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VOCABULARY.—Continued.
| Earrings | Hee-kow. |
| East | Dahng. |
| Easy | Koy; yoong-ee. |
| Eat | Cheeah. |
| Ebb-tide | Teeay-khaw. |
| Egg (fowl's) | Koy-nung. |
| Employ | Eng. |
| Empty | Khahng. |
| Ended | Wahn-leeow. |
| England | Eng-kok. |
| Enough | Kow. |
| Enquire | T'ahm-t'oy; mung. |
| Evening | Meh-hng. |
| Ever, for | Yoong-koo. |
| Every | Kak. |
| Eyes | Mak; ts'eh-meh. |
| Expenses | Hooee-eng. |
| Expenses„ (on a journey) | Pwah-tee; lo-hooee. |
| F. | |
| Face | Meen. |
| Fair | (wind) Sooen; (weather) dzang. |
| Fall, to | (things) Kah-low; (persons) pwah. |
| Fan, a | See. |
| Fancy, I | P'ah-sung. |
| Far | Hng. |
| Fast | May-may. |
| Fat | Pooee. |
| Father | Peh or pay. |
| Fear | P'ah; khyoong-way; keeah way. |
| Feed, to (animals etc.) | Ts'ee. |
| Festival | Dzoy. |