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 * A pestilential or wide-spread sickness; an epidemic.
 * un-mût;
 * a plague, a murrain, a prevailing sickness.


 * gû-un;
 * murrain.


 * tîeh gû-un;
 * have rinderpest.


 * tîeh tṳ-un;
 * have a disease prevailing among hogs.


 * un kàu sí tīo ho̤h cōi nâng;
 * spread so that great numbers of people died of it.


 * cí kâi tī-hng tăi un;
 * this region is stricken with a plague.


 * cí kúi īeⁿ îeh ŏi tī un-mût kâi pēⁿ;
 * these medicines will cure epidemic diseases.


 * We, excluding the one addressed.
 * sĭ ún kâi, m̄ sĭ nín kâi;
 * it is ours, not yours.
 * it is ours, not yours.


 * ún kâi kui-kṳ́ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
 * such are our customs.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ ún-kâi hó̤, a in-kâi hó̤?
 * Which do you think the better, theirs or ours?


 * tiang-sî lâi ún kò̤ cŏ̤;
 * come and sit with us sometimes.


 * pó̤-hō̤ ún;
 * bless us.


 * cún ún khîu;
 * grant our petition.


 * ún cèng nâng àiⁿ lâi co̤h lṳ́ kâi kang;
 * we are all coming to work for you.


 * Firm, steady, stable, secure, immovable, well-placed; to rest in.
 * uaⁿ-ún căi;
 * very stable.
 * very stable.


 * i khĭa m̄ ún;
 * it does not stand firmly.


 * nĕ ún-ún;
 * very stable.


 * cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀ ún-ún;
 * sits very securely.


 * ún-tàng;
 * safe, secure, firm, steadfast.


 * chn̂g m̄ ún, khîeh kò̤ mûeh lâi soih;
 * the table does not stand firmly, get something and wedge under it.


 * pàng m̄ ún;
 * it is not steadfast when set in place.


 * châu kàu i ún-ún;
 * move it to and fro until you get it unto a position where it stands firmly.


 * i kīn-khek ún cîah ún chēng;
 * she has now secured what she needs for food and clothing.


 * cĭeⁿ lô̤h ún-tǹg;
 * go up and down in safety.


 * ún-ún tǹg-tǹg kâi sṳ̄;
 * a perfectly safe business.


 * kio i sṳ̆-lí kàu ún-ún tàng-tàng;
 * arrange it for him so that it will be perfecly secure.


 * Late; latter; the last.
 * ún-kùe kâi tang kèng hó̤;
 * the crop gathered at the last harvest of the year is the better of the two.
 * the crop gathered at the last harvest of the year is the better of the two.


 * ún tang kâi chek îaⁿ kùe cá tang;
 * the paddy of the second crop of the year is better than that of the first crop.


 * ún bí ío ńng, cá bí ío ngĕ;
 * the rice of the last harvest of the year is mellower than that of the first harvest.


 * To dip, to immerse; to thrust into fluid and at once lift out.
 * ùn cṳ́i;
 * dip it in water.
 * dip it in water.


 * ùn îu;
 * dipped in oil.


 * ùn tîeh tāu-cìeⁿ hó̤, a ùn-tîeh chò hó̤?
 * Is it best to sip it in bean-catsup or in vinegar?


 * Equal; even, alike; to allot; to share equally.
 * tîeh pun khṳ̀ kṳn-ûn;
 * must divide it in equal shares.
 * must divide it in equal shares.


 * kut nêk thêng-ûn;
 * his bones and flesh are well proportioned.


 * cí cîk tîeⁿ kháu khṳ̀ pí cĭeⁿ tîeⁿ m̄ ûn-cēng;
 * this class did not equal the preceding one in the examination.


 * ûn ûn ŭ;
 * have them in about the same quantity at all times.


 * lâk tîeh chut ûn-ûn;
 * put forth your efforts steadily, not by fits and starts.


 * i kâi khang-khùe ío ûn;
 * he works steadily all the time.


 * To say, to speak.
 * nâng ûn īa ûn;
 * what people say so I say.
 * what people say so I say.


 * To burn; to set on fire; to consume to ashes.
 * ûn hieⁿ;
 * burn incense.
 * burn incense.


 * ûn hieⁿ-châ;
 * burn fragrant woods.


 * ûn hieⁿ thah;
 * burn pagodas made of incense sticks.


 * cang húe khṳ̀ ûn tīo;
 * take fire and burn it up.


 * ûn cúa-cîⁿ;
 * burn spirit-money.


 * taⁿ cē cho-khng lâi ûn cíu;
 * bring chaff and burn it around the jars to heat up the whiskey and make it ferment.


 * Sounds which rhyme in their tone as well as their termination; the final word or rhyme; tone.
 * ap ūn;
 * to make rhymes.
 * to make rhymes.


 * si ūn;
 * couples.


 * cí kâi si ŭ kâi ap phêⁿ ūn, ŭ kâi ap ceh ūn;
 * in these stanzas, some of the rhymes are in the even tones, and some are in the other tones.


 * si sĭ poit ūn a sĭ lâk ūn?
 * Have the verses sixteen lines with the alternate lines rhyming, or have they twelve lines containing six rhymes?


 * ŭ cêk kâi jī ap chut ūn;
 * one final letter does not form a perfect rhyme with the others.


 * cí kâi ūn ap lâi m̄ ún;
 * this rhyme is not rythmical.


 * cí kâi jī tŏ̤ tī kâi ūn kha?
 * Where does this letter stand among authorized rhymes?


 * úa ŭ cêk pang kíam-ūn;
 * I have a book of authorized rhymes.


 * m̄ hâh ūn;
 * discordant; incompatible.


 * bô mih im-ūn;
 * not rythmical.


 * cí kâi im-ūn hó̤ căi;
 * its rythm is perfect.


 * cí kâi jī phêⁿ ceh ūn thong ēng;
 * in this the rhymes are made without regard to tones.


 * To turn in a circuit; to move in an orbit; to travel around; to carry from place to place; a circuit; what is done in succession, as the course of nature; a turn; a chance; calculations or a conjunction, as in a horoscope; luck; hap; a chapter of accidents; a period of five or ten years.
 * ciu jît thong sin kâi kṳn kut tîeh ŭ ūn-tŏng cìaⁿ hó̤;
 * it is best that the bone and muscles
 * it is best that the bone and muscles