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Rh : when he heard it, he thought he would rather die.
 * ka-kī cṳ̆ ngw̆n cò̤;
 * did it of his own free will.


 * jû ā sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa kâi ngw̆n cū cok;
 * if that is the way it is to be, my desires are satisfied.


 * sĭ úa ngw̆n kâi;
 * it is what I desired.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ chêng, m̄ ngw̆n;
 * he does it very unwillingly.


 * bô̤ cêk nâng ngw̆n;
 * no one was willing.


 * sĭ i kâi sim só̤ ngw̆n;
 * it is what his heart desires.


 * ngŵn kio i tam-sêng;
 * is willing to guarantee it.


 * A vow.
 * hwt ngw̄n; hĕ ngw̄n;
 * make a vow.
 * make a vow.


 * hòiⁿ ngw̄n;
 * pay a vow.


 * būe cêng kói ngw̄n;
 * not yet free from his vow.

ni


 * To take, to get; to bring or carry in the hand.
 * ni lâi khṳt úa;
 * bring it to me.
 * bring it to me.


 * lóng-cóng ni khṳ̀;
 * take them all along.


 * màiⁿ thau ni thau nueh;
 * do not pilfer any of it.


 * khòi m̄ cêng ni lâi;
 * the deed has not been brought.


 * Milk.
 * ni-bó̤; a foster mother.
 * gû-ni;
 * cow's milk.
 * cow's milk.


 * chī ni;
 * to rear on milk.


 * cí hûe ni cūn lâi;
 * the milk has just come in her breast.


 * lût gû-ni;
 * to milk a cow.


 * i seⁿ ni iong, tîeh ēng sĭm-mih îeh lâi ui?
 * She has a broken breast, what should be used as a remedy?


 * i kâi ni-cap khah cheng;
 * her milk is too thin.


 * i kâi ni-cap lông;
 * her milk is rich.


 * To set right; to patch up; to help along; to supplement the efforts of another.
 * thĕng úa lâi kio lṳ́ ní-phông kàu ŵn-chŵn;
 * wait until I take hold along with you and set it completely right.
 * wait until I take hold along with you and set it completely right.


 * cía sĭ cèng nâng kio i ní-phông kâi;
 * this was done in his behalf by all unitedly.


 * jw̆n ní-phông, ní-phông m bûa;
 * however much we try to reconcile the difficulty, there seems to be no way of compassing it.


 * tăi-ke phêng-íu hùe cài lâi kâi i ní-phông, bú-pit àiⁿ ní-phông kàu sêng;
 * let all his friends again take hold and help him, and they will surely bring it to pass this time.


 * sie-hŭ ní-phông;
 * help rectify the blunder.


 * To dye; to color.
 * ní phò;
 * a dyer's shop.
 * a dyer's shop.


 * àiⁿ ní cò̤ kang-cheⁿ kâi;
 * wish to have it dyed brown.


 * i tó̤ khui ní pâng;
 * he has a dyeing establishment.


 * ní kàu bŏi thò̤ sek;
 * dyed a fast color.


 * ní kang hó̤ căi, ní lío bŏi pìen sek;
 * the dyeing is well done and the colors will not change.


 * The royal signet.
 * gêk-ní;
 * the great seal.
 * the great seal.


 * i tit tîeh thŵn kok kâi gêk-ní;
 * he received the state seal.


 * gêk-ní khṳt i pì cáu;
 * the great seal was carried off by him on his back.


 * Mud; soil; mire.
 * thô nî ;
 * clay, mud, soil.
 * clay, mud, soil.


 * i cò̤ sṳ̄ thoa nî thoa cúi;
 * he does a thing as if he were being dragged to it through mud and water.


 * nî-cúi chīeⁿ;
 * a mason.


 * Viscid juice or dried gum.
 * in-nî;
 * cosmetics.
 * cosmetics.


 * buah in-nî;
 * use cosmetics.


 * chīu nî;
 * the juices of a tree.


 * chêng chīu nî;
 * the sap of the banyan.


 * in-nî hún;
 * white cosmetic.


 * nî lâu-lâu;
 * the juice flows.


 * Woolen cloth; broadcloth.
 * nî pò;
 * woolens.
 * woolens.


 * lâm nî;
 * blue flannel.


 * o nî;
 * black broadcloth.


 * nî kah-kíaⁿ;
 * a sleeveless jacket of broadcloth.


 * nî bé-kùa;
 * a cloth riding jacket.


 * cò̤-nî;
 * why, how, what.
 * why, how, what.


 * i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
 * What did he say?


 * tîeh cò̤-nî cò̤ cìaⁿ hó̤?
 * What is the best thing to be done?


 * lṳ́ cò̤-nî tàⁿ cía ūe?
 * Why do you speak thus?


 * nî-ko;
 * a Buddhist nun.
 * a Buddhist nun.


 * nî-ko am;
 * a nunnery.


 * A year, a revolution of the seasons; the years one has reached.
 * kim nî; kin nî;
 * this year.
 * this year.


 * kū nî;
 * last year.


 * mêⁿ nî;
 * next year.


 * ău nî;
 * year after next; in after years.


 * tōa ău nî;
 * the year after year-after-next.


 * côiⁿ nî;
 * year before last, or in former years, (according to the emphasis, whether placed or the first or the second syllable).


 * tōa côiⁿ nî;
 * the year before year-before-last.


 * kṳ̆n nî; hīn nî;
 * of late years.


 * kú nî;
 * many years ago.


 * soiⁿ nî;
 * in former years.


 * cīeⁿ nî;
 * in other years.


 * kó-cá nî;
 * in olden times.


 * ĕ nî;
 * in coming years.


 * lâng nî;
 * a few years.


 * kúi nî;
 * several years.


 * choiⁿ nî peh nî to m̄ lâi;
 * has not been here for ages.


 * i jîeh cōi nî-khí?
 * Of what age is he?


 * ŭ nî-hùe kâi nâng;
 * one advanced in years.


 * i kâi nî-hùe khin;
 * he is not advanced in years.


 * sìo nî nâng;
 * a young person.


 * cheⁿ nî chut sṳ̆, lău nî cìaⁿ cò̤ kuaⁿ;
 * if one takes degrees in youth, he fills office in old age.


 * i kim nî jîeh cōi hùe?
 * What is his age this year?


 * íen nî;
 * long years ago.


 * hn̆g nî kâi sṳ̄;
 * what occurred many years since.