̄-hó̤?
 * Is it well to do so or not?


 * i m̄ hàuⁿ kio úa tàⁿ;
 * he would not tell me.


 * khéng a m̄ khéng;
 * willing or unwilling.


 * m̄ kûi m̄ kĕ;
 * neither higher nor lower.


 * cía sĭ lṳ́ kâi a m̄ sĭ?
 * This is yours is it not?


 * i tàⁿ bô̤, úa m̄ sìen;
 * he says there is none, but I do not believe it.


 * m̄ sĭ ā;
 * that is not it.


 * m̄ huaⁿ-hí;
 * displeased.



maⁿ

 * A waiting woman.
 * kang-maⁿ;
 * a nurse, a maid-servant.
 * a nurse, a maid-servant.


 * phûa maⁿ;
 * a duenna.


 * Careless; remiss; slovenly; negligent; perfunctory; cursory.
 * cò̤ sṳ̄ ma-hu;
 * does things in a very cursory way; slights his work.
 * does things in a very cursory way; slights his work.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ to sĭ ma-ma hu-hu;
 * whatever he does he produces very unsatisfactory results.


 * maⁿ-gû;
 * the yak, an animal found in Thibet [sic] and Western China.
 * maⁿ-gû;
 * the yak, an animal found in Thibet [sic] and Western China.


 * An old woman; a grandmother.
 * lăi máⁿ, gūa máⁿ;
 * paternal and maternal grandmothers.
 * paternal and maternal grandmothers.


 * lău máⁿ;
 * grandfather’s mother.


 * gūa lău máⁿ;
 * grandmother’s mother.


 * i kong máⁿ;
 * grandparents.


 * thài máⁿ;
 * venerable lady.


 * A general name for veined stones, such as opal, cornelian, agate, onyx and jasper.
 * kim tah lío ēng maⁿ-láu gē lâi gē;
 * when you have overlaid it with gold-leaf, then take the smoothing stone and polish it.
 * when you have overlaid it with gold-leaf, then take the smoothing stone and polish it.

 

maiⁿ

 * An adverb of negation.
 * àiⁿ thóiⁿ hó̤ thóiⁿ, màiⁿ thăng;
 * look at it if you want to, but do not touch it.
 * look at it if you want to, but do not touch it.


 * màiⁿ khṳ̀ tiaⁿ tîeh i;
 * do not give it the slightest touch.


 * màiⁿ tàⁿ kèng hó̤;
 * it is better to say nothing about it.


 * màiⁿ mûeh nap-sap;
 * do not soil it.


 * màiⁿ cak i;
 * don’t disturb him.


 * To bury; to secrete; to conceal; to cover over; to harbour; to lay up.
 * mâiⁿ-cǹg;
 * to inter in a grave.
 * to inter in a grave.


 * mâiⁿ tŏ̤ thô tói;
 * bury in the ground.


 * mâiⁿ mîaⁿ mît sèⁿ;
 * to conceal one’s name.


 * cē kú cū mâiⁿ mût khṳ̀;
 * after a lapse of time, it decays in the soil in which it lies.


 * mâiⁿ-ẁn i;
 * hold a grudge against him.


 * mâiⁿ-hôk ŭ piaⁿ-bé, tó̤ táng i;
 * dispose troops in ambush to lie in wait for him.


 * siu-mâiⁿ ko-lô;
 * gather up and inter old human bones.


 * To wax old; senile; aged.
 * nî măiⁿ kâi nâng;
 * one advanced in years.
 * one advanced in years.


 * taⁿ cē láu-măiⁿ le, to bô̤ ēng;
 * am now old and useless.



mak

 * To spot; to stain; to defile.
 * mâk tîeh îu;
 * spotted with grease.
 * spotted with grease.


 * chíu màiⁿ mak nah-sap;
 * do not get your hands soiled.


 * The eye; a principal man; a leader; an index; a list or summary; squares on a chess-board; meshes of a net; the mind, the perceptions; a look; to eye; to designate, to name; to particularize.
 * mâk-ciu; mâk-ciu-jîn;
 * eyeballs.
 * eyeballs.


 * mâk-bâi;
 * eyebrows.


 * mâk kha-phûe;
 * eyelids.


 * mâk chì-mô̤ⁿ;
 * eyelashes.


 * mâk úaⁿ; mâk úaⁿ kut;
 * the sockets of the eyes.


 * mâk khuang;
 * a circle around the eyes.


 * mâk thâu, mâk búe;
 * the inner and outer corners of the eye.


 * mâk kâi pêh-jîn;
 * the white of the eye.


 * mâk kâi o-jîn;
 * the iris.


 * mâk kâi sien-nâng-thâu;
 * the pupil of the eye.


 * mâk-cap;
 * tears.


 * lâu mâk-cap;
 * to weep.


 * mâk sái;
 * mucous or pus from the eye.


 * mâk-ciu thìaⁿ;
 * sore eyes.


 * mâk siap;
 * sleepy.


 * mâk lêng-ceng;
 * wide awake.


 * mâk-chĭeⁿ mô̤h;