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18 ; bûa kàn nĕ kng-kng, cìe-kiⁿ nang;
 * use powder and rub it till it is very smooth, so you can see your face in it.


 * cîeh bûa kàu kng-kût kng-kût;
 * polish stones so that they shine.


 * bûa hun-kuah hún;
 * make potato flour.


 * bûa khàm;
 * to scan, in order to criminate the writer of a document.


 * bûa līen;
 * to pass through affliction.


 * màiⁿ bûa khah thíam;
 * do not grind him down too severely.


 * bûa-lêk khah thíam;
 * treated him with too extreme harshness.


 * bûa-lūi nâng;
 * to overbear people.


 * bûa kàu sí;
 * to treat so harshly as to kill.


 * kang ji chut thân, bûa cîaⁿ lău kâu;
 * when working people make themselves conspicuous they will get reduced to the condition of apes.


 * To drudge; to toil hard; to moil.
 * bûa mêⁿ;
 * to do night work.
 * to do night work.


 * màiⁿ bûa khah thíam;
 * do not toil too closely.


 * bûa khah hêk cū àiⁿ sieⁿ tîeh;
 * if you moil too severely you will suffer for it afterward.


 * To approach; to bring near; close beside; near to.
 * cha m̄ bûa;
 * cannot bring them together.
 * cannot bring them together.


 * màiⁿ cŏ̤ khah bûa;
 * do not sit too close to it.


 * kîaⁿ bûa lai sin piⁿ;
 * come up close beside me.


 * cûn sái bûa khàm-kha;
 * sail the boat close up to the bank.

buah


 * To smear; to daub; to rub on; to wipe away.
 * buah hún;
 * lay on a white cosmetic.
 * lay on a white cosmetic.


 * buah in-nî;
 * to put on rouge.


 * buah îeh;
 * to rub with a medicine.


 * buah îeh-ko̤;
 * smear with ointment.


 * buah pit;
 * to smear the pen in the ink.


 * cang îu buah thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
 * to put oil on the hair.


 * buah îu;
 * annoint.


 * buah khui;
 * to wipe away.


 * chíu buah m̄ khui, khîa ki to̤ lûi kĭo;
 * if you cannot wipe it off with you hand, get a knife and scrape it off.


 * buah tīo;
 * to erase by wiping; to blot out.


 * To set aside for a special purpose; to detach; to dispose according to a plan.
 * buah cò̤ kúi kò̤ eng;
 * apportion for use in several places.
 * apportion for use in several places.


 * hun-buah tīaⁿ-tîeh lío;
 * already apportioned.


 * cêk kò̤ àiⁿ buah jîeh cōi nâng khṳ̀?
 * How many persons are to be sent to each place?


 * buah ŭ jîeh cōi piaⁿ lâi?
 * How many soldiers are detached for this?


 * buah cí nâng khṳ̀ hṳ́ kò̤;
 * appoint this man to go there.


 * buah tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;
 * set on one side.


 * hun-buah m̄ khui;
 * could not distribute according to the plan fixed upon.


 * buah kang lâi;
 * come in at an interlude in the work.


 * buah phāng lâi;
 * come when there is an interval of leisure.


 * Fine dust; powder.
 * îeh bûah;
 * medicinal powders.
 * medicinal powders.


 * ngói bûah;
 * bray into powder.


 * àiⁿ ngói cò̤ sòi bûah tîeh ngói ìuⁿ-ìuⁿ;
 * if you wish to make fine powder, you must pulverize it till it is very small.


 * ngói bûah lío, kap cò̤ îeh-îⁿ;
 * when you have brayed it into a fine powder, then work it up into pills.


 * buah îeh-bûah;
 * apply a medicinal powder.


 * Cymbals.
 * i tó̤ phah bûah;
 * he is sounding the cymbals.
 * he is sounding the cymbals.

búangbuang [sic]


 * Disorderly; unseemly; wild; reckless.
 * khûang-búang căi;
 * frantically.
 * frantically.


 * búang cò̤, búang ûi;
 * disorderly conduct.


 * búang cṳ̆ cun tōa;
 * wildly boast of one's self.


 * chàu búang;
 * unseemly.


 * chŵn bô̤ búang suah peh-sèⁿ;
 * never executes people without reason.


 * ūe màiⁿ búang tàⁿ;
 * do not talk at random.


 * To disregard; to forget or neglect.
 * bûang pún;
 * forget a benefactor or parent.
 * forget a benefactor or parent.


 * bûang ṳn, hŭ ngĭ;
 * be ungrateful.


 * put lêng bûang chêng;
 * I can never forget this kindness.


 * ŭ kâi kìen bûang kâi pēⁿ;
 * is very forgetful, or absent minded.


 * cêk sî bûang-;
 * it slipped my mind at the moment.


 * Destroyed; lost; utterly gone.
 * sí bûang;
 * dead and gone.
 * dead and gone.


 * tīn bûang;
 * destroyed in battle.


 * păi bûang;
 * utterly defeated.


 * chut bûang;
 * a forgotten fugitive in other lands, as a refugee prince.


 * bûang mīaⁿ;
 * a ruined life.


 * bûang kok;
 * an extinct dynasty.


 * pāi kok bûang ke;
 * subvert the kingdom and destroy the house.


 * mît bûang;
 * no trace left.


 * The full of the moon.
 * suak bŭang;
 * the first and the fifteenth of the month.
 * the first and the fifteenth of the month.


 * câp-ngŏ jit kìe-cò̤ bŭang;
 * the fifteenth of the month is called the day of full moon.


 * tōa miaⁿ bŭang kâi nâng;
 * one whose name is widely known.


 * hó̤ mîaⁿ bŭang;
 * of good repute.


 * jît gûeh sie tùi kìe-cò̤ bŭang;
 * the sun and moon being opposite each other, they are said to be in opposition.