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 àiⁿ khṳ̀ móng kò̤;
 * want to go to a certain place.


 * móng jît, móng nî;
 * a certain day and year.


 * móng mûeh;
 * a certain thing.


 * Dull, not intelligent.
 * móng-móng tóng-tóng, mih sṳ̄ m̄ pat;
 * he is exceedingly dull, and does not know anything.
 * he is exceedingly dull, and does not know anything.


 * móng-tóng căi, to m̄ khui khìo;
 * very stupid, and seems to have no use of his faculties.


 * To barter; to exchange.
 * mòng-êk;
 * to do business; to trade; to carry on commerce; interchange of articles.
 * to do business; to trade; to carry on commerce; interchange of articles.


 * mòng-êk kong phêng;
 * a fair exchange.


 * to sĭ lâi tŏ̤ cí kâi po-thâu tèng mòng-êk;
 * always comes to this mart to buy and sell.


 * The moon about to set.
 * gûeh mông-mông;
 * the moon is dim.
 * the moon is dim.


 * gûeh sek mông-lông;
 * the moon looks hazy.


 * mông-mông lông-lông, thóiⁿ m̄ hīn;
 * very hazy, so that one cannot see distinctly.


 * A stratagem, a device, an artifice; to plot; to contrive, to plan; to deliberate; to obtain.
 * mông hāi;
 * to plot against.
 * to plot against.


 * kòi-mông;
 * scheme.


 * i àm-cĕⁿ mông hẃn;
 * he secretly plotted rebellion.


 * mông sṳ̄ tŏ̤ nâng, sêng sṳ̄ tŏ̤ thiⁿ;
 * man proposes, but heaven disposes.


 * cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ lâi mông-ûi kàu sêng;
 * let us plan for this till it is accomplished.


 * cía cîⁿ sĭ úa kio i thòi mông-ûi kâi;
 * this money is some that I contrived to obtain for him.


 * mông châi kù suah; mông châi hāi mīaⁿ;
 * murder for the sake of gain.


 * mông suah;
 * to plot murder.


 * sĭ i tó̤ cò̤ mông-cú;
 * he was the contriver of the plot.


 * tī-tîang cú-mông?
 * Who contrived it?


 * mîaⁿ-ke kâi mông-sṳ̆;
 * clever advisers.


 * ŭ íong bô̤ mông;
 * has courage without cunning.


 * mông seⁿ;
 * contrive to get a living.


 * cí kâi nâng sĭm ŭ mông-lîak;
 * this is a man of many devices.

child.
 * Ignorant; to behave rather rudely; an affected term for thankful, grateful for favors; a pupil; a
 * Ignorant; to behave rather rudely; an affected term for thankful, grateful for favors; a pupil; a
 * thông-mông;
 * a lad.


 * mông-kó nâng;
 * Mongols, said to be an imitation of moengel, celestial.


 * to̤ mông lṳ́ àiⁿ-sieh;
 * many thanks for your kindness.


 * mông chú;
 * am obliged to you for your custom, (a shopman’s phrase).


 * mông-hŭn;
 * confused in mind.


 * mông-mŭeⁿ;
 * ignorant; not enlightened.


 * Fine drizzling rain with fog.
 * hŏ mông-mông;
 * misty rain.
 * misty rain.


 * kâi thiⁿ mông-mông, cn̂g kâi sĭ hŏ;
 * the sky is thick with fine rain.


 * Dim sighted; unable to see from age; indistinct vision, from disease of the nerve, as in amaurosis.
 * mâk mông-mông;
 * unable to perceive objects clearly.
 * unable to perceive objects clearly.


 * cùi-ngán mông-lông, thóiⁿ m̄ tīaⁿ;
 * seeing double, as through intoxication.


 * To feel for or after; to feel around.
 * mông m̄ tîeh;
 * I cannot get hold of it.
 * I cannot get hold of it.


 * chíu m̄ hó̤ mông;
 * do not lay hands on it.


 * àiⁿ mông i kâi thâu khak cĭu sĭ;
 * he wants his bead, that is it.


 * cē so̤-mông i, i cū huaⁿ-hí;
 * he is pleased when one strokes him.


 * mông-cîeh;
 * a shaly bole, a micaceous schist of a fine quality prescribed in cases of derangement or fits.
 * mông-cîeh;
 * a shaly bole, a micaceous schist of a fine quality prescribed in cases of derangement or fits.


 * ēng mông-cîeh lâi kún tīo i kâi thâm;
 * use this micaceous schist to break up the phlegm.


 * To flourish the limbs.
 * mŏng kìam;
 * fencing.
 * fencing.


 * mŏng thûi;
 * to brandish a mallet.


 * mŏng to̤;
 * to flourish a knife.


 * mŏng thûi hue;
 * to perform with a club.


 * mŏng tîn-pâi;
 * to fence with a shield.


 * kha tâh, chíu mŏng;
 * to perform as a harlequin; to stamp the feet and flourish the hands.


 * mŏng kàu hêk;
 * made postures until he was tired.


 * mŏng-sĕng;
 * luxuriant.
 * mŏng-sĕng;
 * luxuriant.


 * chīu-bâk mŏng-sĕng;
 * the shrubbery is thick and green.


 * cí câng hue khui lâi mŏng-sĕng căi;
 * this plant is blossoming very luxuriantly.



mo̤ⁿ

 * Ferns and wild grasses.
 * cháu-mo̤ⁿ;
 * ferns.
 * ferns.


 * suaⁿ tèng seⁿ kâi mo̤ⁿ cháu;
 * the wild plants that grow on the mountains.


 * cí khí mo̤ⁿ kìe cò̤ hŏng-búe-mo̤ⁿ;
 * this species of fern is called the phenix-tail.


 * To rub, pat or smooth with the hand.
 * mo̤ⁿ-so̤ kàu i huaⁿ-huaⁿ hí-hí;
 * smooth him down till he is in good humour.
 * smooth him down till he is in good humour.


 * mîaⁿ-ke mo̤ⁿ-so̤ nâng;
 * has the art of molifying ill temper.


 * khṳt i ce mo̤ⁿ-mo̤ⁿ so̤-so̤ cū hàuⁿ;
 * when he has been conciliated sufficiently he will consent.


 * A contraction of m̄-hó̤, not good; badly; unsuitable; amis [sic].
 * hó̤ a mó̤?
 * Is that expedient or not?
 * Is that expedient or not?


 * i sĭ mó̤ nâng;
 * he is a bad man.


 * mó̤ cìeⁿ seⁿ cò̤;
 * it is not well to do thus.


 * mó̤ sńg;
 * do not trifle.