What envelops another thing; to enwrap; to add or superadd; to include in the whole; of general observance; to run one thing into another; a case; a wrapper; a noose; a classifier of a set of books, of a suit of clothes, and of plays.
khò-thàu;
leggings.
gūa-thàu;
an overcoat.
i kâi chíu lap chíu-thàu;
he wears mittens.
lô̤h i kâi khwn-thàu;
fell into their trap.
cêk thàu i-hôk;
a suit of clothes.
mâiⁿ kheh thàu;
do not put yourself out on my account.
sôk thàu lío;
it is nothing that you need put yourself out for; it is a familiar thing.
cía cheh sĭ thàu póiⁿ kâi;
these books are between two boards which form a case for them.
cí cêk thàu ke-húe sĭ kio i sêng kâi a sĭ kio i sùe kâi?
Did you buy this kit of tools from him, or hire them from him?
khîeh kâi cúa thàu lâi pau;
take a paper wrapper and wrap them in it.
cía sĭ thong-thàu kâi ūe;
this is language that is in general use; this expression is one commonly employed in different cases.
The head; the front; the top; the chief; the first; the best; the end, as of a beam; the beginning; the commencement of a thing; a classifier of affairs or acts, and occasionally of cattle and horses; it is added to many names of things because they are roundish like a head, or to make a distinctive noun.
thâu-khak;
the head, the scull.
thâu-khak thìaⁿ;
headache.
tì tŏ̤ thâu-khak tèng;
carried or worn on the head.
thì thâu;
to shave the head.
sói thâu;
wash the scalp.
siu thâu;
comb the hair.
thâu-sak;
lice in the head.
thâu-khíu;
dandruff.
thâu-mô̤n;
the hair of the head.
thâu hîn;
vertigo.
i tì kâi thâu huang pēⁿ;
he has a constant headache.
pâk-thâu-pò;
a head-cloth; a turban.
pau thâu;
bind the head with a fillet.
kám thâu;
to cover the head with a cloth.
thâu kám miⁿ-miⁿ;
closely veiled.
hûe thâu; ût tńg thâu;
to turn the head.
hûe-tńg thâu lâi thóiⁿ;
turned her head and looked backward.
kio i chut thâu;
took her part; undertook to act in his behalf.
tī-tîang khéng chut thâu?
Who will take the lead in the matter?
cṳ̆-jîen ŭ chut thâu kâi jît-cí;
there is of course a time when you will begin to rise in the world.
mih sṳ̄ tîeh ŭ kâi thâu-náu;
there must be a head in everything.
àiⁿ kîaⁿ tùi cìeⁿ thâu a kîaⁿ tùi hìeⁿ thâu?
Will you follow this course or that?
cía sĭ cĭeⁿ thâu ŭ mĕng kâi;
this is what the last leader commanded.
thâu-ke;
the head the family, the master.
thâu-ke-nîe;
the mistress of the house.
bô̤ thâu kong ùaⁿ;
no cause for action; it is a doubtful case.
i cò̤ sṳ̄ ŭ thâu ŭ búe;
he does things in a systematic manner.
cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ thâu bô̤ búe;
acts without method.
thâu cêk kâi cū sĭ;
the first one is the one.
thâu cêk jît;
the first day of a period.
cho̤-thâu-ē;
in the beginning; in the first place; at first.
khí-thâu sî;
in the beginning; at first.
thâu-téng hó̤ kâi;
the very best.
i bô̤ sĭoⁿ thâu;
there is no other way for him to do; he sees no way out of it.
sái kàu i cáu thâu bô̤ lō, jîp tī bô̤ mn̂g;
drive him to extremity; leave no opening for him to escape in any dircetion.
thâu mīn côiⁿ cū ŭ;
there is one ahead of us.
bé-thâu;
a pier, a landing.
khṳ̀ bé-thâu tah cûn;
go to the pier and go on board a vessel.
cûn thâu;
the bow or prow of a vessel.
sam thâu;
the large end of a stick of timber.
íⁿ-thâu;
a stool.
cá-cá tah i kâi thâu tō;
go on board the first ferryboat that crosses in the early morning.
