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390 *
 * A reply in answer to a call, or order; assent or approval.
 * i íⁿ-keng hṳ́-nâp;
 * he has already promised.


 * ŏ̤ mông kim nâp;
 * I am under great obligation to you for your sure promise.


 * i ìn-nâp kùe úa;
 * he has agreed to it.

nau

 * nau-sa;
 * a mineral found in the salt lakes of Thibet; it is impure sal-ammoniac, with traces of sulphur.
 * a mineral found in the salt lakes of Thibet; it is impure sal-ammoniac, with traces of sulphur.


 * Anger; fury; ire; to get in a passion.
 * náu kàu m̄ cîah;
 * so angry he would not eat.
 * so angry he would not eat.


 * náu-khì sieⁿ kuaⁿ;
 * rage injures the liver.


 * náu mâk siang sì;
 * eyed each other angrily.


 * náu chong-chong;
 * went off in a great rage.


 * tăi náu;
 * a towering passion.


 * kâi náu kìe-sĭ cò̤-nî?
 * What is it that has excited his anger?


 * náu-hṳ̆n i;
 * enraged at him.


 * hwt náu;
 * get angry.


 * The brain; the head.
 * thâu-náu;
 * the head.
 * the head.


 * cí cho̤h nâng bô̤ thâu bô̤ náu;
 * these people have no one who acts as leader among them.


 * tī-tîang tŏ̤ cò̤ thâu-náu?
 * Who acts as the head man?


 * ău-náu;
 * the back of the head.


 * náu ău;
 * behind the head.


 * i àiⁿ kio i kâi náu-tài sńg;
 * he wants him to risk his head.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ to bô̤ kù náu-tài;
 * he takes no thought for his own head, in what he is doing.


 * Granulations, as in the eyelids; healthy granulations on a sore.
 * náu nêk;
 * granulations.
 * granulations.


 * khṳ̀ tīo náu nêk;
 * reduce the granulations.


 * To sprain; to wrench; to twist.
 * i nău tîeh ie ciah kut;
 * he has sprained his back.
 * he has sprained his back.


 * i kâi kha nău tîeh;
 * his foot is sprained.


 * Noisy wrangling; to make a disturbance; to embroil; strife for precedence.
 * ŭ nău sṳ̄;
 * there is a rumpus.
 * there is a rumpus.


 * hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ nău sṳ̄;
 * tell him not to make a disturbance.


 * ciu-jît to sĭ nău cíu;
 * carouse all day long.


 * tăi nău cêk tîeⁿ;
 * a great row.


 * i cē khṳ̀ cū nău chut sṳ̄;
 * as soon as he goes, a disturbance arises.


 * ang cía châu-nău mih sṳ̄?
 * What are the husband and wife wrangling about?


 * líang ke sie châu-nău;
 * the two are berating each other noisily.


 * tăi nău hue-teng;
 * a strife for precedence in a display of transparencies.


 * nău hok-sek;
 * strive to make the greatest display in dress.


 * nău-kìa-cṳ́;
 * make a great display.


 * nău phài thâu;
 * emulate each other in display.


 * nău phî-khì;
 * a quarrelsome temper.


 * A cross bow; a balista; it is sometimes made to shoot several darts, and is set as a trap for animals.
 * tìeⁿ nău-cìⁿ lâi sīa hóⁿ;
 * set a balista to shoot tigers.
 * set a balista to shoot tigers.


 * bw̄n nău côi hwt;
 * all the cross-bows discharged at once.

ne

 * Chill; cool; lonesome; dull.
 * né lô̤h;
 * lonely.
 * lonely.


 * né-né lô̤h-lô̤h;
 * comfortless.


 * né-taⁿ;
 * solitary.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh né-né tăⁿ-tăⁿ;
 * looks very solitary and lonesome.


 * né chìe;
 * smile coldly.


 * phah lô̤h né keng;
 * sent to the palace for discarded concubines.


 * né ngán thóiⁿ i;
 * looks coldly on him.


 * bô̤ né bô̤ jûah;
 * neither duller nor livelier, but always just so.


 * ŭ né ŭ jûah;
 * sometimes dull, and sometimes bustling.


 * hâng né;
 * dull, as business.


 * phah né úa kâi sim-tn̂g;
 * chills my affections.


 * nâng-chêng né lẃn;
 * his feelings are very changeable.


 * A curtain.
 * nê-sùaⁿ; tōa nê-sùaⁿ;
 * an umbrella having an embroidered valance depending from its edges.
 * an umbrella having an embroidered valance depending from its edges.


 * To hang, as clothes on a line.
 * nê saⁿ-khò;
 * hang up clothes to dry.
 * hang up clothes to dry.


 * nê khṳt i phâk;
 * hang it out to sun.


 * khò mó̤ nê-pàng nâng kùe lō kò̤;
 * do not hang the trowsers where they will be seen by passers by.


 * A particle intensifying the meaning of the following adjective.
 * nĕ tōa-tōa;
 * very large indeed.
 * very large indeed.


 * nĕ kng-kng;
 * very bright.


 * nĕ àm-àm;
 * very dark indeed.


 * An interrogative particle, implying doubt; an affirmative particle.
 * tī-tîang kio lṳ́ tàⁿ nē?
 * Who told you that?
 * Who told you that?


 * i ŭ sĭm-mih pēⁿ nē?
 * What is his disease?


 * i cò̤-nî m̄ cîah nē?
 * What is the reason he does not eat?


 * cí kâi tŏ̤-lí cò̤-nî káng-kìu nē?
 * How is this doctrine explained?


 * cò̤ hàu hó̤-hó̤ nē;
 * do it very nicely now.


 * sueh kaù mêng-pêh mêng-pêh nē, khṳt i thiaⁿ;
 * explain it very fully now, and let him hear you.


 * kîaⁿ méⁿ-méⁿ nē;
 * go along very fast now.


 * An adverbial particle, implying certainty;
 * it adds force to the sense by making a pause at a word.
 * it adds force to the sense by making a pause at a word.