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chiørpoef 笑桮 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiøx'poef ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.56]
N : position of the divining blocks (both face up) meaning "uncertain" (the gods are amused, but not necessarily favorable, or they consider the request ridiculous, cf siuN7-poe, im-poe)
陽卦
u: korng'khao'y'thofng'poe ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.148]
N/Zool lia̍p : a bivalve mollusk of the lantern shell family, Laternula restrata
廣口衣通貝
u: khid'zuie ⬆︎ 乞水 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.158]
VO : secure water for washing the body of a person who has just died by using two coins for divining instead of the usual divining blocks (poe), after which the coins are thrown into the well or spring as payment for the water
小殮
of-poe'of [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'poef'of ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.189]
N chiah : vega herring gull, Pacific herring gull, pink-legged herring gull, Larus argentatus vegae
黑脊鷗
poaqpoef 跋桮 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poah'poef ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.208]
VO : divine by throwing down two pieces of wood or bamboo root which are flat on one side and curved on the other (cf si7uN-poe, im-poe, chhi3o-poe)
摔神杯
u: poe'tiaau'thor'hoong ⬆︎ 背條土蝗 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.208]
N chiah : a kind of grasshopper, Patanga succincta
背條土蝗
u: taang'poe ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.254]
VO/N : (be of the) same generation (equally distant from a common ancestor)
同輩
u: tøo'poe'hii ⬆︎ 駝背魚 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.268]
N/Ich bé : a kind of freshwater fish, Notopterus notopterus
駝背魚

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