Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ṳ

by Adele Marion Fielde

ṳ́

• 與ṳ́11251848
• To consort with; to be concerned in; with; to.

cía sĭ nín kâi sṳ̄, ṳ́ tha nâng sĭm-mih siang-kang?

This is your affair, and of what consequence is it to other people?

ṳ́ úa bô̤ kang;

it is nothing to me.

i ṳ́ nâng m̄ tâng;

he is unlike other people.

ú phêng-íu kau-chap;

consort with friends.

cí kâi nâng hó̤ siang ṳ́;

this person is a good one to consort with.

cin ṳ́ ké cò̤-nî hun-pîet?

How can one distinguish between the true and the false?

kim ṳ́ kó m̄-tâng;

the present and the past are unlike.

hó̤ ṳ́ m̄ hó̤, tîeh lṳ́ cìaⁿ cai;

the good and the bad must both be known to you.

cí kâi nâng kio i sĭ lău siang-ṳ́;

this is one of his old cronies.

• 飫ṳ̀11281844
• To eat much; to overeat.

glutted;

satiated; sick of.

cîah tîeh ṳ̀-ṳ̀ nē, cîah m̄ lô̤h;

my gorge rises when I take it, and I can't swallow it.

pá-ṳ̀;

glutted, surfeited.

tò lăi pá-ṳ̀ pá-ṳ̀, m̄ sṳ cîah;

my stomach felt full, and I did not think of eating.

cîah lío tó lăi ṳ̀-sak;

fell oppressed by the amount of food taken.

ka-kī pa-lói lío, būe cîah cū soiⁿ ṳ̀;

when I have myself prepared the food, I am sick of it before I have tasted it.

thóiⁿ tîeh cū ṳ̀;

loath the sight of it.

ṳ̀ káu cn̂g kâi bŏi cîah;

have had so much of it that I cannot eat it.

• 翳ṳ̀27112411
• To overshadow; to screen or intercept; a screen.

im ṳ̀;

dense shade.

mō̤ⁿ tîeh thong thiⁿ to sĭ ṳ̀-khì;

look off and see the whole heavens overcast.

mâk chĭeⁿ ṳ̀;

his sight is dim.

i kâi mâk sèn ṳ̀ mô̤h;

his eyes have a film forming over the iris.

mâk-ciu ṳ̀-ṳ̀;

his eyes are bleared.

• 淤ṳ̀1119858
• To silt up; to fill in with sediment.

ṳ̀-sak, m̄ thong;

obstructed with sediment, so that there is no intercommunication.

líu lío cē keh kú (illegible text)u ṳ̀-sak khṳ̀;

after being dug out it silts in after awhile so as to obstruct the passage.

• 瘀ṳ̀11281048
• Extravasated, like blood that has settled in a bruise or sore; inert; gangrenous.

ṳ̀ hueh;

effused blood; the blood that has settled in it.

seⁿ ṳ̀ nêk;

has proud flesh forming in it.

cía îeh ŏi khṳ̀ ṳ̀ hueh, ŏi seⁿ sin hueh;

this medicine will remove the extravasated blood and produce new blood.

tîeh cîah kàu i kâi ṳ̀ hueh cheng-chó̤;

must keep on taking it till the effused blood is all removed.

• 餘ṳ̂11211847
• What is left; overplus; remnants; the remainderl superabundant.

ṳ̂ tī;

unused space.

cêk nâng li ŭ ṳ̂, cêk nâng li put cok;

one has a superabundance and the other has not enough.

hùi-ēng lío hŵn-lío ŭ ṳ̂ cîⁿ hó̤ cò̤ pât sṳ̄;

beside what is required for expenses, there is still money left which amy be applied to other uses.

cía sǹg sĭ ṳ̂ sṳ̄, bô̤-siang-kang kâi;

this is an outside consideration, and of no importance.

khi-ṳ̂;

the remainder, the rest, what is over and above the amount required.

khî-ṳ̂ kâi bó̤ lâu cò̤ céng-cí;

save what is left for seed.

cía sĭ ēng chûn ṳ̂-sīn kâi;

this is the remainder.

ṳ̂ kâi mûeh, úa m̄-àiⁿ;

the remnants I do not care for.

cîah chēng ŭ îong-ṳ̂;

they have enough and to spare after buying food and clothing.

îong-ṳ̂ kâi cîⁿ lâu-pàng-kò̤ cò̤ hó̤ sṳ̄;

lay aside the money that is left over and expend it in some good work.

hŵn ŭ ṳ̂-táng cōi-cōi nâng;

there are still many others of the same ilk at large.

• 輿ṳ̂112215910
• To push out, or on ahead of one; to hold and sustain; to contain and bear, as the earth does its inhabitants.

ṳ̂ cêk tieⁿ chia chut lâi;

pushed by a carriage out ahead of him.

cí kù ūe būe hó̤ ṳ̂ chut khṳ̀;

do not yet utter this.

khṳt i kù ūe û lâi kàn, i cū khì;

when this utterance of hers reached him, he was angry.

i kâi kīe ṳ̂ kàu tōa tn̂g tèng;

his chair pushed on to the great hall.

cí pak t(illegible text)-ṳ̂-tô̤;

this map of the world, or of the Chinese empire.

• 預ṳ̆11281814
• To prepare for, to prearrange, to get ready for; beforehand.

i ṳ̆-pĭ hó̤ a būe?

Is he all ready for it?

úa iⁿ-keng ṳ̆-pĭ pīn-pīn;

I have already perfected the arrangement for it.

hun-hù i tîeh cai ṳ̆;

tell him he must be prepared for it.

ṳ̆ hó̤ a būe?

Is everything in readiness?

úa bô̤ ṳ̆ i àiⁿ lâi;

I did not foresee his coming.

cí cho̤h nâng-kheh úa ṳ̆ ŭ poih sîaⁿ lâi, kù-chṳ́, ṳ̆ kàu lâk tieⁿ sîah;

I more than half expected these guests, and therefore provided to some extent for their entertainment.

chuah i m̄ cai ṳ̆ i;

took him unawares.

sái kàu nâng bô̤ ṳ̆;

take people by surprise.

soiⁿ ṳ̆ tó̤-kò̤;

all ready beforehand.

soiⁿ cò̤ kâi hì sĭ ṳ̆ cok kâi;

the first performance was a forerunner of others to come in celebration of a god's birthday.

• 豫ṳ̆11281529
• Contented, easy, satisfied with what comes; taking one's pleasure.

úa cía sṳ̄ hŵn sĭ iu-ṳ̆, bue kwt;

I am not yet ready to take up the matter, and am still undecided in regard to it.

úa thóiⁿ i sĭ îu-îu ṳ̆-ṳ̆, bô̤ kwt-tẁn;

I see that he is dallying, and is not ready for any decisive action.

• 與ṳ̆11251348
• To be concerned in; connected with.

úa bô̤ ṳ̆ sṳ̄;

I have nothing to do with the matter.

cía sṳ̄ úa bô̤ ṳ̆ cai;

this affair is something that I know nothing about.

i chŵn bò̤ ṳ̆ bŭn;

he heard nothing about it.

• 吁ṳ̆228303
• A interjection, expressing disgust or dislike.

ṳ̆, pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

ah, he has fallen down.

ṳ̆, bŏi hó̤ lío;

there, it is spoiled.