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 * To select; to choose out or elect; to pick out.
 * sûi i sẃn-tô̤h;
 * let her take whichever she choose.


 * sẃn kâi hó̤ kâi;
 * select a good one.


 * cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū tòng-sẃn;
 * that is making a wise choice.


 * jĭm sẃn put náuⁿ;
 * allow you to take your choice without being displeased about it.


 * To discharge; to emit; to deposit.
 * hṳ̂ sẁn chun tŏ̤ cháu kò̤, ĕ jît cū pìⁿ cò̤ hṳ̂-kíaⁿ;
 * fishes deposit their spawn among the rushes, and afterward it is metamorphosed into little fishes.
 * fishes deposit their spawn among the rushes, and afterward it is metamorphosed into little fishes.


 * cí cêk to̤ chun sẁn chut lâi, cîang-lâi cū káng choiⁿ káng bw̄n búe;
 * one paunchful of spawn being deposited, thousands and tens of thousands are developed from it.


 * thâng sẁn n̆ng tŏ̤ hṳ́-tói;
 * insects lay their eggs in there.


 * chôiⁿ-îah àiⁿ sẁn n̆ng, tîeh khîeh kò̤ cúa khṳt i sèn;
 * when the silk moth is ready to deposit its eggs, a piece of paper most be placed for it to lay them in.


 * To calculate; to estimate; to reckon; a plan.
 * cía, m̄ sẁn;
 * make no account of this.
 * make no account of this.


 * khṳt i khṳ̀ tá-sẁn cē;
 * let him go and cogitate over it.


 * tá-sèn kàu hó̤-hó̤ cìaⁿ lâi ;
 * when your plan is definitely made, then come.


 * sîn-ki, mĭo-sẁn;
 * a clever design.


 * To select for office.
 * sẁn chut khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;
 * under appointment as officers.
 * under appointment as officers.


 * hāu sẁn;
 * awaiting appointment to office; expectant of office.


 * ciet sẁn;
 * presently to be appointed to office.


 * To more in an orbit; to come back to the same point; to revolve.
 * cúi lâu kàu hṳ́ kó̤ ŏi tò̤-sŵn;
 * on reaching that point the current sets backward.
 * on reaching that point the current sets backward.


 * tó̤-sŵn thâu tńg lâi mōⁿ;
 * turned his head and looked back.


 * ciu-sŵn;
 * to greet and entertain.


 * i ciu-sŵn kàu kàu-kak căi;
 * he went about among them in a very courteous manner.


 * ŭ nâng kheh to sĭ i chut lâi ciu-sŵn;
 * whenever there are guests, it is he who comes out to entertain them.


 * phŵn-sŵn;
 * to look after the comfort of a strange guest.


 * sŵn-tńg thâu lâi thóiⁿ;
 * turned her head and looked.


 * lâu-cúi-koi tò̤-sŵn;
 * the gulls circle round and round.


 * tī-kò̤ sŵn;
 * wheel hither and thither.


 * sŵn lâi sŵn khṳ̀, múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ chūe;
 * went round and round searching everywhere for it.


 * sŵn tit sŵn sit;
 * lost it as soon as he got it.


 * To spurt; to gush forth.
 * cē líu khui hía cúi jw̆n sw̆n chut lâi;
 * as soon as it was dug open the water spurted out in every direction.
 * as soon as it was dug open the water spurted out in every direction.


 * hṳ́ cîeh ngâm kó̤ kâi cûaⁿ cheⁿ sw̆n chut lâi;
 * a spring gushes forth from that rocky ledge.


 * cam lô̤h khṳ̀ hía hueh sw̆n kàu jîeh hn̆g kò̤ khṳ̀;
 * when it was lanced the blood spurted ever so far.


 * cúi-tháng lāu, cúi li-li sw̆n;
 * the bucket leaks, and the water spurts forth.

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 * Dry; dried.
 * khṳ̀ phâk ta cē;
 * go and put it in the sun to dry more.
 * go and put it in the sun to dry more.


 * lō tèng ŏi ta a būe?
 * Has the road dried up yet?


 * pû kàu ta;
 * boiled dry.


 * méⁿ huang méⁿ jît kōi ta căi;
 * there is a high wind and a hot sun, so it will easily dry.


 * khah ta, tîeh ùn tâm;
 * it is too dry and must be dipped in water.


 * chit ta;
 * wipe it dry.


 * âu ta;
 * thirsty.


 * lā kàu ta-ta;
 * dry it in the wind.


 * hang i ta;
 * dry it by a fire.


 * A remedy, a recourse.
 * i căi ta úa ûa?
 * How can he do anything to prevent me?
 * How can he do anything to prevent me?


 * bô ta ûa;
 * nothing can be done about it.


 * bô̤ ta i ûa;
 * have no means of controlling him in the matter.


 * úa bò̤ ta lṳ́ ûa;
 * I cannot help your doing it.


 * táng bô̤ cûn, bô̤ ta ûa cìaⁿ tńg lâi;
 * waited till we found out that there was no boat, and then, being unable to do otherwise, we came back.


 * Tortoise or turtle shell, especially the precious sort from the hawk's bill tortoise; marbled or clouded tortoise shell.
 * úa kâi mâk-kìaⁿ sĭ ta-pūe khuang;
 * my spectacles have rims of marbled tortoise shell.
 * my spectacles have rims of marbled tortoise shell.


 * sieⁿ ta-pūe;
 * encased in clouded tortoise shell.


 * A husband's mother.
 * ta-ke ta-kuaⁿ lóng-cóng tŏ̤;
 * her husband's father and mother are both living.
 * her husband's father and mother are both living.


 * ău ta-ke;
 * husband's step mother.


 * A husband's father.
 * ta-ke ta-kuaⁿ lóng-cóng tŏ̤ tn̂g;
 * her husband's parents are both alive.
 * her husband's parents are both alive.


 * hṳ́ lăi hŵn-lío chûn kâi lău ta-kuaⁿ tŏ̤-kò̤;
 * my old father-in-law is still alive.


 * ta ke kuaⁿ;
 * husband's parents.


 * A male of the human species.
 * ta-po kíaⁿ;
 * a male child.
 * a male child.


 * ta-po nâng;
 * menfolk.


 * sĭ ta-po a sĭ cṳ-nîe?
 * Is is a man or a woman?


 * ta-po hùe;
 * the men.


 * thiaⁿ tîeh sĭ ta-po siaⁿ;
 * it sounds like a man's voice.


 * cí kâi kíaⁿ sĭ ta-po a sĭ ca-bó?
 * Is this child a boy or a girl?