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444 pôiⁿ;
 * the river divides into two branches.


 * kîaⁿ kàu cí kò̤ pun cò̤ ku-ā tîo lō;
 * at this point the road divides into several branches.


 * thàng cîⁿ pêⁿ pun;
 * divide the earnings equally.


 * pun sùaⁿ; pun khui;
 * to separate.


 * kîaⁿ kàu pùaⁿ lō cū pun lō;
 * half way there the road divides.


 * A sign of the passive voice, showing that what follows was suffered or done.
 * i pun nâng khi-hŭ;
 * he was imposed upon by people.
 * he was imposed upon by people.


 * nín sĭ àiⁿ pun nâng o̤-ló̤ a sĭ àiⁿ pun nâng mēⁿ?
 * Do you want people to praise you or to blame you?


 * pun kuaⁿ-hú lîah khṳ̀;
 * seized by the magistrate.


 * pun i cŭang tîeh;
 * suffered from the force of the collisoncollision [sic].


 * pun i nâk tîeh;
 * was clutched by him.


 * To give to; to supply; to afford opportunity.
 * cí kĭaⁿ mûeh khîeh khṳ̀ pun i;
 * take this and give it to him.
 * take this and give it to him.


 * bô̤ mûeh hó̤ pun i;
 * I have nothing to give him.


 * koiⁿ chù pun i tīn;
 * gave him a house to live in.


 * cho̤h châng pun i sĭu co;
 * allowed him to receive the rent of a piece of ground.


 * cài kiah ke nŏ̤ koiⁿ phò pun i, i àiⁿ i buah ke koiⁿ pun i;
 * after he had set aside two more shops for her, she wanted him to set apart another one for her.


 * lṳ́ pun úa thóiⁿ;
 * let me see it.


 * i ā-sĭ keh sek cū màiⁿ pun i cîah;
 * if he is disobedient, do not give him anything to eat.


 * kâi tī-tîang pun lṳ́ kâi?
 * Who gave it to you?


 * Native; proper; appropriate to; one's own.
 * bûang pún;
 * to forget one's parents.
 * to forget one's parents.


 * pún lâi úa m̆ khṳ̀;
 * I should not have gone of myself.


 * pún-tī nâng;
 * natives.


 * hó̤ pún-sṳ̄;
 * capable; clever.


 * i kâi pún-nía tōa căi;
 * he has great abilities.


 * a-pún;
 * a clerk or secretary in a yamun.


 * Ordure; filth; muck; dung; manure.
 * cêk bó châng ēng lô̤h jîeh cōi pûi-pùn?
 * How much fertilizing matter must be put on one acre of ground?
 * How much fertilizing matter must be put on one acre of ground?


 * put tīo tŏ-pùn;
 * clear away the rubbish.


 * pùn-mn̂g;
 * the anus.


 * pùn-ki;
 * a dust hod.


 * pùn tî;
 * a dust hole.


 * èng pùn;
 * to put on liquid manure.


 * To blow with the mouth.
 * pûn hō̤ tâng;
 * sound a signal horn.
 * sound a signal horn.


 * pûn hûeⁿ têk;
 * play on a flute.


 * pûn ti-tâ;
 * play on a pipe.


 * pûn pi;
 * blow a pipe.


 * pûn pu;
 * blow a trumpet.


 * pûn ki-kû;
 * blow on a whistle.


 * pûn hăⁿ-haⁿ;
 * make a low hoarse sound on a wind instrument.


 * pûn phak tī hóⁿ;
 * blow, and make a sound like the roaring of a crouched tiger.


 * pûn kùe teng;
 * blow out the lamp.


 * pûn chìn cē;
 * cool by blowing.


 * pûn huang;
 * blow upon.


 * To expel the breath forcibly; to puff; to spurt.
 * pûn cúi;
 * spurt water out of the mouth.
 * spurt water out of the mouth.


 * mâk eng tîeh, úa kio lṳ́ cē pûn cū hó̤;
 * if you have dust in your eye, I will blow it out for you.


 * in to sĭ pûn chut lâi;
 * it keeps puffing out smoke.


 * hueh tît pûn;
 * the blood spurts straight out.


 * Rude, doltish, dull.
 * cho-pŭn;
 * coarse and awkwordawkward [sic]; ungainly.
 * coarse and awkwordawkward [sic]; ungainly.


 * i kâi nâng seⁿ lâi cho-pŭn, i kâi cò̤-sṳ̄ īa cū cho-pŭn;
 * he is himself uncouth, and his conduct also is boorish.


 * mûeh-kĭaⁿ cò̤ chut lâi thóiⁿ tîeh īa cho-pŭn, to̤ m̄ ìuⁿ-sìu;
 * the things that he makes have all a rough and rude look and are never delicate and elegant.

put
 * An adverb of negation.
 * put khó̤;
 * not feasible; unfitting.
 * not feasible; unfitting.


 * put lêng;
 * unable.


 * put pĭen;
 * inconvenient.


 * put sìo;
 * disobedient.


 * put pit;
 * uncertain.


 * put mêng put pêh;
 * not lucid.


 * put ciet, put lî;
 * neither instantly nor remotely.


 * bô̤ só̤ put lí;
 * there is nothing that is not under his control.


 * bô̤ nâng káⁿ tàⁿ kâi put jī;
 * nobody dared disagree with him.


 * it put cò̤, jī put hiuⁿ;
 * well, I'm in for it and I'll now go through with it.


 * put sam put sṳ̀;
 * neither the one thing nor the other.


 * i lâi sĭu put sĭ;
 * he has come to make acknowledgment of an error.


 * put jît cū kàu;
 * he will be here erelong.


 * put jû màiⁿ khṳ̀;
 * it would be better not to go.


 * put ieh, jṳ̂ tâng;
 * without a promise it would be the same.


 * khṳ̀ kàu, i put ciu, put chái;
 * on our arrival, he took no notice of us.


 * put tŏng put khien;
 * appears out of his element; looks as if it were done by one unaccustomed to the thing; unsystematic and incomplete.


 * put jîen;
 * on the contrary.


 * hûa-hùi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n put cíe;
 * spent no small amount of money.


 * i tó lăi put tău-háu;
 * he is ill at ease.


 * To lift with both hands.
 * saⁿ kṳ put phû cìaⁿ bŏi tâh tîeh;
 * lift your dress and then you won't step on it.
 * lift your dress and then you won't step on it.


 * khò put phû cìaⁿ bŏi mûeh tâm;
 * hold up your trowsers and then they will not get wet.


 * kûn put phû cìaⁿ bŏi kûe tîeh kha;
 * raise your skirt, then it will not get in the way of your feet.