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LESSON XXII (CONTINUED).
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Gender.
- a-kong a-má,
- grandfather and grandmother.
- a-só,
- elder brother’s wife.
- a-sím,
- the wife of an a-chek, i.e. aunt.
- a-m,
- the wife of an a-peh, i.e. aunt.
- sié-m; tĩ-hũ,
- a younger brother’s wife.
- a-î,
- maternal aunts.
- a-kou,
- paternal aunts.
- bó-kũ,
- maternal uncles; wife’s brothers.
- chek-peh,
- paternal uncles; husband’s brothers.
- chek-tie̍t,
- uncle and nephew.
- chhi-kũ,
- a wife’s brother.
- chek-peh hiaⁿ-tĩ,
- male cousins whose fathers are brothers.
- chek-peh chí-mūe,
- female cousins„ whose„ fathers„ are„ brothers.„
- ang; jî-sài; jî-hu; hu-sài; hu-kun; chiãng-hu,
- husband.
- bóu; ke-ãu; chhi; hũ; lãi--nâng; ke-lãi; ke-kuàn,
- wife.
- ang-bóu; ang-chiá; hu-hũ,
- husband and wife.
- kiáⁿ-sài; nn̂g,
- son-in-law.
- sim-pũ,
- daughter in law.
- tâng-sāi,
- sisters-in-law.
- chhi-î,
- a wife’s sisters.
- bó-î,
- mother’s sisters.
- tiẽⁿ-nâng tiẽⁿ-m,
- the husband’s father-in-law and mother-in-law.
- nga̍k-pẽ nga̍k-bó,
- the„ husband’s„ father„ in„ law„ and„ mother„ in„ law.„
- ta-kuaⁿ ta-ke,
- the wife’s father-in-law and mother-in-law.
- pié-hiaⁿ-tĩ, pié-chí-mūe,
- cousins, &c.
- a-iâ,
- an esquire.
- a-nái,
- wife of an esquire, or graduate.
- a-sià,
- son of an esquire or graduate.
- lṳ́ kâi-a-sià,
- your son (said to one of the gentry).
- lṳ́ ũ-jie̍h-chōi chhoiⁿ-kim?
- how many thousands of gold, i.e. daughters, have you?
- lṳ́ ũ-kúi-kâi a-sià?
- how many young esquires have you?
- lṳ́ kúi-kâi kong-chṳ́?
- how many sons have you? (said to dignitaries).
- lṳ́ khun-tõng jie̍h-chōi-ūi?
- you have older and younger brothers, how many personages? (very polite).
- uâng-ke, uâng-hõu,
- king and queen.
- nńg-uâng,
- a queen in own right.
- chóng-tok hu-jîn,
- the Vice-roy and lady.
