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NULLIFY nullify, kui-bô; kui-tsò bô-ũ; hùe-ûi ou-ũ.

numb, pì; ngûi; ngûi-pì; hiâ-pì; ngûi-ne̍k bõi-thiàⁿ; hueh-khì kuàn-m̄-kàu.

number, siàu. even, sang-siàu. odd, khia-siàu. to, sǹg-siàu. which? tõiⁿ-kúi? numberless, sǹg-m̄-liáu; m̄-pat-tò-sǹg. number ten, tõiⁿ-tsa̍p.

numerals, siàu-ma̍k-jī. capital form, tōa-siá. common, séⁿ-siá; sié-siá. contracted, bé-kiáⁿ.

numerous, tsōi; tsa̍t. like bees and ants, zû-phang zû-hiã.

nun, nîⁿ-kou; hûe-siēⁿ-phûa. nunnery, nîⁿ-kou-am; nńg-am; chẽⁿ-tn̂g.

nuptials, sêng-chhin; sêng-hun; kat-hun; ha̍h-chhin; phùe-chhin; sin-hun. see MARRIAGE.

nurse, kan-ma; kan-bó; a-bó; a-má (in Swatow). milk-, niⁿ-bó. nursling, chia̍h-nĩⁿ-kiáⁿ.

nut, walnut, hu̍t-thô; khut-thô. ground-, tī-tāu. cocoa-, gê-chí; iâ-chí. shell, khak. meat inside, jîn; ne̍k. nutmeg, tāu-khòu; lãu-hàu-chí.

nymph, sien-nńg.



oak, siãng-chhiū.

oar, chiéⁿ. one, che̍k-pèⁿ-chiéⁿ; che̍k-ki-chiéⁿ. blade of, chiéⁿ-búe; chiéⁿ-hie̍h. handle, chiéⁿ-pèⁿ; chiéⁿ-chhiú; chiéⁿ-thâu. cross pieee on handle, chiéⁿ-tiah. pin (thole), chiéⁿ-tiam. loop fixing oar to pin, chiéⁿ-khau. to row with, kò-chiéⁿ. to ship, for rowing, kah-chiéⁿ.

oath, sī. to take, li̍p-sī; huat-sī; mêng-sī (solemn covenant between persons); tùi-thiⁿ mêng-sī. an imprecation, chiù-tsūa.

oatmeal, be̍h-hún.

obdurate, sim-tn̂g ngẽ; ngẽ-sèⁿ; ngẽ-chip; chip-phiah; chip-áu; chip-it; chip-mîⁿ put-ngõ; chip-thì.

obeisance, pài-lói; kũi, kũiⁿ; khàu-thâu; pài-kũiⁿ.

obey, sũn; sũn-mẽng; tsun-mẽng; thiaⁿ; thiaⁿ-mẽng; tshông-mẽng; hõng-mẽng. the law, tsun-huap; tsun-lu̍t. obedient, sũn; sũn-sũn; sũn-tshông; thiaⁿ-nâng-tàⁿ.

object, an, mu̍eh-kiãⁿ. or purpose, sim-só-hiàng; sim-só-àiⁿ; sim-só-nguãn; sim-chì; chì-nguãn; ì-hiàng.