Assertion: base tone | /r/SimilarTo | to be afraid
Facets:
value: to be afraid
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In Hokkien (again exemplified by Taiwanese varieties), the words kiaⁿ (whose base-tone is high flat and means ‘to be afraid’) plus lâng (whose base-tone is upwardly curving and means ‘person, people’) can combine via either of two different tonal treatments with a corresponding difference in resulting meaning.