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nak

 * To mix and knead.
 * nâk thíam-thíam;
 * knead it very thoroughly.
 * knead it very thoroughly.


 * nâk khah tōa ē;
 * kneaded into too large a lump.


 * nâk mīⁿ-hún cò̤ píaⁿ;
 * mix flour into cakes.


 * To seize with the claws or fingers.
 * i sang chíu nâk kín-kín;
 * clutched tightly with both his hands.
 * clutched tightly with both his hands.


 * chíu cē nâk m̄ kín cū phìu khṳ̀;
 * not being tightly grasped in his hand, it slipped through.


 * nâk tîeh i kâi búe;
 * seized him by the tail.


 * ciah koi-kíaⁿ khṳt ēng nâk khṳ̀;
 * a chicken has been carried off by a hawk.


 * i khṳt hóⁿ nâk kàu cêk sin chap-chap-chùi;
 * he was torn in pieces by a tiger.


 * kâi tó khṳt i nâk phùa khṳ̀ lío, hṳ́ tói kâi tn̂g cū khṳt i cîam chut lâi;
 * he first clawed open the bowels, and then dragged out the entrails.

nang

 * We, including the hearer.
 * cía m̄ sĭ náng kâi, sĭ in kâi;
 * this is not ours, it is theirs.
 * this is not ours, it is theirs.


 * náng hó̤ lâi khṳ̀;
 * let us go.


 * àiⁿ a m̆, tŏ̤ náng ka-kī;
 * whether we will or not, is for ourselves to decide.


 * i m̄ hàuⁿ hâiⁿ náng, náng lâi chūe i;
 * if he will not give it back to us, let us take measures for making him do it.


 * náng tăi-ke tîeh hûa-môk;
 * we must all be at peace among ourselves.


 * i thau khîeh náng kâi;
 * he stole something that belonged to us.


 * náng cêk ciah koi khṳt i lîah khṳ̀;
 * one of our fowls has been stolen by him.


 * A person; man; mankind; human; to ascribe personal existence to a thing.
 * nâng-mûeh cōi;
 * there is a great crowd.
 * there is a great crowd.


 * tōa-bó̤-mûeh nâng;
 * a multitude.


 * hṳ́ kò̤ chut ŭ sĭm-mih nâng-mûeh?
 * What sort of people are they there?


 * tōa tī-hng cū chut tōa nâng-mûeh;
 * large places have great people in them.


 * cêk khûn nâng àiⁿ khṳ̀ tī-kò̤?
 * Where are all those people going?


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ cêk kâi nâng a nŏ̤ kâi nâng?
 * Did you see one person or two?


 * choiⁿ nâng, bw̄n nâng chūe căi tit tîeh;
 * you will seldom find one such person among a thousand or among ten thousand.


 * nâng seⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ māng;
 * man's life is like a dream.


 * nâng-ke cōi, a phò-hŏ cōi?
 * Are there more of family residences, or of shops?


 * sĭm sĭ kiaⁿ nâng;
 * is very diffident.


 * i sĭang ùi nâng;
 * he is exceedingly bashful.


 * ŭ nâng tŏ̤ a bô̤?
 * Was anybody there?


 * bô̤ nâng tŏ̤;
 * there was no one there.


 * bô̤ pùaⁿ nâng tŏ̤;
 * there was not a living soul there.


 * khĭa tó̤ thóiⁿ nâng;
 * stand gazing at people.


 * phah nâng;
 * fight with somebody.


 * sĭ sĭm-mih nâng?
 * Who is he?


 * m̄ hó̤ cò̤ nâng;
 * cannot be anybody.


 * i m̄sĭ nâng;
 * he is inhuman.


 * hŭam nâng;
 * whoever.


 * i kâi àu-nâng;
 * he is a scurrilous fellow.


 * i sĭ sío-jîn nâng;
 * he is a low fellow.


 * lṳ́ sĭ kun-cṳ́ nâng;
 * you are a person of culture.


 * nâng sim put cok;
 * the human heart is never content.


 * nâng īeⁿ; nâng khẃn;
 * human kind.
 * thiaⁿ tîeh ŭ nâng siaⁿ;
 * hear the sound of voices.


 * i kâi nâng hó̤;
 * he is good.


 * hẁn-bói nâng kháu;
 * traffic in human beings.


 * ak nâng;
 * the wicked.


 * hāi nâng;
 * injure people.


 * ŭ nâng-chêng;
 * has a kindly disposition.


 * i ŭ nâng-chêng tŏ̤ úa kò̤;
 * I am indebted to him for favors.


 * noⁿ-kíaⁿ nâng tàⁿ tōa nâng ūe;
 * a child talking like a grown person.


 * ūe nâng-kíaⁿ;
 * paint dolls.


 * hó̤ mn̄g cí kâi a-sím nâng;
 * let us ask this middle-aged woman.


 * a-ḿ nâng;
 * elderly women.


 * a-má nâng;
 * women old enough to be grand-mothers.


 * ău tùe kâi a-só̤ nâng;
 * a young married woman followed on behind.


 * lău a-peh nâng;
 * elderly men.


 * a-nîe-kíaⁿ nâng;
 * a young girl.


 * lău-a-kong nâng;
 * a very old man.


 * hău-seⁿ nâng;
 * young men.


 * lău-nâng;
 * old men.


 * lâm-cṳ́ nâng;
 * men folk.


 * hŭ-jîn nâng;
 * women folk.


 * cṳ-nîe nâng;
 * ladies.


 * a-hiaⁿ nâng;
 * young or middle aged men.


 * cía nâng-nâng àiⁿ;
 * this is something that everybody wants.


 * bô̤ nâng àiⁿ;
 * nobody wants it.


 * ŭ nâng àiⁿ;
 * some one wants it.


 * sĭ tī cêk nâng?
 * Which person is it?


 * nâng tàⁿ;
 * people say.


 * kìu nâng kâi sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;
 * saves people's lives.

nap

 * Mellow; plastic; yielding.
 * nêk nap, hó̤ căi;
 * its meat is tender and juicy, and is delicious.
 * its meat is tender and juicy, and is delicious.


 * thô̤ khah nap m̄ hó̤ cîah;
 * over-ripe peaches are not fit to eat.


 * thô nap-nap, o̤h kîaⁿ;
 * the soil is soft, and difficult to walk over.


 * nĕ ńng-nap ńng-nap;
 * very plastic, springy, or pliable.


 * màiⁿ thóiⁿ i cò̤ ńng-nap, hó̤ cîah;
 * don't think it is ripe and toothsome; don't think he is to be easily taken in.


 * To receive; to take; to enter into possession of.
 * tàⁿ khṳ̀, nâp a m̄ nâp?
 * Was what he said well received?
 * Was what he said well received?


 * tàⁿ kàu i hí nâp;
 * talked about it till he willingly accepted the proposition.


 * i tó̤ ciap-nâp nâng-kheh;
 * she is receiving visitors.


 * ciap-nâp thŵn tŏ̤-lí kâi nâng;
 * welcomes those who preach the doctrine.


 * cìeⁿ-sî jîeh nâp hok?
 * What good fortune have you met with lately?


 * nâp kâi chiap;
 * take a concubine.


 * chìe nâp;
 * receive with joy.


 * nâp būn tŏ̤ ke;
 * has domestic sorrow.