To call to or upon; to cry out; the cries or voices of animals or birds; to send for; to name; to command;
to tell; to do; to persuade; to sing, as an insect; to induce; to cause, in which sense it is often only a sign of the passive voice; by, with; named, called, termed.
i kìe-cò̤ sĭm-mih mîaⁿ?
By what name is he called?
i kìe mîaⁿ kìe jī mēⁿ i;
she called him names.
i bô̤ sie kìe;
they are not on speaking terms with each other.
cē kìe cū lâi;
as soon as you call I will come.
i tó̤ hàm-kìe kìu;
he is calling for help.
cò̤-nî i kìe lṳ́ m̄ thiaⁿ, tîeh úa kìe?
Why is it that you pay no heed to his calling you, so that I must call you?
lṳ́ hàm nâng lâi kìe-ìn;
you get some one to guarantee it.
kâi sĭ sĭm-mûeh tó̤ kìe?
What creature is it making that noise?
kìe phùa i kâi âu-lêng, bô̤ nâng khṳ̀ chái i;
though he calls loud enough to split his throat, no one pays any attention to him.
bô̤ kìe bô̤ ìn, cò̤-nî hó̤ khṳt i?
With no security given, why should you let him have it?
i kìe, i m̄ hàuⁿ ìn;
when she calls him he will not answer.
thiaⁿ-kìⁿ kúi tó̤ kìe thòi;
heard the spirit of one who had committed suicide calling on some one else to commit suicide, so that the former might be born into the would again.
hîam tîeh, i hŵn-lío ngau-ngau-kìe, tó̤ pĭen;
if you reprove him he still keeps on complaining and contradicting.
kio i tàⁿ tîeh, i ngau-ngau-kìe, tàⁿ tōa-bó̤-mûeh ūe;
if you say any thing to him about it, he will argue and dispute, and talk on endlessly about it.
