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LESSON XXII
Gender.
- lâm,
- male.
- nńg,
- female.
- lâm-nńg; lâm-hũ,
- male and female.
- ta-pou,
- a male (rustic use).
- cha-bóu,
- a female (rustic„ use„).
- chṳ-niêⁿ,
- a female; feminine.
- ta-pou chṳ-niêⁿ,
- male and female.
- lâm-chṳ́-kiáⁿ,
- a male child.
- chṳ-niêⁿ-kiáⁿ,
- a female child.
- lâm-jî,
- a boy.
- nńg-jî,
- a girl.
- ta-pou-kiáⁿ,
- a male child.
- ta-pou nâng,
- a man (rustic use).
- cha-bóu-nâng,
- a woman (rustic„ use„).
- cha-bóu-kiáⁿ,
- a female child (rustic„ use„).
- chṳ-niêⁿ-nâng,
- girls; young misses.
- nńg--nâng,
- young women.
- a-má-nâng,
- middle aged, or, elderly women.
- hũ-jîn,
- a woman, or, lady (courteous).
- lãu-m,
- an old lady (courteous„).
- kou-nîeⁿ,
- a miss.
- tau-kiáⁿ,
- a son.
- cháu-kiáⁿ,
- a daughter.
- lâm-nńg-kiáⁿ,
- sons and daughters,
- ta-pou-sun,
- a grandson (rustic).
- cha-bóu-sun,
- a granddaughter (rustic„).
- cháu-sun,
- granddaughter„ (more polite).
- tau-sun,
- a grandson (more polite„).
- lãu-phûa,
- an old wife (not always courteous).
- pẽ; a-pa; a-tia; a chú,
- father.
- âi; a-bó; a-niêⁿ; a-neⁿ,
- mother.
- pẽ-bó,
- father and mother.
- nõ-chhin; sang-chhin,
- parents.
- pẽ-chhin,
- paternal parent.
- hó-chhin,
- maternal parent.
- pẽ-kiáⁿ,
- father and sons.
- hiaⁿ-tĩ; hiaⁿ-tĩ-kiáⁿ,
- brothers,
- chí-mūe; ché-mūe,
- sisters.
- sié-nńg-jî; sié-nńg-chṳ́,
- little daughters.
