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Rh Gender. ; a-kong a-má,
 * grandfather and grandmother.


 * a-só,
 * elder brother’s wife.


 * a-sím,
 * the wife of an a-chek, i.e. aunt.


 * a-m,
 * the wife of an a-peh, i.e. aunt.


 * sié-m; tĩ-hũ,
 * a younger brother’s wife.


 * a-î,
 * maternal aunts.


 * a-kou,
 * paternal aunts.


 * bó-kũ,
 * maternal uncles; wife’s brothers.


 * chek-peh,
 * paternal uncles; husband’s brothers.


 * chek-tie̍t,
 * uncle and nephew.


 * chhi-kũ,
 * a wife’s brother.


 * chek-peh hiaⁿ-tĩ,
 * male cousins whose fathers are brothers.


 * chek-peh chí-mūe,
 * female


 * ang; jî-sài; jî-hu; hu-sài; hu-kun; chiãng-hu,
 * husband.


 * bóu; ke-ãu; chhi; hũ; lãi--nâng; ke-lãi; ke-kuàn,
 * wife.


 * ang-bóu; ang-chiá; hu-hũ,
 * husband and wife.


 * kiáⁿ-sài; nn̂g,
 * son-in-law.


 * sim-pũ,
 * daughter in law.


 * tâng-sāi,
 * sisters-in-law.


 * chhi-î,
 * a wife’s sisters.


 * bó-î,
 * mother’s sisters.


 * tiẽⁿ-nâng tiẽⁿ-m,
 * the husband’s father-in-law and mother-in-law.


 * nga̍k-pẽ nga̍k-bó,


 * ta-kuaⁿ ta-ke,
 * the wife’s father-in-law and mother-in-law.


 * pié-hiaⁿ-tĩ, pié-chí-mūe,
 * cousins, &c.


 * a-iâ,
 * an esquire.


 * a-nái,
 * wife of an esquire, or graduate.


 * a-sià,
 * son of an esquire or graduate.


 * lṳ́ kâi-a-sià,
 * your son (said to one of the gentry).


 * lṳ́ ũ-jie̍h-chōi chhoiⁿ-kim?
 * how many thousands of gold, i.e. daughters, have you?


 * lṳ́ ũ-kúi-kâi a-sià?
 * how many young esquires have you?


 * lṳ́ kúi-kâi kong-chṳ́?
 * how many sons have you? (said to dignitaries).


 * lṳ́ khun-tõng jie̍h-chōi-ūi?
 * you have older and younger brothers, how many personages? (very polite).


 * uâng-ke, uâng-hõu,
 * king and queen.


 * nńg-uâng,
 * a queen in own right.


 * chóng-tok hu-jîn,
 * the Vice-roy and lady.