kuah cò̤ nâng-kíaⁿ;
carve representations of human figures.
i ŏi kuah lám-hût;
he knows how to carve olive pits.
kuah cò̤ pêⁿ tói kĭa kîⁿ kâi;
carve a flat center and raised border.
kuah kang;
a wood-carver. 葛 kuah 428 140 9 An edible creeper; relatives. hun-kuah;
sweet potatoes.
hun-kuah hún;
pototo flour.hun-kuah îⁿ;
pellets made from potato flour.
pû hun-kuah thng;
make potato soup.
lâk-gûeh hun-kuah sang sí;
in the sixth month the sweet potatoes are extremely mealy.
hip sêk hun-kuah;
cook potatoes in a closely covered dish with little water.
cṳ́ cho̤h hun-kuah hîeh lâi cîah;
boil some sweet potato leaves to eat.
kuah-pò;
a coarse sleazy cloth.
kio i sĭm-mih kue-kuah?
Is there any relationship between them?
hun-kuah tîn;
sweet potato vines.
hun-kuah thâu hó̤ khṳt tṳ cîah;
the parings of the potatoes may be given to the pigs.
hun-kuah phûe màiⁿ peh cêk koiⁿ;
do not scatter the potato peel all around.
hun-kuah nêk;
the fleshy part of the tuber. 割 kuah 428 18 10 To cut; to gash; to divide; to deduct; to take off; to cede; to turn a debt over to a creditor. kuah tīo;
cut off.
kuah m̄ tn̆g;
can't cut it in two.
kuah cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
cut it in two.
sìo-bâk kuah cheng-chó̤;
the accounts have been settled by a transfer of bills.
kuah sìo, kuah tît lío;
to take off from one account, and transfer to another till one is settled.
i kuah tŏ̤ móng nâng kò̤ hâiⁿ úa ngŏ-câp ngṳ̂n;
he turned over to me a portion of a certain person's debt to him, and by so doing paid me fifty dollars.
i kuah cêk tîo sìo;
he turned over an account to me.
kò nâng lâi kuah tĭu;
hire people to reap grain.
nìn kâi tĭu hó̤ kuah a būe?
Is your grain ready to cut?
kuah khṳ̀ ŭ sîaⁿ a bô̤?
Did the harvest yield above the average?
kuah tîeh chíu;
have cut my hand.
phīⁿ chàu-chàu, m̄ cîaⁿ kuah tīo;
one does not cut off his nose for smelling a stink.
khṳt cúi kuah tīo;
worn away by water.
kuah-sía m̄ khui;
could not sever.
cang sùaⁿ kuah kúe;
use a thread to cut cake. 渴 kuah 430 85 9 Thirst; to thirst after. âu ta so̤h kuah;
my throat is parched.
mō̤ⁿ bûe cí kuah;
looking at the plums to quench his thirst.
kháu kuah;
thirsty.
tó li khùn, âu li kuah;
both hungry and thirsty.
kói kuah;
allays thirst.
cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cí kuah;
this medicine alleviates thirst.
kuai 乖 kuai 470 4 7 Perverse; sulky; cunning; crafty. i kâi nâng kuai-khá căi;
he is very wily.
sòi-sòi cū kuai-kuai khá-khá;
though very young he is very artful.
cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khah kuai-ciang;
this child is too intractable.
úa thóiⁿ-tîeh khah kuai;
he appears to me to be too cross grained.
i pí pât nâng lêng-ūaⁿ kuai;
he is more difficult to get along with than other people.
sĭm sĭ kuai-khío;
is very cunning. 䲅 kuai 482 195 11 A species of sunfish, of which it is said that “it can inflate its belly and float; it has no gills or gall-bladder, and when it hits against any- thing it makes a noise.” kuai hṳ̂;
the sunfish.
kuai pó;
dried sunfish. 柺 kúai 470 75 5 A staff for old men. kúai-cĭang;
a cane.
phah sang kúai;
go on crutches.
kṳ̂ kúai-cĭang;
leans on a crutch.
kúai-thûi;
a staff.
chut jîp tîeh kṳ̂ kúai-thûi;
wherever she goes has to lean on a staff. 跛 kúai 703 157 5 Halt, lame, crippled. kúai-kha;
lame of leg.
kúai-kha kúai chíu;
crippled in both feet and hands.
kîaⁿ khṳ̀ kúai-a-kúai;
walks very lamely; limps as he goes.
kúai-kha hùe, cheⁿ-mêⁿ hùe;
the halt and the blind. 拐 kúai 470 64 5 To deceive; to swindle; to decoy; to entrap. kúai-phìen nâng;
to swindle people.
kúai-tô̤ nâng kâi cṳ-nîe;
seduce other men's wives.
a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ khṳt i kúai-phìen khù bōi;
children were decoyed away and sold by him.
kang kúai tău tô̤ kâi cŭe-hŭam;
the crime of kidnapping.
kúai bōi tṳ-kíaⁿ;
entrap and sell coolies. 怪 kùai 470 61 5 To blame; to find fault with; to deem strange; strange; marvellous; portentous; supernatural. kùai-ĭ kâi sṳ̄;
a very surprising thing.
sĭm sĭ khî-kùai;
it is exceedingly queer.
i kâi nâng īeⁿ seⁿ lâi khî-khî kùai-kùai;
he has a very weird appearance.
kùai mûeh;
an apparition; a monster.
ìo-ciaⁿ, kúi-kùai;
elves and spooks.
kú nî cū sêng cò̤ ciaⁿ-kùai;
after a lapse of many years, becomes a goblin.
i cò̤-nî tin-tò̤ lâi kùai lṳ́?
Why does he turn about and blame you?
lṳ́ màiⁿ kùai;
do not deem it surprising.
úa bô̤ kùai lṳ́;
I do not find fault with you therefor.
i kùai i bô̤ pât sṳ̄, 
