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 ment of dressed animal carcasses to offer to the gods.
 * cêk hù ngó-kúe tîh;
 * a set of fruit dishes.


 * ūe cò̤ ngó hok;
 * paint the five bats in different positions.


 * ngó căng lâk hú;
 * all the internal organs.


 * Men arranged by fives; a file of soldiers; a squad, a company; a comrade; to associate with.
 * hâng-ngó;
 * rank and file; in regular files.
 * rank and file; in regular files.


 * pái tūi-ngó chut lâi ngêng-cih;
 * paraded & company out, to meet and welcome.


 * i sĭ hâng-ngó chut sin, îaⁿ ngó kâi sṳ̄ i sêk;
 * he rose from the ranks, and is familiar with camp life.


 * ngŏ nâng ûi ngó;
 * five men form a sqaad.


 * sío-lí kio i téng-ngó;
 * ashamed to be in the same company with him.


 * Midday; south.
 * jît-thâu tng ngó;
 * the sun is on the meridian; it is just noon.
 * the sun is on the meridian; it is just noon.


 * cīeⁿ ngó, ĕ ngó;
 * forenoon and afternoon.


 * jît íⁿ-keng kùe ngó;
 * the sun has already past the zenith.


 * cîah ngó pn̄g ău cū lâi;
 * will come after the midday meal.


 * cŏ̤ hìang sĭ cìaⁿ cṳ́-ngó;
 * it sets due north and south.


 * tong ngó;
 * midday.


 * ngó sîah;
 * a midday banquet.


 * An image; a pair, a match, a mate; as an adverb, unpremeditatedly, accidentally.
 * ngó-sìeⁿ;
 * images; idols; a statue.
 * images; idols; a statue.


 * pài ngó-sìeⁿ;
 * worship idols.


 * ngó-ngŏ̤ sĭeⁿ tîeh;
 * happened to think of it.


 * cía sĭ ngó-jîen kâi sṳ̄;
 * this is a matter of course.


 * ngó-jṳ́ thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
 * chanced to see it.


 * i tŏ̤ sìo nî cū sit ngó;
 * he lost his mate in early life.


 * Disobedient; intractable; froward.
 * ngó-ngêk;
 * headstrong ; stiff in holding to one’s opinions, especially against superiors.
 * headstrong ; stiff in holding to one’s opinions, especially against superiors.


 * ngó tîeh i kâi ì;
 * go against his wishes.


 * hàu-sŭn hŵn seⁿ hàu-sŭn kíaⁿ, ngó-ngêk hŵn seⁿ ngŏ-ngêk jî;
 * the filial have filial children, the froward have froward sons.


 * The large rootstalk of the Nelumbrium, used for food.
 * ngŏ hún;
 * arrowroot.
 * arrowroot.


 * ngó-cak;
 * roots of the water-lily.


 * Five.
 * tŏiⁿ ngŏ;
 * the fifth.
 * the fifth.


 * ngŏ gûeh;
 * the fifth month.


 * ngŏ peh ngŏ câp ngŏ;
 * five hundred and fifty-five.


 * chiu ngŏ;
 * the fifth day of the month.


 * jîh-ngŏ;
 * twenty-five.


 * peh lâng ngŏ;
 * a hundred and five.


 * ngŏ choiⁿ lâng-lâng ngŏ; ngŏ khàng-khàng ngŏ;
 * five thousand and five.


 * ngŏ ngŏ jĭ-câp-ngŏ;
 * five times five are twenty-five.


 * ngŏ kìⁿ ngŏ;
 * once five is five.


 * jĭ ngŏ, cìn it câp;
 * twice five are ten.


 * saⁿ ngŏ it-câp-ngŏ;
 * thrice five are fifteen.


 * ngŏ kṳn ngŏ níe;
 * five pounds and five ounces.


 * câp-ngŏ phāng thiaⁿ;
 * a main room, having fifteen rows of tiles in its roof.


 * ngŏ koiⁿ kùe, thiaⁿ li jîh-ngŏ phāng;
 * five rooms in a row, the central one being the main room, with twenty-five rows of tiles in its roof.


 * The seventh of the twelve stems, symbolized by the horse.
 * ngŏ sî;
 * from 11 o'clock A.M. to 1 o'clock P.M.
 * from 11 o'clock A.M. to 1 o'clock P.M.


 * thóiⁿ sî-ceng li sĭ ngŏ sî cho̤;
 * it is just eleven by the clock.


 * ngŏ sî tong;
 * just noon.


 * ngŏ sî búe;
 * nearly one o'clock.


 * kah ngŏ nî;
 * a year that is first in the cycle of ten, and seventh in the cycle of twelve.


 * keⁿ ngŏ gûeh;
 * a month that is the seventh in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.


 * píaⁿ ngŏ jît;
 * a day that is the third in the cycle of ten and seventh in the cycle of twelve.


 * ngŏ-co̤h;
 * certain persons attached to the courts, whose decision at inquests is relied on, and their report taken; the term is also applied to those who enshroud the dead.
 * ngŏ-co̤h;
 * certain persons attached to the courts, whose decision at inquests is relied on, and their report taken; the term is also applied to those who enshroud the dead.


 * sí nâng cáu m̄ kùe ngŏ-coh chíu;
 * the dead cannot escape the hands of the coroners.

ngoi

 * To triturate.
 * ngói cò̤ bûah;
 * grind it to powder.
 * grind it to powder.


 * ngói lío cìaⁿ thai;
 * triturate and then sift it.


 * ngói cô̤;
 * a triturating trough.


 * ngói cô̤ lín;
 * a wheel used in grinding in a grinding trough.

ngoih

 * To gnash the teeth.
 * i ût lío hàuⁿ ngoih khí;
 * he is apt to grate his teeth when asleep.
 * he is apt to grate his teeth when asleep.

ngong

 * Clownish; rustic looking.
 * gûa mīn li ngōng-ngōng nē, tó lăi li cĕng-cĕng sim-sṳ̄;
 * appears very awkward and stupid, and is really full of astute projects.
 * appears very awkward and stupid, and is really full of astute projects.


 * i ngōng sĭ ngōng, cò̤ sṳ̄ sìn-sît;
 * his simplicity is real, he acts guilelessly.


 * i kâi īeⁿ seⁿ lâi ngōng-ngōng;
 * he has a rustic appearance.



ngo̤

 * Uninstructed; rude; stupid.
 * ngô̤ tĭ;
 * your humble servant.
 * your humble servant.


 * hó̤ kio hîen cía tâng sí, màiⁿ kio ngô̤ cía tâng seⁿ;
 * it is better to die with the wise than to live with the foolish.


 * i sĭm sĭ ngô̤-cwt;
 * he is