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 * An interjection, expressing satisfaction.
 * ō̤, sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * Oh, that is the way it is.


 * ŏ̤, sĭ lṳ́;
 * Oh, it is you.


 * ŏ̤, úa li m̄ cai;
 * Oh, I was not before aware of it.

 

o̤h

 * To hiccough; to eructate.
 * phah o̤h;
 * to belch or hiccough.
 * to belch or hiccough.


 * i cong-kú phah o̤h sĭ ŭ pēⁿ;
 * if he belches continually, he is surely ill.


 * khó sái o̤h;
 * hiccough because of sour stomach.


 * Hard, difficult; not easy or pleasant; irksome, fatiguing.
 * o̤h pat;
 * difficult to comprehend.
 * difficult to comprehend.


 * mih sṳ̄ to o̤h;
 * every thing is irksome.


 * cía àiⁿ sêng, cóng o̤h;
 * it is going to be difficult to compass this.


 * cí tîo lō o̤h kîaⁿ;
 * this road is a tiresome one.


 * cía îeh bŏi o̤h cîah;
 * this medicine is not hard to take.


 * o̤h kâi jī i m̄ pat;
 * he does not know the hard letters.


 * jṳ̂-jṳ̂, o̤h it-tit;
 * it is not well arranged, and is hard to remember.


 * To narrate; to tell the particulars.
 * ô̤h kó;
 * tell stories.
 * tell stories.


 * úa ôh lṳ́ thiaⁿ;
 * I tell you about it.


 * i ô̤h kàu cêk tîo;
 * he repeated one line.


 * ô̤h i kâi ūe khṳt nâng thiaⁿ;
 * repeat his words for others to hear.


 * i hun-hù i màiⁿ kio nâng ô̤h;
 * she told him not to tell any body.


 * lṳ́ hó̤ ô̤h i cai;
 * you make it known to him.


 * To learn; to practise; to imitate.
 * i m̄ khéng ô̤h;
 * he is unwilling te learn.
 * he is unwilling te learn.


 * cìn ô̤h; jîp ô̤h;
 * to enter school.


 * ngĭ ô̤h;
 * a free school.


 * ô̤h sîp;
 * to learn.


 * ô̤h bú;
 * learn military tactics.


 * ô̤h tn̂g;
 * school-house.


 * ô̤kô̤h [sic] kuaⁿ;
 * superintendent of schools.


 * ô̤h keng;
 * a government district school.


 * chut gūa îu ô̤h;
 * travel for information.


 * i mih sṳ̄ to ô̤h tît lâi;
 * he can learn anything.


 * ô̤h ŭ cêk īeⁿ kang-hu chíu-gōi tŏ̤ sin;
 * has learned a trade.


 * i ô̤h ŭ jîeh kú?
 * How long has he been practising it?


 * ô̤h chùi ô̤h cîh;
 * to mimic.


 * ô̤h i kâi īeⁿ;
 * follow his example.


 * ô̤h hó̤;
 * practise what is good.



pa

 * A father.
 * sĭ úa kâi a-pa;
 * it is my papa.
 * it is my papa.


 * i ŭ a-pa hó̤ úa;
 * he has his father to depend upon.


 * A classifier of slaps with the hand; a clap; sign of the optative.
 * pa put tit cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;
 * would that I could bring it to completion.
 * would that I could bring it to completion.


 * pa tāu; pa tāu cí;
 * the croton-oil fruit.


 * pa-cíeⁿ;
 * the palm of the hand.


 * cang pa-cíeⁿ phah i;
 * slapped him with his open hand.


 * cang pa-cíeⁿ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe lâi, hìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe khṳ̀;
 * slapped him on one side with one hand and on the other side with the other hand.


 * i khṳt i tōa nâng cang pa-cíeⁿ piang kàu hṳ́ pôiⁿ hĭⁿ thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
 * she was boxed by one of the elders of her family so that she is deaf in one ear.


 * búe-pa;
 * the flat part of the tail of an animal.


 * îeⁿ-búe pa;
 * sheep’s tails.


 * têk búe pa;
 * deer’s tails.


 * To tease, to plague; to meddle with; to handle.
 * i tó̤ pa-lói i kâi;
 * he is teasing her.
 * he is teasing her.


 * i kâi láu-láu-sît-sît, nín àiⁿ pa-lói i mih sṳ̄?
 * He never does harm to any one, what are you plaguing him for?


 * i to sĭ tó̤ pin-tǹg pa-lói i kâi;
 * they are always making game ofhim.


 * i tó̤ pa-lói cîah;
 * she is preparing the meal.


 * Perhaps; perchance.
 * pa-lak úa ka-kī àiⁿ khṳ̀;
 * perhaps I shall myself go.
 * perhaps I shall myself go.


 * pa-lak ŏi tit hó̤;
 * possibly it may be completed.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤, pa-lak bŏi hŭam cŭe;
 * in thus doing, it may be that no sin will be committed.


 * pa-cie;
 * a banana.
 * pa-cie;
 * a banana.


 * pa-cie sìⁿ;
 * a fan shaped like a plantain leaf.


 * To eat enough; satisfied; gratified; satiated.
 * cîah pá;
 * finished his meal.
 * finished his meal.


 * cîah būe pá;
 * has not yet finished his meal.


 * cîah cîaⁿ pá;
 * is just through eating.


 * cîah m̄ pá;
 * did not eat all I wanted.


 * màiⁿ cîah khah pá;
 * do not eat to repletion.


 * i sĭ pá hâk kâi nâng;
 * he is a very learned man.


 * i kâi mīn-sì thêng pá-múaⁿ;
 * he has a full round face.


 * ki pá îu jîn;
 * hunger and fullness are much as people please.


 * thóiⁿ kàu pá;
 * looked at it as long as I wish to.


 * cē thóiⁿ cū pá;
 * the sight of it is enough.


 * thóiⁿ lío, tó ŏi pá a bŏi?
 * Did you see enough of it?


 * khṳt i cîah pá-pá, sí lío hó̤ cò̤ kâi pá kúi;
 * give him all he can eat, and when he is dead he will be a contented ghost.


 * pá cîah m̄ jû pá ût;
 * eating enough is not so good as sleeping enough.


 * tìeⁿ kàu pá-pá;
 * stuffed as full as is can be.


 * bô̤ chài le pn̄g tîeh cîah pá cē;
 * since there are no side-dishes, you must eat the more of the rice.


 * chíaⁿ a-îⁿ lâi pá pn̄g;
 * ask your aunt to come to supper now.


 * To seize; to hold for the purpose of using; to grasp; to lay hold of; to take a thing to be; to consider as.
 * pá-cáng;
 * an ensign in the army.
 * an ensign in the army.


 * lṳ́ pá i thóiⁿ