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when he heard it, he thought he would rather die.

ka-kī cṳ̆ ngw̆n cò̤;

did it of his own free will.

jû ā sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ, úa kâi ngw̆n cū cok;

if that is the way it is to be, my desires are satisfied.

sĭ úa ngw̆n kâi;

it is what I desired.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ chêng, m̄ ngw̆n;

he does it very unwillingly.

bô̤ cêk nâng ngw̆n;

no one was willing.

sĭ i kâi sim só̤ ngw̆n;

it is what his heart desires.

ngŵn kio i tam-sêng;

is willing to guarantee it.

• ‮愿‬ngw̄n11376110
• A vow.

hwt ngw̄n; hĕ ngw̄n;

make a vow.

hòiⁿ ngw̄n;

pay a vow.

būe cêng kói ngw̄n;

not yet free from his vow.

ni

• ‮拿‬ni610646
• To take, to get; to bring or carry in the hand.

ni lâi khṳt úa;

bring it to me.

lóng-cóng ni khṳ̀;

take them all along.

màiⁿ thau ni thau nueh;

do not pilfer any of it.

khòi m̄ cêng ni lâi;

the deed has not been brought.

• ‮乳‬ni29857
• Milk.

ni-bó̤; a foster mother.

gû-ni;

cow's milk.

chī ni;

to rear on milk.

cí hûe ni cūn lâi;

the milk has just come in her breast.

lût gû-ni;

to milk a cow.

i seⁿ ni iong, tîeh ēng sĭm-mih îeh lâi ui?

She has a broken breast, what should be used as a remedy?

i kâi ni-cap khah cheng;

her milk is too thin.

i kâi ni-cap lông;

her milk is rich.

• ‮彌縫‬ní-phông589
• To set right; to patch up; to help along; to supplement the efforts of another.

thĕng úa lâi kio lṳ́ ní-phông kàu ŵn-chŵn;

wait until I take hold along with you and set it completely right.

cía sĭ cèng nâng kio i ní-phông kâi;

this was done in his behalf by all unitedly.

jw̆n ní-phông, ní-phông m bûa;

however much we try to reconcile the difficulty, there seems to be no way of compassing it.

tăi-ke phêng-íu hùe cài lâi kâi i ní-phông, bú-pit àiⁿ ní-phông kàu sêng;

let all his friends again take hold and help him, and they will surely bring it to pass this time.

sie-hŭ ní-phông;

help rectify the blunder.

• ‮染‬ní286755
• To dye; to color.

ní phò;

a dyer's shop.

àiⁿ ní cò̤ kang-cheⁿ kâi;

wish to have it dyed brown.

i tó̤ khui ní pâng;

he has a dyeing establishment.

ní kàu bŏi thò̤ sek;

dyed a fast color.

ní kang hó̤ căi, ní lío bŏi pìen sek;

the dyeing is well done and the colors will not change.

• ‮璽‬ní7909614
• The royal signet.

gêk-ní;

the great seal.

i tit tîeh thŵn kok kâi gêk-ní;

he received the state seal.

gêk-ní khṳt i pì cáu;

the great seal was carried off by him on his back.

• ‮泥‬nî630855
• Mud; soil; mire.

thô nî ;

clay, mud, soil.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ thoa nî thoa cúi;

he does a thing as if he were being dragged to it through mud and water.

nî-cúi chīeⁿ;

a mason.

• ‮脂‬nî551806
• Viscid juice or dried gum.

in-nî;

cosmetics.

buah in-nî;

use cosmetics.

chīu nî;

the juices of a tree.

chêng chīu nî;

the sap of the banyan.

in-nî hún;

white cosmetic.

nî lâu-lâu;

the juice flows.

• ‮呢‬nî630805
• Woolen cloth; broadcloth.

nî pò;

woolens.

lâm nî;

blue flannel.

o nî;

black broadcloth.

nî kah-kíaⁿ;

a sleeveless jacket of broadcloth.

nî bé-kùa;

a cloth riding jacket.

• ‮麼‬nî602805

cò̤-nî;

why, how, what.

i cò̤-nî tàⁿ?

What did he say?

tîeh cò̤-nî cò̤ cìaⁿ hó̤?

What is the best thing to be done?

lṳ́ cò̤-nî tàⁿ cía ūe?

Why do you speak thus?

• ‮尼‬nî630442

nî-ko;

a Buddhist nun.

nî-ko am;

a nunnery.

• ‮年‬nî634518
• A year, a revolution of the seasons; the years one has reached.

kim nî; kin nî;

this year.

kū nî;

last year.

mêⁿ nî;

next year.

ău nî;

year after next; in after years.

tōa ău nî;

the year after year-after-next.

côiⁿ nî;

year before last, or in former years, (according to the emphasis, whether placed or the first or the second syllable).

tōa côiⁿ nî;

the year before year-before-last.

kṳ̆n nî; hīn nî;

of late years.

kú nî;

many years ago.

soiⁿ nî;

in former years.

cīeⁿ nî;

in other years.

kó-cá nî;

in olden times.

ĕ nî;

in coming years.

lâng nî;

a few years.

kúi nî;

several years.

choiⁿ nî peh nî to m̄ lâi;

has not been here for ages.

i jîeh cōi nî-khí?

Of what age is he?

ŭ nî-hùe kâi nâng;

one advanced in years.

i kâi nî-hùe khin;

he is not advanced in years.

sìo nî nâng;

a young person.

cheⁿ nî chut sṳ̆, lău nî cìaⁿ cò̤ kuaⁿ;

if one takes degrees in youth, he fills office in old age.

i kim nî jîeh cōi hùe?

What is his age this year?

íen nî;

long years ago.

hn̆g nî kâi sṳ̄;

what occurred many years since.