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 ; m̄ cai i sĭ sí a sí ûah;
 * do not know whether he is dead of a live.


 * bōi ûah;
 * it will not live.


 * ŏi ûah; i ûah tŏ̤ kò̤;
 * it is alive.


 * ûah-ûah lîah lâi phah sí;
 * take him alive and beat him to death.


 * cheⁿ ûah;
 * live and active.


 * hôk-ûah;
 * to revive.


 * hwn-ûah khí lâi;
 * to come to life again.


 * ûah sîn;
 * a god that takes cognizance of things.


 * ûah hût;
 * a living Buddha; a merciful, generous man.


 * sĭ ûah jī a sĭ sí jī?
 * Is it a verb or a noun?


 * cí-kâi chn̂g-mīn àiⁿ cò̤ ngĕ kâi a ûah kâi?
 * Do you the top of the table fixed to the standard, or made so that it can be taken off?


 * i khì kàu àiⁿ sí àiⁿ ûah;
 * he is so angry that he will die rather than yield the point.


 * i cang cam kang tó̤ tō ûah;
 * she lives by her needle.


 * khùaⁿ-ûah;
 * comfortable.


 * ûah-tăng;
 * active, lively.


 * tôk-ûah;
 * a kind of angelica root.


 * i cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ sĭ m̄-hó̤ î-ûah kâi;
 * having said that he cannot slip out of it.


 * i sĭ m̄ cai sí ûah ā! He is unaware that he is in great danger there! i kâi nâng ûah-phuah căi;
 * she is a very bustling body.


 * ûah nêk;
 * the voluntary muscles.


 * ûah cúi cîⁿ;
 * current coin.


 * ūe kàu cū sĭ kâi ûah kâi;
 * drawn to the life.


 * cèng-lô̤h cū ûah;
 * it germinates as soon as it is planted.


 * i kâi mâk-sîn ûah căi;
 * the expression of her eyes is very vivacious.


 * ūe tîeh tàⁿ ûah, màiⁿ cn̂g kâi tàⁿ ngĕ khṳ̀;
 * make your speech somewhat ambiguous and do not put all your statements in such shape that you cannot recede from them.

uai


 * To scoop out; to excavate; to gouge out; to hollow out.
 * uai i lîap mâk chut lâi;
 * gouged out one of his eyes.
 * gouged out one of his eyes.


 * uai hĭⁿ;
 * to dig the wax out of the ears with a little scoop.


 * uai to̤;
 * an ear-scoop.


 * uai phīⁿ khang mô̤ⁿ;
 * remove the hairs from the nostrils by means of a sharp scoop.


 * uai kàu kâi khang khuah-khuah;
 * scooped out a great cavity.


 * jī sía tāⁿ, m̄ hó̤ uai pó;
 * when a letter is incorrectly written, one should not dig it out and paste in another.


 * uai tīo thô;
 * scoop out the clay.


 * Awry, askew; deflected; depraved.
 * i kâi sim nai tn̂g;
 * a depraved nature.
 * a depraved nature.


 * cò̤ lío uai-uai chúa-chúa;
 * made all askew.


 * m̄ sĭ nai-chúa kùe lâi cū sĭ uai-chúa kùe khù, jw̆n cò̤, m̄ tît;
 * if it does not lop over one way it will the other, and I cannot manage in any way to make it stand upright.


 * i kâi kháu ngán ŏi uai-sîa;
 * his mouth and eyes are awry.


 * To slip and step on the side of the foot; to sprain.
 * úai tîeh kha;
 * to sprain one's ankle.
 * to sprain one's ankle.


 * kha úai kàu bŏi kîaⁿ;
 * has sprained his leg so that he cannot walk.


 * kîah thô̤ khah kûiⁿ, kîaⁿ lō phîh-phîh úai;
 * the supports of my clogs are too high, and when I walk my feet slip.


 * kŭa ôi úai lîh khṳ̀;
 * my shoe split, by the turning of my foot.

 uaihⁿ


 * To alter the course; change the direction of; to veer; to shift.
 * tieⁿ chia uâihⁿ kùe lâi, tieⁿ chia uâihⁿ kùe khṳ̀;
 * one vehicle veered to the right and the other to the elft.
 * one vehicle veered to the right and the other to the elft.


 * àiⁿ uâihⁿ tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ a uâihⁿ tùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ?
 * Should it be turned in this direction or in that?


 * cûn uâihⁿ tò-tńg;
 * the boat has turned back.


 * tŏa ûaihⁿ chúa kùe tang pôiⁿ;
 * turn the rudder so as to steer eastward.


 * tōa phàu uâihⁿ kùe cē, cìaⁿ bū tit tîeh;
 * turn the cannon a little more to one side, then it will hit the mark.


 * i kâi keng ûaihⁿ kùe tò̤ chíu pôiⁿ īa ŏi sīa, uâihⁿ kùe cìaⁿ chíu pôiⁿ īa ŏi sīa;
 * he can shift his bow to his left hand and shoot, then shift it to his right hand and shoot again.

uak


 * To blaze up; to flame up.
 * húe uak-uak jîeh;
 * the fire is blazing how.
 * the fire is blazing how.


 * cêk tó húe uak-uak jîeh;
 * in a perfect rage.


 * thâu-khak uak-uak jîet;
 * her head is blazing hot.


 * uak-uak kìe;
 * the muttering of flames.


 * To get, to obtain, to find opportunity.
 * ûak cŭe;
 * to commit a crime; to sin.
 * to commit a crime; to sin.


 * ûak cŭe i thiⁿ, bô̤ só̤ táu;
 * who sins against Heaven has no place for prayer.


 * ûak lĭ;
 * to make money.


 * cìeⁿ-sî kâi seng-lí ûak lĭ mē?
 * Has your business been profitable lately?


 * ûah hok bô̤ kiang;
 * obtain endless bliss.

uang uang.îang;
 * a deep and wide expanse of water, the open sea.


 * cêk mō̤ⁿ uang-uang îang-îang;
 * nothing but an expanse of water to be seen.


 * sì mō̤ⁿ uang-îang bô̤ cì;
 * on all side a boundless expanse.


 * kàu cí kài sĭ uang-îang tăi-hái;
 * this is mid ocean.


 * lŭi uang-uang;
 * floods of tears.


 * Ample, wide.
 * tōa chù tōa uang-uang;
 * a spacious house.
 * a spacious house.


 * i kâi chù uang-uang kûiⁿ tōa;
 * their house is roomy, high and large.