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• ‮錁‬khò̤4891678
• Bullion; paper representing bullion.

bói cho̤h ngṳ̂n-cúa lâi cih khò̤;

buy some gilt paper and fold it so as to represent bullion.

khò̤-thâu-si;

a small ingot with a coil on its top.

kho̤h

• ‮喀‬kho̤h429309
• To cough in order to get something out of the throat.

jw̆n kho̤h, kho̤h m̄ chut;

however much I cough, I can't cough it up.

• ‮兢‬khô̤h4051012
• Solicitous lest a thing miscarry; cautious; fearful.

cék kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khô̤h-khô̤h-sih;

is very solicitous about this matter.

kiaⁿ kàu khô̤h-khô̤h-sih;

in an agony of fear.

khu

• ‮驅‬khu44318711
• To drive on; to urge; to force; to lash on.

khu sîaⁿ tôk mût;

to dispel noxious influences.

tī-tîang khu-sái lṳ́ lâi?

Who urged you into coming?

khu piaⁿ côiⁿ-cìn;

urge the troops forward.

khu kàu i m̄ káⁿ lâi;

worked upon his fears so that he did not come.

i ŏi khu sîn hîah kúi;

he can animate the gods, and detain the demons.

khu cêk kâi kúi chut lâi teng-tùe;

forced a demon to come out and attend upon him.

khu huang;

expel the wind.

khu sip;

expel bad humors.

• ‮坵‬khu416325
• A classifier of parcels of land.

cêk khu châng;

a field.

cí cêk khu hn̂g cū khuah;

this garden plot is wide.

cí khu tī tǹg nâng ŭ nŏ̤ saⁿ khu khuah;

this piece of ground is three or four times as wide as theirs.

in cí-kò̤ kâi chang-khu ío ôih;

their fields here are narrower.

kek piah khu;

the adjoining lot.

i nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ teh kha-khu;

the two are playing draughts.

• ‮拘‬khu438645
• To restrain; to moderate; bigoted; to grasp so as to detain.

put khu ke cíe to hó̤;

whether more or less is no matter.

m̄ khu tōa sòi úa lóng-cóng àiⁿ;

whether large or small I want all of them.

míen khu tīaⁿ tī cêk jît;

need not fix any particular day.

màiⁿ khu lói-sìo;

do not be formal.

i kâi nâng khah khu-cip;

he is too set in his own way.

cò̤ sṳ̄ khah khu-nĭ;

acts too willfully.

cē bô̤ nâng khu-sok cū thèng cò̤;

whenever be is without some one to restain him he acts recklessly.

thek che khu kìu;

send constables to seize and examine.

• ‮軀‬khu44315811
• The body, the person.

i kâi sin-khu ío kûiⁿ-tōa;

he is rather tall and stout.

i kâi sin-khu ío ói sòi;

he is rather short and small.

• ‮區‬khu442239
• To assign a place for.

úa cṳ̆ ŭ khu-chú;

I have a good plan for it.

khu-pîet mêng-pêh;

discriminate clearly.

• ‮蹲‬khû102115712
• To sit on the heels; to squat.

khû lô̤h khṳ̀, tô̤h khí lâi;

squat down and pick it up.

i khû tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤, táng i;

he is squatting there waiting for him.

• ‮臼‬khŭ4141340
• A mortar; a socket.

cía bí sĭ ceng hue khŭ kâi a sĭ ceng cîeh khŭ kâi;

was this rice pounded in a chunan mortar or in a stone mortar?

khŭ sói cheng-khih lío khṳt i lā: ùaⁿ cē àiⁿ ceng kùe;

wash the mortar clean and let it dry in the air: after a little while I am going to pound up the ingredients for a cake.

khŭ-kíaⁿ;

a small mortar.

îeh-khŭ;

a mortar for triturating medicines.

ci kâi mn̂g-kha-khŭ tîeh ūaⁿ;

the socket in which this door turns must be renewed.

hṳ́ ki khŭ-kíaⁿ-thûi m̄-kìⁿ-khṳ̀;

the pestle to this little mortar is missing.

kha kut pûah chut khŭ;

he fell and dislocated his thigh bone.

i kâi chíu cò̤-nî ŏi chut khŭ?

How did he dislocate his shoulder joint?

nín cêk jît sio ŭ jîeh cōi khŭ bí?

How many mortars full of rice do you consume in a day?

thang-îu-hue khŭ;

a mortar used in making putty.

sṳ̄ to m̄ kui khŭ;

the matter does not take a manageable shape.

cí kâi tûi m̄ kah cí kâi khŭ;

this pounder does not fit this mortar.

cò̤ cêk khŭ khah tĭⁿ, tîeh cò̤ nŏ̤ khŭ ceng;

there is too much for one pounding, you must make two of it.

mn̂g-tŏiⁿ khŭ;

sockets in a doorsill, for bars to stand in.

khua

• ‮誇‬khua4681496
• To boast; to brag; conceited.

khua-kháu;

boastful.

mih sṳ̄ m̄-hó̤ khah cṳ̆ khua;

one should not laud himself too much in anything.

i khua-cìang i kàu cìaⁿ ŏi;

he extoled his being so upright and able.

ūe tàⁿ chut lâi khah khua;

the style in which he talks is too grandiloquent.

úa thiaⁿ tîeh i kâi ūe khiam-khua khiam-khua nē;

I thought his manner of speaking both modest and self-respectful.