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KWA KʽWA KᴺWA KWAI KʽWAI KWAK

Kwa.

2
Few; little; single; a widow; I, used by princes.
2
To surpass; overcome; really; truly.
4
To cut; cut off; divide; wound; injure.
4
Creeping plants; plants of which thin cloth is made.

Kʽwa.

1
To cut asunder; rip open; divide; kill.
1
The legs or thighs.
1
Pantaloons.
1
To boast; vaunt; large.
1
To pass over; surpass; to stride over.
3-
To suspend; hang up.
3-
To suspend; hang upon; anxious.
3-
An impediment; a net; to impede; fall into a net.
4
Thirsty; anxious to obtain or effect.
4
Open; wide; broad; distant; perverse; painful.

Kⁿwa.

1
An officer of government; a court.
1
To close; shut up; a coffin.
1
The liver.
2
To pursue after; endeavor to overtake.
4
Sweat.

Kwai.

1
To turn the back upon; perverse; wicked; strange.
1
To cut or break asunder.
2
To swindle; kidnap; to steal women and children.
2
An old man's staff.
3-
Artful; crafty; fraudulent; causing disturbance.
3-
To draw pictures; to embroider; adorn with different colors.
3-
To cut or mince; very fine; minced meat or fish.
3-
A certain kind of grass or rush for making cords.
3-
Strange; monstrous; fairies; to deem strange.

Kʽwai.

3-
Flow of soul; joy; cheerfulness; speed.

Kwak.

4
The external coffin used by Chinese.
4
Name of a water bird.