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 tagging at my heels all day long.
 * tah kò̤-;
 * put up a proclamation.


 * tah nêk saⁿ;
 * an undergarment.


 * To put on at the top; to pile up; to add to; to suffix; to engage a place or take passage.
 * tah kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ;
 * pile them up very high.
 * pile them up very high.


 * tah ín-kèⁿ;
 * put up a scaffolding.


 * àiⁿ tah phâng a m̆?
 * Are you going to raise an awning overhead?


 * tah phâng phò;
 * set up a tent to use as a shop.


 * tah cêk cō̤ phû-kîe;
 * lay a floating bridge.


 * tah cûn;
 * take passage on a boat.


 * cí ciah cûn tah ŭ jîeh cōi kheh?
 * How many passengers are there on this vessel?


 * To intrust to; to commit to; to commission.
 * úa àiⁿ kìa-tah lṳ́ kù ūe;
 * I want to send a message by you.
 * I want to send a message by you.


 * tah lṳ́ kio i tàⁿ;
 * commission you to tell him.


 * àiⁿ kìa-tah khah cōi mûeh, úa cū bŏi khîeh;
 * if you have many things to send, I shall not be able to take them.


 * i tah úa khîeh lâi hâiⁿ lṳ́;
 * he gave it to me to bring back to you.


 * cí kâi nâng hó̤ siang-sìn, úa kâi cîⁿ ngṳ̂n to sĭ kìa-tah;
 * this person is trustworthy, and I send my money by him.


 * A purse shaped bag, with a slit in one side, used for carrying articles when travelling; it is slung orver the shoulder, with its contents in the two ends.
 * pì tah-lîen;
 * carry a bag.
 * carry a bag.


 * cang tah-lîen cò̤ hêng-lí, mih mûeh khǹg tŏ̤ tah-lîen tói;
 * use a bag as a case for carrying luggage, and put all your things into it.


 * A tenter hook; to hang on a hook; to hook on.
 * khîa ki tah-kau khṳ̀ tah tìaⁿ;
 * take a long hook and hang it up thereby.
 * take a long hook and hang it up thereby.


 * tṳ-nêk tah pàng lîo-hûe kò̤, sûi i kuah;
 * hang the pork on a long hook with numerous barbs, and let him cut it off to suit himself.


 * khîeh ki thih-tah, tah khí lâi thóiⁿ;
 * take long iron hooks and hang it up for inspection.


 * A classifier of clouds; a blotch.
 * cêk tah hûn;
 * a cloud.
 * a cloud.


 * ku-ā tah o hûn;
 * several masses of black clouds.


 * i kâi mīn phû khí lâi cêk-tah cêk-tah âng-âng;
 * red blotches came out all over her face.


 * in cêk tah cêk tah phû khí lâi;
 * the smoke rises in clouds.


 * To talk much; to mutter unintelligibly.
 * ūe tàⁿ lâi sĭ thèng tah, cn̂g kâi m̄ tīaⁿ;
 * spoke in an incoherent way, saying nothing definite.
 * spoke in an incoherent way, saying nothing definite.


 * ūe tàⁿ lío, cìeⁿ-pôiⁿ tah kùe lâi, hìeⁿ-pôiⁿ tah kùe khṳ̀;
 * after he had said it, he repeated it with all the statements reversed.


 * To pat to slap lightly.
 * tah i ût;
 * pat him to sleep.
 * pat him to sleep.


 * tah i kâi koiⁿ-thâu;
 * slap him on the shoulder.


 * tûi heng tah ka-ciah;
 * beat his breast and slapped his back.


 * To set the foot upon; to tread.
 * tâh cheⁿ;
 * to step on the green; to worship at the tombs.
 * to step on the green; to worship at the tombs.


 * kha tâh nŏ̤ pôiⁿ kîe;
 * walk on two bridges at once; he is "on both sides the fence." hàm ciah kha-tâh lâi cài; call a boat rowed by one man to carry us over.


 * sie tâh kha tì-kàu sie phah;
 * tread upon each others toes until a fight ensued.


 * cèng nâng lūn-tâh kâi tī-hng;
 * ground that everyone tramps over.


 * lūn-tâh khṳ̀ thíam căi;
 * very violently trampled upon.


 * tâh i sît;
 * tread it down solid.


 * Mixed; repeated.
 * câp-tâh; câp-câp tâh-tâh;
 * bustle; hubbub, made by people going to and fro on promiscuous business, or with all sorts of occupations.
 * bustle; hubbub, made by people going to and fro on promiscuous business, or with all sorts of occupations.


 * nâng-mûeh câp-tâh;
 * crowds trooping hither and thither.


 * câp-tâh tī-hng;
 * a thronged place.

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 * Silly; foolish.
 * īu m̄ sĭ chi, īn m̄ sĭ tai, cò̤-nî ngà-ngà nē?
 * Since you are neither a fool nor half witted, why do you act so silly?
 * Since you are neither a fool nor half witted, why do you act so silly?


 * i kâi chi-tai;
 * he is a dolt.


 * thóiⁿ tîeh sông-tai sông-tai nē;
 * appears very stupid.


 * ai-tai;
 * to pretend stupidity, for a selfish end.


 * i hṳ́ khí nâng ai-tai khṳt cîah;
 * he is one who sponges his living.


 * The panicled millet;. [sic]
 * tai mûeⁿ;
 * gruel made from millet.
 * gruel made from millet.


 * tai cî;
 * millet porridge.


 * Evil.
 * m̄ cai hó̤ tái;
 * does not know good and evil.
 * does not know good and evil.


 * tái sṳ̄;
 * evil affair.


 * sim lăi hûai tái ì;
 * he harbours bad intentions.


 * pĕng bô̤ tái ì;
 * has no bad intention.


 * châng kang cak tái;
 * a nest of villainy.


 * Sediment, settlings.
 * chò tái, cúi tái, în tái;
 * sediment in vinegar, water, and oil.
 * sediment in vinegar, water, and oil.


 * tè tīo tái;
 * strain out the settlings.