tam
- úa kio lṳ́ tam-pó̤;
- I will go bail for you.
- ŭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄ sĭ úa tam jīn;
- whatever happens I will be responsible it.
- i tam-sim căi;
- he is terribly apprehensive.
- tam-sêng;
- to guarantee; to warrant; to insure.
- i m̄ káⁿ tam-sêng, úa cū káⁿ tam-sêng;
- if he will not venture to guarantee it, then I will.
- tī-tîang káⁿ tam-tng cía sṳ̄?
- Who dare undertake this?
- ŭ sṳ̄ úa tam-tài;
- if any trouble comes out of it, I will take the responsibility.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ tam-tāⁿ úa;
- do not you fail to fulfill the appointment; do not disappoint me.
- tam chî, bô̤ tam-gō;
- may be delayed, but shall not fail altogether in carrying out the arrangement.
- cièⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ khṳt i tam-gō khṳ̀;
- it seems that we have depended on him to our cost; he has apparently failed to carry out his part in the plan.
- ŏi cò̤-nî, i tam-sêng căi tit phû?
- If anything happens, how can he sustain the responsibility he has assumed?
- cí kâi tam-sêng m̄ phû, tîeh chíaⁿ kâi tam-sêng tit phû kâi lâi tam-sêng;
- this one is not one who can stand as security against loss to us, and we must ask some one who is competent to do so to guarantee it.
- tam-ko̤h;
- to retard; to delay.
- chíaⁿ kio i tam-ko̤h māng cē;
- please slow off a little.
- tam-gō;
- to thwart by delay, to put off.
- tam-gō kàu kùe sî-hāu;
- procrastinated till the time for it had passed.
- tam-ĭen ke kúi jît;
- put off for a few days longer.
- kio i tam cē, màiⁿ khah méⁿ;
- retard it a little, do not do it too rapidly.
- bâk cúi màiⁿ tàm khah lông;
- do not take to much ink in your pen.
- pit tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ tàm ke cêk ē bâk;
- you must dip your pen in the ink once more.
- cúa khin-khin lô̤h khṳ̀ tàm cē cū hó̤;
- to dip the paper very gently in and wet it through will suffice.
- mīn-pò khîeh lô̤h cúi tèng tàm i tâm;
- dip the towel in water and dampen it.
- 腫脹tàm-tè107
- To swell slightly; puffy.
- i kâi mīn cò̤ ŏi tàm-tè tàm-tè?
- Why is her face so puffy?
- lîen phiaⁿ-lî múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ ŏi tàm-tè;
- his whole trunk is puffy.
- i thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;
- seeing it makes his mouth water.
- màiⁿ hāi i àiⁿ li bŏi tit tîeh, tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;
- do not make his mouth water for it, since it is something he cannot have.
- kò̤-kíaⁿ kò̤-kíaⁿ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tăm;
- eat it little by little.
- khîeh kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni i tăm;
- give him a little bit to suck upon.
- kó̤ ko̤ mng khṳt i tăm cêk ûe khṳ̀ lío;
- she has sucked down the half of the cake.