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• ‮選‬sẃn82116212
• To select; to choose out or elect; to pick out.

sûi i sẃn-tô̤h;

let her take whichever she choose.

sẃn kâi hó̤ kâi;

select a good one.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū tòng-sẃn;

that is making a wise choice.

jĭm sẃn put náuⁿ;

allow you to take your choice without being displeased about it.

• ‮放‬sẁn135654
• To discharge; to emit; to deposit.

hṳ̂ sẁn chun tŏ̤ cháu kò̤, ĕ jît cū pìⁿ cò̤ hṳ̂-kíaⁿ;

fishes deposit their spawn among the rushes, and afterward it is metamorphosed into little fishes.

cí cêk to̤ chun sẁn chut lâi, cîang-lâi cū káng choiⁿ káng bw̄n búe;

one paunchful of spawn being deposited, thousands and tens of thousands are developed from it.

thâng sẁn n̆ng tŏ̤ hṳ́-tói;

insects lay their eggs in there.

chôiⁿ-îah àiⁿ sẁn n̆ng, tîeh khîeh kò̤ cúa khṳt i sèn;

when the silk moth is ready to deposit its eggs, a piece of paper most be placed for it to lay them in.

• ‮算‬sẁn8331188
• To calculate; to estimate; to reckon; a plan.

cía, m̄ sẁn;

make no account of this.

khṳt i khṳ̀ tá-sẁn cē;

let him go and cogitate over it.

tá-sèn kàu hó̤-hó̤ cìaⁿ lâi ;

when your plan is definitely made, then come.

sîn-ki, mĭo-sẁn;

a clever design.

• ‮選‬sẁn82116212
• To select for office.

sẁn chut khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;

under appointment as officers.

hāu sẁn;

awaiting appointment to office; expectant of office.

ciet sẁn;

presently to be appointed to office.

• ‮旋‬sŵn821707
• To more in an orbit; to come back to the same point; to revolve.

cúi lâu kàu hṳ́ kó̤ ŏi tò̤-sŵn;

on reaching that point the current sets backward.

tó̤-sŵn thâu tńg lâi mōⁿ;

turned his head and looked back.

ciu-sŵn;

to greet and entertain.

i ciu-sŵn kàu kàu-kak căi;

he went about among them in a very courteous manner.

ŭ nâng kheh to sĭ i chut lâi ciu-sŵn;

whenever there are guests, it is he who comes out to entertain them.

phŵn-sŵn;

to look after the comfort of a strange guest.

sŵn-tńg thâu lâi thóiⁿ;

turned her head and looked.

lâu-cúi-koi tò̤-sŵn;

the gulls circle round and round.

tī-kò̤ sŵn;

wheel hither and thither.

sŵn lâi sŵn khṳ̀, múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ chūe;

went round and round searching everywhere for it.

sŵn tit sŵn sit;

lost it as soon as he got it.

• ‮射‬sw̆n749417
• To spurt; to gush forth.

cē líu khui hía cúi jw̆n sw̆n chut lâi;

as soon as it was dug open the water spurted out in every direction.

hṳ́ cîeh ngâm kó̤ kâi cûaⁿ cheⁿ sw̆n chut lâi;

a spring gushes forth from that rocky ledge.

cam lô̤h khṳ̀ hía hueh sw̆n kàu jîeh hn̆g kò̤ khṳ̀;

when it was lanced the blood spurted ever so far.

cúi-tháng lāu, cúi li-li sw̆n;

the bucket leaks, and the water spurts forth.

ta

• ‮乾‬ta311510
• Dry; dried.

khṳ̀ phâk ta cē;

go and put it in the sun to dry more.

lō tèng ŏi ta a būe?

Has the road dried up yet?

pû kàu ta;

boiled dry.

méⁿ huang méⁿ jît kōi ta căi;

there is a high wind and a hot sun, so it will easily dry.

khah ta, tîeh ùn tâm;

it is too dry and must be dipped in water.

chit ta;

wipe it dry.

âu ta;

thirsty.

lā kàu ta-ta;

dry it in the wind.

hang i ta;

dry it by a fire.

• ‮奈‬ta613375
• A remedy, a recourse.

i căi ta úa ûa?

How can he do anything to prevent me?

bô ta ûa;

nothing can be done about it.

bô̤ ta i ûa;

have no means of controlling him in the matter.

úa bò̤ ta lṳ́ ûa;

I cannot help your doing it.

táng bô̤ cûn, bô̤ ta ûa cìaⁿ tńg lâi;

waited till we found out that there was no boat, and then, being unable to do otherwise, we came back.

• ‮玳瑁‬ta-pūe586
• Tortoise or turtle shell, especially the precious sort from the hawk's bill tortoise; marbled or clouded tortoise shell.

úa kâi mâk-kìaⁿ sĭ ta-pūe khuang;

my spectacles have rims of marbled tortoise shell.

sieⁿ ta-pūe;

encased in clouded tortoise shell.

• ‮阿姑‬ta-ke432
• A husband's mother.

ta-ke ta-kuaⁿ lóng-cóng tŏ̤;

her husband's father and mother are both living.

ău ta-ke;

husband's step mother.

• ‮阿舅‬ta-kuaⁿ414
• A husband's father.

ta-ke ta-kuaⁿ lóng-cóng tŏ̤ tn̂g;

her husband's parents are both alive.

hṳ́ lăi hŵn-lío chûn kâi lău ta-kuaⁿ tŏ̤-kò̤;

my old father-in-law is still alive.

ta ke kuaⁿ;

husband's parents.

• ‮男‬ta-po6141022
• A male of the human species.

ta-po kíaⁿ;

a male child.

ta-po nâng;

menfolk.

sĭ ta-po a sĭ cṳ-nîe?

Is is a man or a woman?

ta-po hùe;

the men.

thiaⁿ tîeh sĭ ta-po siaⁿ;

it sounds like a man's voice.

cí kâi kíaⁿ sĭ ta-po a sĭ ca-bó?

Is this child a boy or a girl?