瞬
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To wink.
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nih mâk;
to wink.
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mâk cē nih cū kàu;
will reach there now in a jiffy.
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chioh-chioh-nih;
to look around as if lost in thought.
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nih-a-nih;
winking slowly.
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thiⁿ kong nih mâk;
the thunder-god winks; it lightens.
蹜
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To walk softly and with short steps.
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nih kha nih kha khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ kîaⁿ;
walk slowly and with short steps.
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i cò̤-nî nih kha nih kha, m̄ káⁿ kîaⁿ tōa hûah?
Why does he walk so carefully, not venturing to take long steps?
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kîaⁿ khṳ̀ nih-a-nih;
walks mincingly.
㲞
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nih-chih-tó̤;
short hair.
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i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ nih-chih-tó̤, cò̤ hó̤ tá cang?
Her hair is very short, how can she do it up in the style of a grown woman?
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hui-chṳ́ kâi mô̤ⁿ nih-chih-tó̤, chēng cò̤ ŏi sie?
A squirrel’s fur is short, how can one be warm in wearing it?
蔕
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The rootlets of leaves or grasses; appendages.
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i bô̤ tùe bô̤ nih, tī-kò̤ to hó̤ khṳ̀;
he has encumbrances, and can go anywhere.
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i tùe-nih kâi bó kâi kíaⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;
he is cumbered by a wife and children.
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i kâi sìo-bâk hâiⁿ khṳ̀ hó̤ căi, cṳ̄-lâi m̄ pat ŭ tùe-nih;
he squares up his accounts in a very exact way, and has not heretofore left any balance to be afterward settled.
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sio-bâk chŵn bŏi nih khìam;
his account has no small balance left for collection.
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cìeⁿ-seⁿ tùe-tùe nih-nih kang-khó căi;
there are all sorts of little hindrances making it very difficult.