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 * To move; to change the place or purpose of; to misapply.
 * î-nô̤ⁿ;
 * to hypothecate.


 * cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n sĭ ka-kī kâi, a sĭ tŏ̤ nâng kò̤ î-nô̤ⁿ lâi kâi?
 * Is the money his own, or did he get it from some one by giving a lien on what was bought with it?


 * Two.
 * ang cía nŏ̤ⁿ nâng cò̤-pû khṳ̀;
 * husband and wife both went.
 * husband and wife both went.


 * nín hiaⁿ tĭ nŏ̤ⁿ nâng hó̤ lâi;
 * both of you brothers may come.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ jît hŵn-lío būe hó̤;
 * two days have passed and still they are not done.


 * keh ke nŏ̤ⁿ jît;
 * after a lapse of two days.


 * ke nŏ̤ⁿ jît;
 * two days more.


 * ke nŏ̤ⁿ kâi khṳt úa;
 * gave me two more.


 * i nŏ̤ ciah mâk kim-kim tó̤ thóiⁿ;
 * he is gazing at it with all his eyes.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ ciah chíu phŏ̤ kín-kín;
 * hold it tightly with both hands.


 * nŏ̤ cîah kha cêk ciah ío tōa;
 * one of his feet is larger than the other.


 * taⁿ chûn bô̤ nŏ̤ tîo mô̤ⁿ;
 * he has now scarcely a hair left on his head.


 * pái nŏ̤ⁿ ciah íⁿ;
 * set two chairs in place.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ īe, tī īeⁿ hó̤;
 * of the two sorts, which is the better.


 * lâi nŏ̤ⁿ hûe lío;
 * he has been here twice already.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ tńg tīaⁿ;
 * only twice.


 * bô̤ nŏ̤ⁿ ē cū hó̤;
 * it will be done at a stroke.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ pái tàⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ khẃn;
 * at the two different times he talked about two different styles.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ koiⁿ keh piah;
 * two adjoining rooms.


 * kêh cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ kûeh;
 * divide it into two.


 * úa tàⁿ ke nŏ̤ⁿ kù ūe lío;
 * I want to say a word or two more.


 * ŭ saⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ kâi tīaⁿ;
 * have only two or three.


 * bô̤ nŏ̤ⁿ īeⁿ sim;
 * have no two minds about it.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ to̤ sie pìaⁿ pit ŭ cêk to̤ khih;
 * when two knives clash one of them will certainly be nicked.


 * nŏ̤ în lâu;
 * a two storey building.


 * cò̤ ke nŏ̤ⁿ keh tâh-pō-câng;
 * make two more steps in the stairs.


 * lih cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ pôiⁿ;
 * tear it in two.


 * peh cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ kò̤;
 * a break it in two with the fingers.


 * á cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ kûeh;
 * wrench it in two.


 * cih cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ têng;
 * fold it so as to make two layers.


 * thâh cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ thâh;
 * pile them up in two piles.


 * lâu nŏ̤ⁿ phuah chiu;
 * let two tufts of beard grow out.


 * múeⁿ tǹg sĭ sì pûaⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ úaⁿ;
 * at each meal there are four dishes of solid and two of fluid food.


 * i nŏ̤ⁿ kâi bó, cìaⁿ seⁿ nŏ̤ⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;
 * his two wives bore him two sons.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ tîo lō sûi lṳ́ kîaⁿ;
 * take whichever you please of the two roads.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ mn̂g sûi lṳ́ jîp;
 * enter which you please of the two doors.


 * nō̤ⁿ [sic] suaⁿ sie thâh, chíaⁿ chut;
 * one mountain on top of another (makes the letter which stands for “exit”), please take youyour [sic] departure.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ koiⁿ phah thàng cò̤ cêk koiⁿ;
 * make two rooms into one.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ ki ûi;
 * two-masted.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ phìⁿ mn̂g;
 * double doors.


 * àiⁿ cò̤ cò̤ nŏ̤ⁿ keh a saⁿ keh?
 * Do you want it made with two compartments or with three?


 * mín nŏ̤ⁿ tàⁿ cū tĭⁿ;
 * it will take less than two loads to fill it.


 * cêk thâu m̄ cai nŏ̤ⁿ kûeh jît;
 * those on one side of a disk do not know what is on the other side.


 * nŏ̤ⁿ úaⁿ khap cò̤ cêk úaⁿ;
 * turn the contents of the two bowls into one.


 * cêk īeⁿ cṳ́ keⁿ, ío ŭ nŏ̤ⁿ īeⁿ bī;
 * in one mess of pottage there cannot be two different flavours.


 * Anger, wrath; fury; ire; passion; to get in a rage.
 * chok tîeh i kâi nō̤ⁿ;
 * excited his wrath.
 * excited his wrath.


 * cêk sî hwt nō̤ⁿ;
 * suddenly came incensed.


 * pău nō̤ⁿ sieⁿ kuaⁿ;
 * violent passion injures the liver.


 * A final particle, denoting certainty.
 * hēⁿ nō̤ⁿ;
 * yes, to be sure.
 * yes, to be sure.


 * hó̤ nō̤ⁿ;
 * that will do very well.


 * m̄-ùi nō̤ⁿ;
 * there is nothing to fear.


 * khîeh nō̤ⁿ;
 * take it, certainly.

 === nuaⁿ ===
 * To stop; to hinder; to embarrass.
 * bô̤ nâng káⁿ lâi nûaⁿ-có̤;
 * no one dare come and put a stop to it.
 * no one dare come and put a stop to it.


 * bô̤ có̤ bô̤ nûaⁿ, tît-tît cū kàu hṳ́-kò̤;
 * no interference nor impediment, so that we went there straightway [sic].


 * nûaⁿ kīe jîp-tîaⁿ;
 * embarrass the sedan in entering the court-yard.


 * nûaⁿ lō chíeⁿ kiap;
 * waylay and rob.


 * nûaⁿ côih tŏ̤ iò lō kò̤;
 * beset them in the pass.


 * nûaⁿ m̄ cŭ;
 * could not stop them.


 * A pen; a railing.
 * céⁿ nûaⁿ;
 * a well-curb.
 * a well-curb.


 * gû nûaⁿ;
 * a cattle pen.


 * Saliva.
 * lâu nŭaⁿ;
 * to drool.
 * to drool.


 * nŭaⁿ-cúi kī-kī lâu;
 * the saliva ran out continually.


 * jíang kàu âu bô̤ nŭaⁿ;
 * shrieked till my throat was parched.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ tăm nŭaⁿ;
 * seeing it makes his mouth water.


 * cêk mn̂g-khí khí-lâi kâi chùi seⁿ lô̤ nŭaⁿ;
 * when I get up in the morning my mouth tastes badly.


 * lâu nŭaⁿ, lâu phûeh;
 * froth at the mouth.


 * chàu nŭaⁿ kôi;
 * fetid secretions from the mouth.


 * phùi nŭaⁿ;
 * to spit.


 * Rotten; corrupted; running, as an old sore; over-ripe; pulpy.
 * i cêk sin ŏi phùa nūaⁿ;
 * he is covered with old sores.
 * he is covered with old sores.


 * ciu sin mîⁿ-mîⁿ nūaⁿ-nūaⁿ;
 * his whole body is putrescent.


 * àu kàu nūaⁿ;
 * so rotten as to be putrid.


 * nūaⁿ châ m̄ hó̤ tio;
 * rotten wood is not good to whittle.


 * cù nūaⁿ;
 * worm eaten.


 * àiⁿ cṳ́ kàu i nūaⁿ tîeh ho̤h cōi thùaⁿ;
 * to cook it till it is pulpy will take a deal of coal.

