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 * To patrol; to act as scout; a guard-station.
 * hám i khṳ̀ sûn-sàu;
 * tell him to go and cruise about on guard.


 * sàu kuaⁿ;
 * officers in charge of garrisons and stations.


 * sĭ có̤-sàu kâi kuaⁿ a sĭ ĭu-sàu?
 * Is it the officer in charge of the right or of the left wing of the garrison?


 * sàu-thàm;
 * to spy, to scout around.


 * sàu cûn;
 * a vessel stationed on guard.


 * A sheath, a scabbard.
 * keng cĭeⁿ hîⁿ;
 * all in readiness with bow strung and knife unsheathed.
 * all in readiness with bow strung and knife unsheathed.


 * 64 To sweep, to brush, to clean up, to clear off, to rid; a broom.
 * khîeh sàu-síu khṳ̀ sàu;
 * take a broom and sweep.
 * take a broom and sweep.


 * màiⁿ sàu kàu phông-phông eng;
 * do not raise a cloud of flying dust in sweeping.


 * tîeh bū cúi lío cìaⁿ lâi sàu, sàu ĺio thô-hún cìaⁿ bŏi eng múaⁿ-kò̤,;
 * [sic] you must sprinkle the place by blowing water from your month, before you sweep, then when you have swept the dust will not settle upon every thing.


 * sàu hèng;
 * to spoil the pleasure; to take away the enjoyment.


 * cho̤h sìo-bâk sàu kàu cheng-khih;
 * cleared up all the accounts.


 * i ā sĭ lâi tîeh khîa sàu-síu-thâu lâi cì i;
 * if he comes you must take the broom-stick to him.


 * khîa sàu-síu-pèⁿ;
 * pound him with the broom-handle.


 * lêng-ūaⁿ tàu ki sin kâi sàu-síu;
 * put a new broom on to the handle.


 * tek-soi-sàu;
 * a besom of bamboo twigs.


 * chn̂g-téng tîeh cang pò sàu cheng-khih;
 * must take a cloth and brush the table clean.


 * màiⁿ sàu ka-lâuh mûeh;
 * do not brush the things off on to the floor.


 * sàu tò̤;
 * sweep the floor.


 * sàu-tṳ̂ châk-bé;
 * rid the place of highwaymen.


 * i cêk koiⁿ siu-sàu kàu cheng-tíam căi;
 * she has made the place very tidy.


 * sàu-soi-cheⁿ;
 * a comet.

se


 * A little.
 * se-su;
 * a little.
 * a little.


 * kîaⁿ khui se-su;
 * stand off a little.


 * cŏ̤ bûa se-su;
 * sit a little nearer.


 * ke se-su-kíaⁿ;
 * just a very little more.


 * hīn se-su-kíaⁿ;
 * just a very little plainer.


 * se-se-kíaⁿ;
 * just a trifle.


 * cá se-se;
 * just a little earlier.


 * Gauze; gauzy; yarn.
 * jìo-se;
 * crape.
 * crape.


 * pêh se;
 * white gauze.


 * m̄ kù se bō̤;
 * does not regard the gauze hat; does not care if he is turned out of office.


 * mîⁿ-se;
 * mull.


 * se theng;
 * gauze window.


 * se teng;
 * gauze lanterns.


 * lĭang se;
 * a coarse lacelike fabric.


 * ngŏ se lô̤;
 * a fabric with five threads and an interstice alternating.


 * pháng se;
 * to spin yarn.


 * tōa se;
 * to warp yarn.


 * ú-se;
 * camlet.


 * lâ-se;
 * the caul.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ se-ūaⁿ-bùe kâi seg-lí;
 * his business is that of exchanging cotton rolls for yarn.


 * kuah-se;
 * a coarse sleazy fabric.


 * khṳt i pak kàu thong sin tn̆g tîo se-sùaⁿ;
 * was stripped by him to the last thread on his back.

 seⁿ


 * Sacrificial animals, of which there are six; victims.
 * saⁿ seⁿ;
 * poultry, pork and fish.
 * poultry, pork and fish.


 * seⁿ kháu;
 * carcasses prepared as offerings.


 * phōiⁿ cêk hù ngŏ-seⁿ khṳ̀ pài sîn;
 * prepare a full complement of victims and lay them before the gods.


 * ceng-seⁿ;
 * draught animals or cattle.


 * chī ceng-seⁿ;
 * rear domestic animals.


 * To bear; to produce; to arise, as an event; to grow; to beget; to bring about the birth of; to excite; to live; to come forth; life, vitality; the living; manner of living; raw; unpolished.
 * seⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * to bear a child.
 * to bear a child.


 * bŏi seⁿ;
 * sterile.


 * chin seⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * own child.


 * seⁿ pēⁿ;
 * become ill.


 * sin-seⁿ;
 * a teacher.


 * phêng seⁿ;
 * the whole life.


 * seⁿ phêng bô̤ ak sṳ̄;
 * has done no evil in all his life.


 * ŭ seⁿ ì;
 * looks as if it were growing.


 * hṳ̂-seⁿ;
 * a preparation of raw fish.


 * boí khṳ̀ pàng seⁿ;
 * buy living creatures in order to set them free, an act considered to be meritorious.


 * seⁿ-seⁿ put íⁿ;
 * age after age in unceasing succession.


 * seⁿ lâi ngía;
 * is handsome.


 * cṳ̆ seⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * is naturally thus.


 * seⁿ cîn kâi; seⁿ-sêng kâi;
 * is natural.


 * chau seⁿ suah cṳ khŵn;
 * holds the power of life and death.


 * seⁿ chut sì;
 * to be born into the world.


 * seⁿ jît;
 * birthday.


 * chông i seⁿ chut lâi kâi;
 * arises out of that.


 * thâu tho̤ seⁿ kâi kíaⁿ;
 * the first born son.


 * tho̤ seⁿ;
 * viviparous.


 * n̆ng seⁿ;
 * oviparous.


 * sip seⁿ;
 * produced by moisture.


 * hùe seⁿ;
 * transformed.


 * tho̤h seⁿ;
 * the doctrine of rewards and punishments by a second life.


 * thau seⁿ kíaⁿ;
 * bear a child by stealth.


 * khin seⁿ;
 * set light by one's life.


 * seⁿ khì;
 * get angry.


 * ciap tîeh i kâi seⁿ-khì;
 * prolong his life.


 * seⁿ kòi;
 * have the itch.


 * seⁿ ko;
 * become mouldy.


 * bw̄n-bw̄n seⁿ-lêng;
 * all living creatures.


 * seⁿ n̆ng;
 * lay eggs.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ hṳ́ lîap mûeh kâi sĭ seⁿ sĭm-mûeh?
 * What do you think that little sore is that is coming out upon him?


 * nín kâi hieⁿ-lí seⁿ tŏ̤ tī kò̤?
 * Where is your village located?


 * úang i pĕ-bó̤ seⁿ i kàu cìaⁿ tōa!
 * It is a pity that his parents reared him!


 * i lîen seⁿ sin cṳ pún to m̄ kù, cò̤ ŭ kù pât nâng?
 * Since he does not regard