!! -- Vocabulary
1. [po"a=ka=(-)] Poy'aka (a place name); 2. [hyu~-lO+] incense vessel; 3. [li"] you (sing.); 4. [li=e+] your/yours (sing.); 5. [hi~-(_)a"] ear(s) 6. [tzin=] true/really; 7. [dtwa-] big; 8. [dtwa_e+] of big size; 9. [na_\ tzin/dtwa_e+] if of big size; 10. [syONg"mya-sen-a"] fortune-teller; 11. [e-] to be able to; 12. [o-lo"] to praise; 13. [hu"qwi"] wealth and nobil- ity; 14. [u_hu"qwi"syONg"] destined to become rich and noble; 15. [qONg"] to say; 16. [dtwa_hi~-] lit. big-ears; 17. [m_dtu=\na_u_laNg-(_)\qONg=(+)/ li" dtwa_hi~-] but if someone says you are big-ears; 18. [m_taNg=] (as sug- gested) should not; 19. [hwa~-hi"] feel happy; 20. [i"sj'] meaning; 21. [tzyu_si-] namely; 22. [m-] don't/want not to; 23.[m_tzai-ya~"] don't know; 24. [bpeQ_tsat+(=/-)] a lie; 25.[laNg_(-)\qa_\li= qONg+(=)/bpeQ_tsat+(=/-)] someone lies to you; 26. [qyo'] to call; 27. [sya+(=)mi"] what?; 28. [qyo"/ tzo(e)"\sya+(=)mi"] to be called as what? 29. [ma_\qyo"/tzo(e)"\sya+(=)mi"] also to be called as what?; 30. [tzi"ma"] now; 31.[po"tzj"] Poyzeh (another name for Poy'aka); 32. [li\+] apart from; 33. [qa-gi-] Qaghi(a place-name); 34. [hNg-] far; 35. [li_\qa-gi- bo_gwa_hNg-] not far away from Qaghi; 36. [dti\-] in/at; 37. [tzit=e=] this; 38. [sO+(=)tzai-] place/locale; 39. [ma+(=)tzO"] Mazo (a sea goddess); 40. [ma+(=)tzO+(=)qiNg(-)=] the temple of Mazo; 41. [lai_bin-] inside; 42. [tzit_e+] one/a piece of; 43. [dtwi'] as in [tzit_dtwi'] one pair; 44. [hu'] as in [tzit_hu'] one set; 45. [hyaQ\-] as in [hyaQ"\dtwa_hu'] such a big set; 46. [sO+i"] therefore; 47. [sO+i"|ma':] 'therefore' with emphatic format ending with enclitic [ma']; 48. [au_bpai"] next time; 49. [qi"] to point; 50. [mNg-] to ask; 51.[na\" ..na\"..] as in [na=(+)\qi=(+)li=(+)e-(_)/hi~-(_)a" na=(+)\qa_\i-.mNg-] (do)..while..as in 'pointing to your ear while asking him/her'; 52. [qam\"] as in [qam=(+)\u_/si(E)Ng] 'do (they)really look alike?'--!!
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Reading in Hoyloy:
A. Transcribed for audio play 1.
[po"a=ka-/hyu~-lO+] [li=e-/hi~-a" na_\tzin-/dtwa_e+ syONg"mya_sen-a" e_/qa_\li=.o-lo=/u_/hu" qwi"syONg'//m_dtu=\na_\u_laNg-\qONg=/li" dtwa_hi~-//li" m_taNg-/hwa~-hi"] [i-e-/i"sj' zyu_si_/li" m_tzai-ya~=/laNg-\qa_li=.qoNg=/bpeQ_tsat=/][dtwa_ hi~- ma_\qyo"tzo"/po"a"ka-/hyu~-lO+][tz,e= si_/sya=mi=/i"sj'|ne'] [po"a=ka= tzyu_si_/tzit=ma" dte_dtO+/bin_dtiNg" e-\po"tzj"//li_\qa-gi-# bo-gwa_hNg-][dti_\tzit=e-/sO=tzai- e-\ma=zO=qiNg= lai_bin- u_/tzit_e-/hyu~- lO+ hit=dtwi"/hi~-a" tzin-/dtwa_hu'][li=e-/hi~_a" dtoNg-Ryen+ bo-/ko=niNg/- hyaQ"\dtwa_hu'][sO=i"|ma': au_bpai" na_\u_laNg-\qyo"/li=.po"a=ka-/hyu~-lO+// li" na=\qi=/li=e-/hi~_a" na=\qa_i-.mNg-/qam=\u_si(E)Ng+]
B. Transcribed for audio play 2.
[po"a=ka-/hyu~-lO+] [li+e_/hi~-a" na_\tzin-/dtwa_e+ syONg"mya_sen-a" e_/qa_li+.o-lo+/u_/hu" qwi"syONg'//m_dtu+\na_\u_laNg_\qONg+/li" dtwa_hi~-//li" m_taNg-/hwa~-hi"] [i-e_/i"sj' zyu_si_/li" m_tzai-ya~+/laNg_\qa_li+.qoNg+/bpeQ_tsat+][dtwa_ hi~- ma_\qyo"tzwe"/po"a"ka-/hyu~-lO+][tz,e= si_/sya+mi+/i"sj'|ne'] [po"a=ka- tzyu_si_/tzit=ma" dte_dtO+/bin_dtiNg" e_\po"tzj"//li_\qa-gi-# bo_gwa_hNg-][dti_\tzit=e_ sO=tzai- e_\ma+zO+qiNg- lai_bin- u_/tzit_e_/hyu~- lO+ hit=dtwi"/hi~-a" tzin-/dtwa_hu'][li=e_/hi~_a" dtoNg-Ryen+ bo_/ko+niNg/_ hyaQ"\dtwa_hu'][sO+i"|ma': au_bpai" na_\u_laNg_\qyo"/li+.po"a=ka-/hyu~-lO+// li" na+\qi+/li+e_/hi~_a" na+\qa_i- mNg-/qam+\u_si(E)Ng+]
Explanation
People who take a fancy to Chinese divinatory practices look to large ears as part of personal features suggestive of potential success in one's career. That is what supports the claim in the beginning sentence: 'if your ears are quite big, a fortune teller will praise of your countenance as promising of wealth and nobility.'
But, as said in the second sentence, don't feel happy when someone says you are 'big-ears' because in Hoyloy the word for 'big-ears', [dtwa_hi~-] , means 'ignorant of what said to you being a lie'. The word [dtwa_hi~-], 'big-ears', is often replaced with 'incense vessel of Poy'aka', [po"a=ka-/hyu~-lO+]. But, how do people associate these two terms with each other.
In a small town called Poy'aka, the incense vessel inside the temple of Mazo, [ma+(=) tzO"], the goddess most worshipped on Taiwan, has been well-known by oral tradition for the two ears of huge size on it. Certainly your ears can not possibly be comparable to them in dimensions. Therefore, next time when someone mentions you by the name of ' incense vessel of Poy'aka', insinuating you are 'big-ears', be ready to show your ears and answer: "are my ears really so big?"
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