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Abacus, sáung-buàng: to work the –, páh sáung-buàng.
Abandon, ké: relinquish, sīa: – one's self to lusts, ṳ̀ng-cé̤ṳng sṳ̆-ṳ̆k.
Abase, áik giâ; páh iéng-ciéng: degrade in rank, gáung ngék.
Abate, – as rain, ṳ̄ náh: – as a flood, cūi tó̤i: – as a fever, tó̤i iĕk; tó̤i huò.
Abbot, hùo-siông tàu.
Abdicate, niông-ôi.
Abdomen, bók-lō̤.
Abduct, guāi; táu.
Abet, bŏng-câe̤.
Abhor, iéng-ké; hièng.
Abide, dêu; gṳ̆-cê̤ṳ.
Ability, buōng-sê̤ṳ; cài-cìng; cài-nèng; nèng-gúng.
Abject, â-ciêng.
Able, â̤; ô dăng-dŏng; ô niăh-ài; nèng-gáiu: an able man, buōng-sê̤ṳ nè̤ng.
Able-bodied, hṳ̀ng-cáung; ô lĭk.
Abnormal, mò̤ ciéu siòng.
Aboard, to go –, lŏ̤h sùng; siông sùng.
Abolish, dṳ̀: abolished, dṳ̀ kó̤.
Abominable, kō̤ ó.
Aborigines: hill women of Fuhkien, sià-bò̤: savages, as of Formosa, chăng-huăng.
Abortion, lŏ̤h-sĭng; dôi tăi: to produce –, páh lŏ̤h-sĭng.
Abound, ô sâ̤.
About, nearly, chă-bók-lŏ̤; iók-liŏk; iók-liŏk-niè; buóh: round, kuàng-ùi: – to go, buóh kó̤; ciŏng-buóh kó̤; cêu buóh kó̤: – this time, tō̤ mō̤ ciā sì-hâiu: to discourse –, lâung.
Above, gà̤-dēng; siông sié.
