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56 Gender.


 * lâm,
 * male.


 * nńg,
 * female.


 * lâm-nńg; lâm-hũ,
 * male and female.


 * ta-pou,
 * a male (rustic use).


 * cha-bóu,
 * a female.


 * chṳ-niêⁿ,
 * a female; feminine.


 * ta-pou chṳ-niêⁿ,
 * male and female.


 * lâm-chṳ́-kiáⁿ,
 * a male child.


 * chṳ-niêⁿ-kiáⁿ,
 * a female child.


 * lâm-jî,
 * a boy.


 * nńg-jî,
 * a girl.


 * ta-pou-kiáⁿ,
 * a male child.


 * ta-pou nâng,
 * a man (rustic use).


 * cha-bóu-nâng,
 * a woman.


 * cha-bóu-kiáⁿ,
 * a female child.


 * chṳ-niêⁿ-nâng,
 * girls; young misses.


 * nńg--nâng,
 * young women.


 * a-má-nâng,
 * middle aged, or, elderly women.


 * hũ-jîn,
 * a woman, or, lady (courteous).


 * lãu-m,
 * an old lady.


 * kou-nîeⁿ,
 * a miss.


 * tau-kiáⁿ,
 * a son.


 * cháu-kiáⁿ,
 * a daughter.


 * lâm-nńg-kiáⁿ,
 * sons and daughters,


 * ta-pou-sun,
 * a grandson (rustic).


 * cha-bóu-sun,
 * a granddaughter.


 * cháu-sun,
 * (more polite).


 * tau-sun,
 * a grandson.


 * lãu-phûa,
 * an old wife (not always courteous).


 * pẽ; a-pa; a-tia; a chú,
 * father.


 * âi; a-bó; a-niêⁿ; a-neⁿ,
 * mother.


 * pẽ-bó,
 * father and mother.


 * nõ-chhin; sang-chhin,
 * parents.


 * pẽ-chhin,
 * paternal parent.


 * hó-chhin,
 * maternal parent.


 * pẽ-kiáⁿ,
 * father and sons.


 * hiaⁿ-tĩ; hiaⁿ-tĩ-kiáⁿ,
 * brothers,


 * chí-mūe; ché-mūe,
 * sisters.


 * sié-nńg-jî; sié-nńg-chṳ́,
 * little daughters.