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kà keng-cìⁿ;

teach archery.

kà khûn;

teachboxing.

kà ke-húe;

teach fencing.

kà lô̤ kó;

teach drumming.

kà khek;

teach the singing of ballads.

kà hîⁿ kŭ;

teach how to play on stringed instruments.

kà hì;

teach how to perform in a theatre.

i kâi kà lâi m̄ sĭen huap;

this is not taught in the best way.

kà tŏ̤-lí;

instruct in doctrine.

cang pn̄g chī tōa, cang chûe kà gâu;

make him grow by feeding him with rice, and make him wise by using the ferule on him.

lṳ́ kaî tōa mîaⁿ úa būe cêng chíaⁿ kà;

I have not yet asked your name.

ôiⁿ sî lâi cí kà cē;

when you have leisure comehere and discourse.

i kà nâng tăi-khài sĭ kà nâng cò̤-nî?

In a general way, what is it that he teaches people to believe in?

hût kà; sek kà;

Buddhism.

tău kà;

Taouism.

hûe-hûe kà;

Mohammedanism.

jû kà

Confucianism.

thien-cú kà;

Roman Catholicism.

īa-so kà;

Protestant Christianity.

thŵn kà kâi sin-seⁿ;

teacher who promulgates doctrines.

cía sĭ kà-íu hùe;

this is one of their disciples.

cía cêk ūi sĭ kà-sṳ;

this is a learned teacher in that religion.

hṳ́ cêk ūi sĭ gūa kok kâi kà-sṳ̆;

that is a foreign missionary.

kà cṳ kâi cṳ-ce;

a schoolroom.

tôk chut kà gūa;

to expel from a sect or party.

cí kâi sĭ sin lâi jîp kà kâi;

this is one who has lately entered the sect.

kà-hŭe ŭ jîeh cōi kâi?

How many separate organizations are there of that sect?

kà-tn̂g;

a chapel.

kà lăi ŭ jîeh cōi nâng?

How many members are there in the sect?

cía sĭ cìaⁿ kà m̄ sĭ sîa kà;

this is moral, not immoral teaching.

to sĭ aìⁿ kà nâng hó̤, bô̤ kà nàng m̄-hó̤;

its aim is to teach people to do well, not to teach them to do evil.

i kà cêk kùe cū pat, chong-men̂g căi;

if he is once shown how he knows, he is very intelligent.

cí kâi jw̆n kà, kà m̄ pat, sĭm sĭ lú-tŭn;

this one, however much you teach him, does not learn, he is exceedingly stupid.

úa sĭ kà lṳ́, m̄ sĭ mēⁿ lṳ́, lṳ́ màiⁿ khì;

I am teaching you, not scolding you, so do not be displeased.

ŭ jîeh cōi kà-mn̂g?

How many adherents have they?

tī-tîang tó̤ cú cí kâi kà?

Who is the head man of this sect?

chíaⁿ i lâi kà cṳ-īⁿ;

invite him to come and teach in the college.

cí kâi sai-kíaⁿ kà chut lâi ciang-lâi ŭ mîaⁿ-sek;

this apprentice will make a reputation for himself when he shall have been through his course of instruction.

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• To bite; to gnaw.

kă cêk chùi;

bite off a mouthful.

cí cîah káu ŏi kă nâng a bŏi?

Is this dog apt to bite?

màiⁿ khṳt i kă tiêh;

don't let him bite you.

khak tōiⁿ, kă m̄ lô̤h;

it is so hard I can't bite into it.

khah jūu, kă m̄

tn̆g;

it is so tough that I cannot bite it in two.

kă cò̤ nŏ̤ kò̤;

bite it apart.

i kâi khí kă kín-kín, tîeh kĭo khui;

his teeth are clenched, and we must pry them apart.

kă-gê chiet-chí;

gnash the teeth.

tng kuaⁿ mīn côiⁿ khṳ̀ kă i;

right there before the face of the magistrate, wrongly involved him in the crime.

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• ‮柑‬kaⁿ311755
• Oranges.

cêk lîap kaⁿ;

an orange.

so̤h kaⁿ;

the coolie orange.

cie kaⁿ;

an orange with a thin loose peel.

phòng-tháng kaⁿ;

a large sweet orange with a loose porous peel.

bît-tháng kaⁿ;

a small sweet orange.

kaⁿ phûe màiⁿ tak-nn̄g, khîeh khṳ̀ lŏ;

do not waste the orange peel, take it and pickle it.

cí kâi kaⁿ kio úa phoi;

pare this orange for me.

peh kâi kaⁿ lâi cîah;

pick an orange apart and eat it.

kaⁿ hn̂g;

an orange garden.

tiah kaⁿ;

gather the oranges.

kò kâi nâng cwn tó̤ lîah tīo kaⁿ-thâng;

hire a man especially for picking the caterpillars off the orange trees.

cía mng sĭ kaⁿ-kíaⁿ;

these are dwarf oranges.

cía kaⁿ khah cheⁿ, būe sêk;

these oranges are too green, they are not yet ripe.

cía kit sĭ ciap kaⁿ kâi, cìaⁿ ŏi tîam;

there limes are grafted on an orange and that is what makes them sweet.

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• The olive.

cêk câng kaⁿ-ná chīu;

an olive tree.

kám cêk lîap kaⁿ-ná tŏ̤ chùi;

holding an olive in her mouth.

nín hieⁿ-lí cèng ŭ jîeh cōi kaⁿ-ná?

In your village how many olives have been planted?

cĭeⁿ cîⁿ kaⁿ-ná, lô̤h cîⁿ kieⁿ;

a thing that rises in price by being kept, as do olives, or one that diminishes in price, as does ginger.

kaⁿ-ná kûeh bō̤;

a cap shaped like half an olive.

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• To dare; to venture on; presuming.

m̄ káⁿ tng;

dare not undertake it.

úa m̄ káⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

I dare not do thus.

i cò̤-nî káⁿ hìeⁿ-seⁿ?

How dare he do thus?

lṳ́ ĕ tńg káⁿ mē?

Are you ever going to do so any more?

i káⁿ cò̤, káⁿ ûi;

he dare do anything.

cí kâi nâng káⁿ seⁿ káⁿ sí;

this man is wholly fearless.

cí kâi ūe sĭ i cìaⁿ káⁿ tàⁿ;

this sort of talk only he dare indulge in.

i ío káⁿ tàⁿ, ío ngĕ tît;

he is bold in speech, and resolute in action.

nâng cē m̄ tŏ̤ i cū káⁿ sńg;

as soon as one is gone, he sets himself boldly to playing.

kúaⁿ-káⁿ;

decided.

íong-káⁿ;

valiant.

khí káⁿ, khí káⁿ;

how dare I do so; I ought not to receive such an honor.

hía i cìaⁿ m̄ káⁿ, a!

Would not dare to do it, would be!

i cē lâi in cū m̄