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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON CXI.

泡 phàu; to soak soft. 額 hîah; forehead; fixed. ? sìn; sîn; the sinciput. 鬢 pìn; hair on the temple. 頰 * kih; side of face; cheeks. 仁 jîn; humanity; kernel.

腎 sĭen; kidneys. 齦 n̂gn; the gums. 齦 * ngoih; to crunch. 喉 âu; throat; windpipe. 嚨 lêng; aesophagus. 起 khí; sort; class.

1 ŭ ngán bɵ̂ cu. âu lêng. 2 ngán côiⁿ ŭ sʉ̄, mẽ? 3 hòng ngán. pìn piⁿ. 4 hɵ́ ngán lât. hîah sìo. 5 thóiⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ ngán. 6 ngán sîn. âu lêng kíaⁿ. 7 hîah mīn sîn. hîah kak. 8 îeh tah pìn piⁿ. 9 sien nâng thâu. 10 mâk ciu jîn. pêh jîn. 11 mâk chì mɵ̂. hîah kĕ. 12 sìn mn̂g; hîah sìn. 13 ŭ hîah a bɵ̂ hîah? 14 kih kau. o jîn. 15 jîn ài. thɵ̂ jîn, tāu jîn. 16 sĭen cí īeⁿ. sim sĭen. 17 khí n̂gn. ngoih khí. 18 âu lêng thìaⁿ. âu ta. 19 âu seⁿ gɵ̂. koi nn̆g jîn. 20 ngẽ âu. nńg âu. 21 lʉ́ kâi âu bɵ̂ siaⁿ sĭ ŵn in lʉ́ pek chiet kāng nâng sie jíang. 22 hŭam àiⁿ cîah kâi mûeh pit àiⁿ kùe âu lêng. 23 tàⁿ ūe tɵ̆ âu lêng tói. 24 cí khí, hʉ́ khí, m̄ tâng īeⁿ.

1 Undiscriminating. Throat. 2 Have you immediate business? 3 Long, narrow eye. The temple. 4 Quick perceptions. Legal number. 5 Look upon with contempt. 6 Expression of the eye. Palate. 7 The forehead. Above the temple. 8 Stick medicine on the temple. 9 The image in the eye. 10 The eyeball. White of the eye. 11 The eyelashes. Forehead low. 12 The fontanel in a babe. 13 Is there a fixed rate? 14 The cheeks. The iris. 15 Benevolence. Meat of peach-stone, and pea-nut. 16 Oval. The heart and reins. 17 The gums. Grate the teeth. 18 Throat sore. Thirsty. 19 Quinsy. Yolk of an egg. 20 Windpipe. Aesophagus. 21 You are hoarse because you have been so vehemently scolding. 22 Whatever is eaten must pass down the throat. 23 Talk in a whisper. 24 The two sorts are unlike.