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mûeh

 * A thing, matter, or substance; anything between heaven and earth; affairs of life; a creature; a being; persons.
 * mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
 * articles.
 * articles.


 * cêk kĭaⁿ mûeh;
 * an article.


 * bô̤ sĭm-mih mûeh tŏ̤ h̤́u tói;
 * there is nothing at all in there.


 * kâi sĭm mûeh?
 * What is it?


 * hṳ́ kâi kìe-cò̤ sĭm mŭeh?
 * What is that called?


 * nâng-mûeh cōi;
 * there was a great crowd.


 * cîah mûeh;
 * edibles.


 * bói mûeh-cîah;
 * buy food.


 * mûeh kak ŭ cú;
 * each thing has its owner.


 * mûeh-ngîap;
 * possessions; goods; personal property and real estate.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh bô̤ mûeh;
 * does not appear to be anything of consequence.


 * tōa-bó̤-mûeh;
 * a great deal.


 * nah-sap mûeh;
 * a filthy object.


 * bói mûeh;
 * to make purchases.


 * hak mûeh;
 * buy things to keep.


 * bw̄n mûeh;
 * everything.


 * tak-n̄ng tīo mûeh;
 * wastes things.


 * ak mûeh; tâk mûeh;
 * virulent ulcers.


 * To handle; to manipulate; to work at; to do with the hands.
 * màiⁿ mûeh tīo;
 * do not ruin it by handling it.
 * do not ruin it by handling it.


 * cìeⁿ cōi jît cô̤-nî mûeh būe hó̤?
 * How is it that after so many days it is not yet done?


 * jû mûeh jû bô̤ ēng;
 * the more I work at it, the worse it is.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ mûeh;
 * you go and set it to rights.



muiⁿ

 * Beautiful; good-looking; excellent; delicious; happy.
 * múiⁿ-ńng;
 * a pretty girl.
 * a pretty girl.


 * múiⁿ-jîn;
 * handsome women; a belle.


 * múiⁿ-bī;
 * toothsome.


 * sĭ i cêk tn̄g kâi múiⁿ ì;
 * it is a kind thought of hers.


 * múiⁿ tang ŭ tíam put cok;
 * there is a little thing lacking to his complete happiness.


 * tăi-múiⁿ-kok;
 * the United States.


 * múiⁿ sṳ̄;
 * a delightful affair.


 * kun-cṳ́ sêng nâng cṳ múiⁿ;
 * good-breeding tends to the attainment of what is good.


 * Small, trifling, insignificant, mean; minute, fine; in a slight degree; too; rather; hidden, subtle, obscure, recondite, abstruse; waning; to dwindle away.
 * mûiⁿ-bīo kâi tŏ̤-lí;
 * a doctrine hard to fathom.
 * a doctrine hard to fathom.


 * káng-kìu kàu sòi-mûiⁿ căi;
 * explained it very minutely.


 * i kâi mêh mûiⁿ-sòi;
 * her pulse is very low.


 * mûiⁿ chìe;
 * a faint smile.


 * hŏ mûiⁿ-kíaⁿ; hŏ mûiⁿ-mûiⁿ; a drizzling, fine rain.
 * siaⁿ mûiⁿ-mûiⁿ;
 * a weak voice.


 * híen-mûiⁿ-kìaⁿ;
 * a microscope.


 * put kùe cêk tíam mûiⁿ ì;
 * only a small token of gratitude.


 * ìuⁿ-mûiⁿ ìuⁿ-mûiⁿ;
 * very minute.


 * i kâi jī nĕ mûiⁿ-mûiⁿ nē;
 * the letters are very small indeed.


 * chîang-mûiⁿ;
 * the crape myrtle.
 * the crape myrtle.


 * pêh-mûiⁿ;
 * swallow-wort.

mut

 * The corners of the mouth; speech.
 * m̄ hâh kháu mut;
 * your lips and the corners of your mouth do not match; your evidence is contradictory.
 * your lips and the corners of your mouth do not match; your evidence is contradictory.


 * tàⁿ lâi kháu mut hó̤;
 * the testimony given is satisfactory.


 * ô̤h kàu kâi sîn-chêng kháu-mut sĭo căi;
 * narrated in such a way as to give a vivid impression of the affair.


 * A prevalent disease, or one attended with unusual symptoms; an epidemic.
 * un-mût pēⁿ;
 * a pestilence.
 * a pestilence.


 * hṳ́ kâi tī-hng un-mût;
 * there is an epidemic prevailing in that region.


 * khṳ̀ sîa, tôk mût;
 * expel the evil influences, and drive away the plague.


 * tī un-mût;
 * cure the plague.


 * To perish; none of; gone.
 * cêk ē kú cū mâiⁿ-mût khṳ̀;
 * after a while it decays in the soil.
 * after a while it decays in the soil.


 * mût-îeh;
 * myrrh, a name imitated from the Hindustani.


 * To end; to die; the dead.
 * sía mêng i kâi pĕ-bó̤ chûn mût;
 * write explicitly whether his parents are living or dead.
 * write explicitly whether his parents are living or dead.


 * mût sì m̄ káⁿ bûang ṳn;
 * so long as I live I shall not forget your kindness.

mwt

 * Least and last; insignificant; the end.
 * pún mŵt;
 * origin and end.
 * origin and end.


 * mûiⁿ mŵt;
 * atomic.


 * mŵt căi;
 * exceedingly small.


 * lĭ-sek mŵt căi;
 * the profit is scarcely any.


 * mŵt-mŵt nē;
 * very insignificant.


 * sĭm sĭ mŵt thàng;
 * earned hardly anything.


 * mŵt sì; mŵt jît;
 * the end of the world.

na

 * To lay hold of; to seize; to get an idea of; to appreciate.
 * phò lăi sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ ná sṳ̄?
 * Who is managing affairs in that shop?
 * Who is managing affairs in that shop?


 * tîeh chūe i tó̤ ná sṳ̄ kâi nâng cìaⁿ ŭ ēng;
 * you must seek the one who had the management of the affair, and then it will be of some use.


 * i tó̤ cóng-ná sìo-bâk;
 * he has the sole charge of the accounts.


 * hīn-khek sĭ i tó̤ ná khŵn;
 * at present it is he who holds the authority.


 * An interrogative particle.
 * ná li cai tàⁿ i pit-tīaⁿ lâi?
 * How could I know that he would certainly come?
 * How could I know that he would certainly come?


 * tàⁿ ná li ūe?
 * What sort of language is he speaking?