擔
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To bear, to sustain, to un ertake, to be responsible for, to offer security.
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úa kio lṳ́ tam-pó̤;
I will go bail for you.
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ŭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄ sĭ úa tam jīn;
whatever happens I will be responsible it.
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i tam-sim căi;
he is terribly apprehensive.
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tam-sêng;
to guarantee; to warrant; to insure.
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i m̄ káⁿ tam-sêng, úa cū káⁿ tam-sêng;
if he will not venture to guarantee it, then I will.
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tī-tîang káⁿ tam-tng cía sṳ̄?
Who dare undertake this?
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ŭ sṳ̄ úa tam-tài;
if any trouble comes out of it, I will take the responsibility.
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lṳ́ màiⁿ tam-tāⁿ úa;
do not you fail to fulfill the appointment; do not disappoint me.
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tam chî, bô̤ tam-gō;
may be delayed, but shall not fail altogether in carrying out the arrangement.
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cièⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ khṳt i tam-gō khṳ̀;
it seems that we have depended on him to our cost; he has apparently failed to carry out his part in the plan.
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ŏi cò̤-nî, i tam-sêng căi tit phû?
If anything happens, how can he sustain the responsibility he has assumed?
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cí kâi tam-sêng m̄ phû, tîeh chíaⁿ kâi tam-sêng tit phû kâi lâi tam-sêng;
this one is not one who can stand as security against loss to us, and we must ask some one who is competent to do so to guarantee it.
躭
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To obstruct; to prevent.
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tam-ko̤h;
to retard; to delay.
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chíaⁿ kio i tam-ko̤h māng cē;
please slow off a little.
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tam-gō;
to thwart by delay, to put off.
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tam-gō kàu kùe sî-hāu;
procrastinated till the time for it had passed.
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tam-ĭen ke kúi jît;
put off for a few days longer.
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kio i tam cē, màiⁿ khah méⁿ;
retard it a little, do not do it too rapidly.
蘸
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To dip and wet, as a pen in ink.
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bâk cúi màiⁿ tàm khah lông;
do not take to much ink in your pen.
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pit tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ tàm ke cêk ē bâk;
you must dip your pen in the ink once more.
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cúa khin-khin lô̤h khṳ̀ tàm cē cū hó̤;
to dip the paper very gently in and wet it through will suffice.
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mīn-pò khîeh lô̤h cúi tèng tàm i tâm;
dip the towel in water and dampen it.
**腫脹](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/腫脹)tàm-tè107
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To swell slightly; puffy.
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i kâi mīn cò̤ ŏi tàm-tè tàm-tè?
Why is her face so puffy?
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lîen phiaⁿ-lî múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ ŏi tàm-tè;
his whole trunk is puffy.
啖
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To swallow in morsels; to eat slowly; to suck upon.
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i thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;
seeing it makes his mouth water.
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màiⁿ hāi i àiⁿ li bŏi tit tîeh, tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;
do not make his mouth water for it, since it is something he cannot have.
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kò̤-kíaⁿ kò̤-kíaⁿ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tăm;
eat it little by little.
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khîeh kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni i tăm;
give him a little bit to suck upon.
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kó̤ ko̤ mng khṳt i tăm cêk ûe khṳ̀ lío;
she has sucked down the half of the cake.