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To bind, to restrict; to retrench; about; nearly.
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iak-lîak; iak lĭang; about that; thereabouts; iak-lîak ŭ jîeh cōi?
About how much is there?
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cía sĭ put kùe iak kâi tăi-lîak;
this is nothing more that an approximate estimate.
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tăi-iak;
for the most part; on the whole; in a general way.
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tăi-iak kàu cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n kâi tō;
aproximately calculated, it would amount to about a thousand dollars.
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iak-sok;
to restrain; to repress; to keep in subjection.
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i iak-sok hṳ́ lăi kâi nâng, iak-sok kàu ngîam căi;
he keeps those who are within, in very complete subjection.
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m̄ pí hía bô̤ iak bô̤ sok hùe;
not like those who are under no restrain.
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khĭam-iak;
frugal.
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iak kâi pāng-bó̤;
fix a limit.
躍
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To skip, to caper, to leap.
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i cò̤ sṳ̄ íong- iak căi;
he does things with effusion.
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cèng nâng lóng-cóng íong-iak;
all were eager.
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i iak-iak nē;
he is very frisky.
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lṳ́ thóiⁿ i iak-iak nē, cò̤ khéng su-hôk nâng;
you see that he is very full of life, and will not willingly be tamed down.