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 * To bulge; protuberant.
 * mâk thó-thó;
 * protruding eyes.


 * i kâi tó-câi thó chut lâi;
 * he has rupture at the navel.


 * i kâi mâk sĭ thó-cu, m̄ hó̤ ui;
 * his eye has an extruded lens, an is incurable.


 * ŭ kò̤ thó chut li pó kò̤ nap jîp;
 * the places where it bulges out will make up for those where it juts in.


 * A hare or rabbit.
 * phah cêk ciah thò;
 * shot a hare.
 * shot a hare.


 * i sĭ sìe thò kâi;
 * he was born in the year of the hare.


 * thò hâu;
 * the hair of the rabbit, used for fine pencils or brushes.


 * To vomit; to disgorge; to spit out; to disclose; to tell all.
 * cīeⁿ li thò, ĕ li sìa;
 * vomiting and purging simultaneously.
 * vomiting and purging simultaneously.


 * sĭ cŏ-jîen cū thò sìa kâi;
 * a sudden attack of vomiting with diarrhea.


 * cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ cū thò chut lâi;
 * threw it up as soon as he had taken it.


 * cîh thò kàu tn̂g-tn̂g chut lâi;
 * run your tongue out as far as possible.


 * úa thiaⁿ i sĭ pùaⁿ thun pùaⁿ thò kâi ūe;
 * I think he kept back a part, and told a part.


 * hía ūe thun-thun thò-thò m̄ sĭ tît-tît cū tàⁿ;
 * that is concealing some of the facts and disclosing others, it is not telling a straight-forward story.


 * i hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ cò̤ ŏi áu-thò?
 * How is it that he gags and vomits when there is no unusual cause for it?


 * thò hueh;
 * bleed at the lungs.


 * thò kàu kŭa táⁿ chut lâi;
 * threw up bile.


 * phīⁿ tîeh cū thò;
 * the smell of it makes me vomit.


 * i m̄ khéng thò cin chêng;
 * he is unwilling to disclose the real state of the case.


 * ūe-ūe thó;
 * retch and vomit.


 * cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cí thò;
 * this medicine will stop the vomiting.


 * i kâi cîⁿ cîah m̄ lô̤h lêng-ūaⁿ thò chut lâi hâiⁿ nâng;
 * he could not make way with the money, and so disgorged and returned it.


 * cang îeh kẁn i thò;
 * take medicine to produce vomiting.


 * àiⁿ thò bŏi thò;
 * am nauseated but cannot vomit.


 * Earth; soil; mud; clods; dirt.
 * tàⁿ thô;
 * to carry earth in baskets slung at the ends of a pole over the shoulder.
 * to carry earth in baskets slung at the ends of a pole over the shoulder.


 * chîeⁿ sĭ thô chîeⁿ;
 * the wall is a mud wall.


 * co̤h thô sîaⁿ;
 * build amud village.


 * thôu ûi;
 * an enclosing wall made of earth.


 * thô khò;
 * a cellar.


 * thô kang;
 * a sexton; to work in earth.


 * bói kúi sin thô ang-kíaⁿ khṳt a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe thit-thô̤;
 * buy some clay dolls for the children to play with.


 * líu cĕ suaⁿ thô lâi tĭen hó̤ a sĭ líu hái thô̤ lâi tĭen hó̤?
 * Shall I dig the earth to fill it in with from the hills or from the shore?


 * cía suaⁿ kâi thô-sek hó̤;
 * the soil on these hills appears good.


 * cí kò̤ kâi thô kien-jŭn căi;
 * the soil here is very mellow.


 * thô-láng;
 * artificial mill-stones, made of earth, and used in hulling rice.


 * To send forward by the pressure of a liquid.
 * thō îeh-îⁿ, àiⁿ cang sĭm-mûeh thō?
 * What shall I take after the pills to send them down?
 * What shall I take after the pills to send them down?


 * cá-sîn li cang tăⁿ-ĭam-thng thō;
 * when I took them before I rinsed them down with water that had been boiled and salted.


 * ēng kieⁿ-thng thō;
 * take ginger-tea to send it down with.


 * chong cho̤h nêk-chò̤-thng lâi thō pn̄g;
 * make some broth to assist the rice in its course down the gullet.

thoa


 * To drag along; to haul after one; to pull along by the hand.
 * i sĭ khṳt i thoa-lŭi tîeh kâi;
 * she became involved in it through him.
 * she became involved in it through him.


 * i kâi ūe tàⁿ lío thoa nî tòa cúi;
 * he drags the subject of his speech through mud and water; he has a very turgid and verbose style of walking.


 * cêk ē khah tn̂g thoa-thoa tâh-tâh, to m̄-hó̤;
 * if it be too long it draggles on the ground and gets under foot and is very troublesome.


 * tṳ tó̤ thoa sim-mûeh?
 * What is the pig trailing after him?


 * To take along with one; to bring at the same time.
 * lṳ́ ín-thòa i khṳ̀ tī kò̤?
 * Whither are you leading him?
 * Whither are you leading him?


 * ŭ nâng ín-thòa i khṳ̀;
 * some one is conducting him away.


 * thòa-lîen-l̆ui tîeh pât nâng;
 * implicate others.


 * thòa chíu khîeh lâi;
 * bring it along when you come.


 * cí cêk thòa kâi chù lóng-cóng i kâi;
 * all these dwellings are his.


 * thòa tàⁿ ke kúi taⁿ lâi;
 * while you are about it bring a few more carries.


 * cûn àiⁿ lâi li kŭa hía hùe-mûeh thòa cài lâi;
 * when the boat is coming bring those goods along in it.

 thoaⁿ


 * To weed; to clear grounds of grass.
 * thóaⁿ cháu;
 * pull up the weeds.
 * pull up the weeds.


 * cháu thóaⁿ cheng-khih lío;
 * the weeds are all pulled.


 * Tough hard wood, resembling rosewood.
 * thôaⁿ-hieⁿ;
 * sandal wood.
 * sandal wood.

thoah


 * To rub or grate an article on something below it.
 * thoah tīo i kâi phûe;
 * grate off its rind.
 * grate off its rind.


 * saⁿ khṳt i thoah phùa khṳ̀;
 * he has rubbed a hole through the garment in scrubbing it on the