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22 sleep at all last night.
 * i sĭ ca-mn̂g-khí lâi a sĭ ca-ĕ-kùa lâi?
 * Did he come yesterday morning or yesterday afternoon?


 * sĭ ca-jît-tàu lâi;
 * he came yesterday noon.


 * To sigh.
 * ca-thàng;
 * to sigh or moan.
 * to sigh or moan.


 * A sour red fruit, a species of hawthorn.
 * suaⁿ-ca; sien-ca;
 * a sour fruit, the size of a cherry.
 * a sour fruit, the size of a cherry.


 * Anciently; formerly; a long time ago.
 * kó-cá;
 * in olden times.
 * in olden times.


 * ho̤h cá;
 * a considerable length of time since.


 * cá sî; cá nî;
 * in former times.


 * kim cá m̄ tâng;
 * it is not now as it-usedit used [sic] to be.


 * cá tiang-sî;
 * a long time ago.


 * cá-cá cū ŭ;
 * in very ancient times there were.


 * kó-cá kâi nâng;
 * people of olden times.


 * Early; betimes; soon.
 * khah cá;
 * too early.
 * too early.


 * thiⁿ-kng-cá;
 * at daylight.


 * kúaⁿ cá;
 * take time by the forelock.


 * cá pn̄g;
 * breakfast.


 * cá nî;
 * some years ago.


 * tâng-cá;
 * a little while ago.


 * tâng cá ŭ;
 * he had some just before.


 * cá sîn;
 * early dawn.


 * cá cē;
 * earlier.


 * cá cai ŭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa cĭu àiⁿ;
 * had I known before that there were such, I should have wanted some.


 * ṳ̆-pĭ cá cē;
 * be ready in good time.


 * úa tâng cá-cá thî-hûang i;
 * I gave him warning in good time.


 * cá khṳ̀, cá lâi;
 * the sooner you go the sooner you will get back.


 * cá chut, àm jîp;
 * go out for a long day's work.


 * cêk cá cĭu cáu-khí;
 * get up betimes.


 * cá tang, mn̄g tang;
 * the early and the late crop.


 * cá châng; mn̄g châng;
 * the first and the second rice crop of the year.


 * cá châng siu chek kâi sî-hāu, kìe-cò̤ cá tang;
 * the time of harvesting the first crop of the year is called the early harvest.


 * pó tōa cá a sĭ pó cá kíaⁿ?
 * Did you plant the early or the later sort?


 * cá mn̄g kâi sî-kè m̄ tâng;
 * prices are different at the two harvests.


 * úa tâng-cá cai;
 * I knew it before.


 * úa cá mn̄g cū kàu;
 * I am there early and late.


 * cá hŏ cá cêⁿ, ùaⁿ hŏ lâu mêⁿ;
 * if it rains early in the morning the sky will soon clear, but if it rains late in the afternoon, it will rain all night.


 * sĭ lṳ́ sĭang ŏi cá;
 * you are the one who can do it soonest.


 * cîah cá tê;
 * take tea early in the morning.


 * bŏi cá;
 * cannot be punctual.


 * To deceive; to feign; to delude; underhand.
 * kang-cà;
 * delusive.
 * delusive.


 * cà-ngŭi;
 * hypocritical.


 * cà lêk;
 * extort by a false claim.


 * cà-phìen;
 * fraudnlentfraudulent [sic],. [sic]


 * cà pēⁿ;
 * a feigned illness.


 * Fitful; for a moment.
 * cà lîang cà jûah;
 * now it is cold then it is warm; the weather is fitful.
 * now it is cold then it is warm; the weather is fitful.


 * cà sie cà chìn;
 * hot and cold alternately.


 * cà khin cà tăng;
 * better a little while and then worse again.


 * cà hŏ cà cêⁿ;
 * changeable weather, rain and sunshine alternating.


 * To shudder; the flesh creeping from awe or terror; horrified.
 * kiaⁿ kàu cêk sin cā-cā-kìe;
 * so frightened that my whole flesh crept.
 * so frightened that my whole flesh crept.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh koi-bó̤-phûe cā-cā-kìe lí-lí phû;
 * on seeing it my flesh crept and goose-pimples came up all over me.

 căⁿcaⁿ [sic]


 * To grapple from a deep place; to dredge for; to drag for.
 * căⁿ hṳ̂;
 * to dredge for fish.
 * to dredge for fish.


 * căⁿ ô̤;
 * to dredge for oysters.


 * căⁿ sap;
 * to dredge for the broken shells of which lime is made.

cah


 * To take along with one, as if in the girdle.
 * i ŭ cah lâi a bô̤?
 * Did she bring it with her?
 * Did she bring it with her?


 * sêng-pĭen cah lâi khṳt úa;
 * bring it along and give it to me at your convenience.


 * i cah ŭ jîeh cōi lâi?
 * How much did she bring with her?


 * ngŏ̤ i m̄ tîeh, cah khṳ̀ cah tńg lâi;
 * did not meet him, and so took it there and then brought it back again.


 * àm-cĕⁿ cah ki to̤ tŏ̤ saⁿ tói;
 * secretly carried along a knife inside his tunic.


 * To bare the arm.
 * cah chíu-ńg;
 * to roll up the sleeves.
 * to roll up the sleeves.


 * chíu-ńg cah phû cē;
 * roll your sleeves somewhat higher.


 * Anything placed to impede progress; to bar, as by a gate or stile.
 * câh-mn̂g;
 * a floodgate or turnstile.
 * a floodgate or turnstile.


 * kueⁿ câh-mn̂g;
 * close the flood-gate.


 * khui câh-mn̂g;
 * open the turnstile.


 * thóiⁿ-síu câh-mn̂g;
 * to watch the gate.


 * cíeⁿ câh-mn̂g kâi nâng;
 * the gate-keeper.


 * cúi-câh;
 * a lock in a canal.


 * koi câh, hāng câh;
 * barriers across streets or lanes.


 * cí tîo koi câh ku-ā kò̤;
 * tlus street is barred in several places.


 * hāng-thâu câh, hāng-búe câh;
 * both ends of the lane are barricaded.


 * ŭ kâi mn̂g câh tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * there was a door in the way.


 * mn̂g-câh;
 * a railing in a doorway.


 * câh cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
 * divided by a partition.


 * àiⁿ câh cò̤ síam a câh cò̤ chîeⁿ?
 * Will you partition it off by folding doors or by a wall?


 * kîe câh;
 * a railing