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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.

LESSON CXL.

輪 lûn; wheel; rotate. 輦 lín; barrow; transport. 圈 khwn; khuang; encircle. 摧 * léng; push; thrust. 啼 thî; crow; coo; wail. 囘 * hān; times; turns.

遭 cūa; time; occasion. 遭 cau; encounter; endure. 跌 * pûah; fall; slip down. 背 pùe; pŭe; back; behind. 襪 bûeh; stockings. 吮 cuh; to suck.

1 chiah ìuⁿ ìuⁿ. cam kang. 2 thīⁿ bât bât. thīⁿ kau cam. 3 thīⁿ khah cho. thīⁿ ìuⁿ ìuⁿ. 4 sĭ keⁿ a sĭ chiah? 5 lûn tîeh i. sie lûn. 6 lûn cẃn. chia lûn 7 lûn cûn. hĭⁿ lûn. 8 lûn hŵn. lûn lîu. 9 lín chia. lín kùe lâi. 10 lín tōa phàu. mn̂g khwn. 11 mâk kìaⁿ khuang. kìaⁿ khuang. cío khuang. 12 kîaⁿ m̄ chut khuang. 13 ûi cɵ̀ cêk khwn. 14 kîaⁿ cêk tōa khwn. 15 mài léng i pûah. 16 léng tɵ́. léng khui. 17 thî thî khàu khàu. 18 koi thî saⁿ lɵ̂h. 19 o a tɵ̆ kìe. khù̵ kúi hûe; khʉ̀ kúi tńg; khù̵ kúi hăn; khù̵ kúi chʉ̀. khʉ̀ cêk cau; khù̵ cêk cūa. khù̵ sì cūa lío. 20 cūa cūa ngɵ̆ lʉ́ m̄ tîeh; cí cūa ngŏ̵ tîeh lío. 21 cau huang; cau cúi cai; cau lān; cau chât. 22 siang pŭe. pùe ău.

1 Stitch it neatly. Needle work. 2 Sew it closely. Backstitch it. 3 Sewed too coarsely. Sew finely. 4 Is it woven or knitted? 5 It is his turn. Take turns. 6 Revolve. Cart wheel. 7 Wheeled boat. Rim of the ear. 8 Turning wheel. In rotation. 9 A wheel-barrow. Roll it over. 10 Gun-carriage. Door-casing. 11 Rim of spectacles. Frame of a picture. Bird ring. 12 Not go outside the ring. 13 Form a circle around it. 14 Went on a wide circuit. 15 Do not push him down. 16 Push over. Push open. 17 Moaning and weeping. 18 The cock crew the third time. 19 The crows are cawing. Went several times. Went once. I have been there four times already. 20 Time after time I missed you; this time I have met you. 21 Meet with storms; encounter floods; endure hardship; fall among thieves. 22 Back to back. Behind it.