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EMBARGO

tsò-nîⁿ- tou-hó. on either side, liáng-pôiⁿ. either....or, ho̍k....ho̍k.

eject, to̍k-tshut; kek-tshut; jiāu-tshut; chhek-to̍k; khu-tshut; kúaⁿ-tshut. from mouth, phùi--tshut-lâi. from stomach, thòu--tshut-lâi.

eke, chiap; chiap-tn̂g; sùa-tn̂g; póu.

elaborate, kang-hu; tsò-lâi zû-zû; kang-hu iùⁿ-sòi.

elapse, fifty years have elapsed, kàu-taⁿ íⁿ-keng-kùe ngõu-tsa̍p-nîⁿ--liáu.

elastic, nńg; õi-tshun õi-kiu; õi-sin õi-sok.

elbow, chhiú-thñg. elbow room, ũ-kò hó-tshun-lûn. to elbow, thńg--nâng; thñg--nâng.

elder, lãu-tōa; chiáng-láu. he is my elder, i tōa--uá. elder brother, a-hiaⁿ.

eldest, siãng-tōa. son, tōa-kiáⁿ; tōa-tau-kiáⁿ; chiáng-tsṳ́. brother, tōa-hiaⁿ.

elect, suán; suán-to̍h; kóiⁿ-to̍h; kóiⁿ-suán.

elegant, iông-mãuⁿ; ngî-iông. composition, bûn-ngiáⁿ. scholar, ũ-tshâi-ha̍k.

elements, ngóu-hêng; kim, ba̍k, tsúi, húe, thôu.

elephant, chhiẽⁿ. tusks, chhiẽⁿ-gê. elephantiasis, tōa-kha.

elevate, kṳ́; kṳ́-khí; khí-kûiⁿ; kau-kṳ́. elevated, kûiⁿ.

eleven, tsa̍p-it. eleven o'clock, tsa̍p-it tiám-cheng.

elf, sien. malignant, iau-chiaⁿ; iau-kuài.

elope, tùe-nâng-tsáu.

eloquent, ũ-kháu-tshâi; ũ-kháu-lẽng; õi-tàⁿ-ūe; miâⁿ-ke tàⁿ-ūe.

else, somewhere else, tõ-pa̍t-kò. has any one else come? hûan-ũ pa̍t-nâng lâi a-bô? I have nothing else to say, úa bô pa̍t-kâi-ūe hó-tàⁿ.

elucidate, kói-mêng; káng-kiù; sueh-mêng; kói-thiah.

elude, pī; tô-pī; siám-pī; tô-siám; tô-pī tsáu-siám; tô-tsáu; pī-bûa; tiàm-bûa; pĩ-khui.

elysium, sien-kéng.

emaciated, sáu; sán-sòu; sán-kut lo̍h-ne̍k; têng-phûe nêⁿ-têng-kut (skin & bone).

emanate, from, lâu-tshut; huat-tshut; liû-thûan; tshông-tõ hṳ́-kò khí.

embalm, ēng-hieⁿ-liāu lâi liãm-si; tieⁿ-liãm.

embankment, toi; hô-toi; toi-hūaⁿ.

embargo, on ship, huang-tsûn bô i tshut-kháu.