A Chinese and English vocabulary, in the Tie-chiu dialect/Kám

by Josiah Goddard

Kám.

甘¹

Sweet; pleasant; agreeable; voluntary; flattering.

泔¹

A decoction; rice-water.

疳¹

A disease of children from eating sweet; venereal sores.

紺¹

Purple color; a kind of purple colored silk.

苷¹

Liquorice plant.

邯¹

Plenty; abundance; name of a place and of a river.

監¹

A jail or prison.

感²

To move; rouse; excite indignation; thanks.

監^3-

To oversee; control; an overseer; inspector; an eunuch.

鑑^3-鑒^3-

A mirror; a percept or warning; to see.

噤^3-

To stop the mouth; refrain or be prohibited to speak.