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bøexkhie 袂起 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *be'khie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.10]: pVmod : cannot, unable to (life, carry, climb, etc); 不能
bøexkhie 袂起 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boe'khie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.16]: pVmod : cannot unable to (lift, carry, climb, etc)<[tann boe7-khi2]: unable to carry>; 不能
øexkhie 會起 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'khie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.65]: pVmod : able to, can (lift, carry, climb, etc); 能
u: khie ⬆︎ 起 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.155]: pVmod : [V+e7/boe7+khi2]: be able to; 起
khy'iong 起用 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khie'iong ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.155]: V : promote to higher position; 起用
u: khie'iuo'zhuo'lie ⬆︎ 豈有此理 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.155]: SV : unreasonable (in sense of bending all rules to suit himself); 豈有此理
khykarm 豈敢 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khie'karm ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.155]: Res : You flatter me! (polite response to a compliment about one's ability, or to a request introduced by chheng2-kau3); 豈敢
khynii 紀年 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khie'nii ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.155]: M : cycle (of 12 years, each year represented by a symbolical animal, corresponding approximately to the western signs of the zodiac); 輪
khypid 起筆 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khie'pid ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.155]: VO : begin to write or draw; 下筆
khie'khiog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khix'khiog ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.156]: V : refuse, reject, decline (to accept); 拒絕
u: lun'khie ⬆︎ 論起 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.177]: Topic marker : speaking of, with regard to (in discussing sthg); 論起
u: svaf'keg'khie ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.219]: V : stir up one another by emulation to do sthg, dare each other; 競爭
u: suii'ky khie'su ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.248]: Sph : take the opportunity to start something; 見機行事
tvaf-bøexkhie 擔袂起 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvaf'boe'khie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.250]: Vph : be unable to carry (load is too heavy); 擔不起
tngf-bøexkhie 當袂起 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tngf *be/boe khie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.266]: Vph : be unable to bear such responsibility IE (response to requests for expert advice, etc): Sorry, I'm not an expert in the field!; 不敢當

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Taiwanese Dictionaries — Sources

HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.
DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)
Maryknoll: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)
TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).
EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.
Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)
Lim08: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten (TDJ)) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2008. We make updates and corrections, and refer to Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢2019 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of TDJ) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019.
TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.