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nuih

 * To pick up; to gather up.
 * To pick up; to gather up.


 * hía cam li sòi ki, jĭm nuih, nuih m̄ khí;
 * the needle is so small I cannot pick it up.

nut

 * Sparing of words; slow of speech.
 * Sparing of words; slow of speech.


 * i ío nût, bô̤ hìeⁿ ŏi tàⁿ ūe;
 * he is sparing of words, and not much of a talker.


 * i chùi cn̂g kâi nût căi;
 * he is very unready of speech.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh nût-nût nē, ŭ cìaⁿ-keng chiet-ìo kâi ūe i īu ŏi tàⁿ;
 * he appears very quiet, but if there is any special or important subject for him to talk abont he can talk fluently enough.

o

 * Black; inky; dark; promiscuous; not reduced to order.
 * Black; inky; dark; promiscuous; not reduced to order.


 * o-a;
 * crow or a raven.


 * o-hek;
 * dense darkness; black as ink.


 * ēng o chiu îeh lâi ní;
 * take the dye that is used to darken the beard and dye it.


 * kui cṳ o-ŭ;
 * it brought me in nothing; it was an entire loss; it all came to nought.


 * o-hâh cṳ cèng;
 * a set of lawless fellows; roughs and vagabonds.


 * o pêh o pêh;
 * speckled black and white.


 * o hṳ̂;
 * the black-fish.


 * kún o;
 * trim with black.


 * kang o;
 * deep black.


 * o kî;
 * a black flag.


 * îu cò̤ o;
 * paint it black.


 * o-o sĭ jī, pêh-pêh sĭ cúa, úa m̄ pat i, i m̄ pat úa;
 * the black is letters, and the white is paper, that is all I know about literature.


 * pìn thiⁿ cn̂g kâi sĭ o hûn;
 * the whole sky is overcast with clouds.


 * A round shallow basket with vertical sides.
 * A round shallow basket with vertical sides.


 * bí ô;
 * rice basket.


 * pn̄g ô;
 * a basket for holding cooked rice.


 * ô kheng,
 * a clothes basket.


 * lîah ô;
 * a large grain basket.


 * ô kíaⁿ;
 * a small flat basket.


 * cîⁿ ô;
 * money basket.


 * A lake; a large pool.
 * A lake; a large pool.


 * ngó ô, sì hái;
 * the whole empire.


 * cí kâi nâng sĭ tó̤ cáu kang-ô;
 * this man is a great traveller.


 * lău kang-ô;
 * an old traveller.


 * lâi khṳ̀ sai-ô kò̤ thit-thô̤;
 * let us go to the western pools for recreation.


 * The taro, an edible tuber.
 * The taro, an edible tuber.


 * cúi ō;
 * the water taro.


 * cṳ̆ sòi, jû ō hîeh khâng cúi cu;
 * gently, as a taro leaf holds a dew-drop.


 * ō n̆ng;
 * small taro.


 * ō cu kíaⁿ;
 * dwarf taro.


 * kho̤ cē ō mûeⁿ;
 * make a stew of taro stalks.

oi

 * To hug; to lean on; loving.
 * To hug; to lean on; loving.


 * oi kŭn i sin-piⁿ;
 * snuggles up to her.


 * oi kàu bûa-bûa;
 * to hug close, (as a mother her child).


 * i cŏ̤ pàng kò̤ oi-oi úa-úa;
 * he lounges about when he sits.


 * i kiaⁿ-ùi nâng oi-khoi tîeh i;
 * he is afraid some one may lean on him; he is afraid he may have to spend something for some body.


 * oi-úa tŏ̤ i koiⁿ thâu;
 * leaning on his shoulder.


 * To crowd; contiguous; seriatim.
 * To crowd; contiguous; seriatim.


 * sie oi sie léng;
 * to jostle each other.


 * oi-oi cìⁿ-cìⁿ;
 * push and crowd.


 * oi tit kùe;
 * can crowd through.


 * oi bŏi tit kùe;
 * cannot shoulder my way through.


 * oi ke mn̂g-hŏ khṳ̀ chê;
 * go from door to door examining (as in taking a census).


 * oi tîeh kòng;
 * a selected sìu-châi, not yet a kṳ́-jîn.


 * oi chṳ̀ sŭ;
 * the next in regular sequence.


 * Low of stature ; dumpy.
 * Low of stature ; dumpy.


 * ói kíaⁿ;
 * a pigmy.


 * ói-jîn;
 * dwarfs.


 * ói-kha lô̤;
 * to waddle.


 * ói nâng thóiⁿ sṳ̄;
 * a dwarf beholding a play.


 * ói nâng to̤ sim sṳ̄;
 * small people are full of projects.


 * kìe kâi a-ói lâi thèⁿ;
 * get a dwarf to prop it up. (said in derision of inefficiency).


 * m̄ kûiⁿ, m̄ ói;
 * medium sized.


 * kûiⁿ kâi khah kûiⁿ, ói kâi khah ói;
 * they are all too tall or too short.


 * chn̂g khah ói;
 * the table is too squat.


 * màiⁿ teh ói khṳ̀;
 * do not crush him into a dwarf.


 * ói pûh chîak;
 * pursy.


 * ói sòi;
 * stumpy.


 * To force one’s way; to press forward.
 * To force one’s way; to press forward.


 * i li-li òi-bûa khṳ̀;
 * he kept pressing on toward it.


 * òi kàu hṳ́ piⁿ-piⁿ kò̤;
 * elbowed his way to the very edge of it.


 * cèng nâng toah côi cū òi jîp khṳ̀;
 * they all shouted in concert and forced their way in.


 * òi cìn-côiⁿ;
 * to press forward.


 * Shoes.
 * Shoes.


 * phûe ôi;
 * leather shoes.


 * tîn-ôi;
 * rattan slippers.


 * cúi ôi;
 * shoes impervious to water.


 * kang ôi;
 * shoes with felt soles.


 * châ ôi;
 * shoes with wooden soles.


 * cháu ôi;
 * straw sandals.


 * ôi tói;
 * the sole of a shoe.


 * óiôi [sic] mīn;
 * the uppers.


 * ôi thâu;
 * the toe.


 * ôi ău-teⁿ; ôi búe;
 * the heel.


 * ôi chîeⁿ;
 * the sides.


 * ôi phīⁿ;
 * the welts on the toe.


 * ôi phīⁿ sim;
 * the space between the welts.


 * ôi mn̂g;
 * the binding.


 * ôi kám;
 * the inside sole.


 * ôi lí;
 * the lining.


 * chĭeⁿ ôi;
 * to join the tops and soles.


 * pâk ôi tói;
 * make the soles.


 * tèng ôi;
 * to bind shoes.


 * só̤ ôi;
 * sew the seams in the uppers.


 * i cwn tó̤ côih ôi-mīn-thiap bōi nâng;
 * his business is solely that of cutting out the stiffening of the