Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cak

by Adele Marion Fielde

cak

• 節cak9741189
• A joint, a section; a period or regular interval; a set way of doing a thing; temperance, continence; to keep within limits; to economize; to maintain dignity; an emergency.

cí ki tek lṳ́ thóiⁿ kúi cak?

How many joints do you think there are in this bamboo?

bói kúi cak hó̤-hó̤ kâi cìa lâi cîah;

buy a few joints of the best sugar-cane to eat.

cí cuang sṳ̄ lṳ́ cêk cak cêk cak tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;

give me an account of the whole affair seriatim.

cak mâk;

the point where meshes join, or sections unite.

cīeⁿ cak, ĕ cak;

the upper and lower sections.

cêk cak cṳ;

one verse.

cak lîak;

a summary.

pun cò̤ kúi cak;

divided into several paragraphs.

chíu-cóiⁿ saⁿ cak, tōa cóiⁿ nŏ̤ cak;

the fingers have three joints and the thumb two.

kha cak, chíu cak;

the joints in the toes and fingers.

kut cak sng-thìaⁿ;

my bones ache,

pûah kàu chíu-cak chut thn̆g;

fell and dislocated his finger joint.

chẁn kùe cak;

runs across the joints.

cak ím cîah;

live temperately.

khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ cak cíe;

gradually diminish.

cak khĭam;

be frugal.

cak ēng;

use sparingly.

lṳ́ màiⁿ seⁿ ki cak;

do not branch off into other subjects.

cak hŭ;

a dignified woman.

siu cak;

maintain dignity.

sit cak;

to lose dignity.

cak hàu;

dignified obedience.

khîa cak-hàu têng;

raise an honorary portal.

cak-lîet;

self-restrained.

bói kwn cak;

to get degrees by bribery.

sòi cak, tōa cak;

a small matter, or an important matter.

tăi cak;

a great emergency.

cí kâi nâng ŭ khì cak;

this man is self-restrained.

ū cak-ngĭ;

is temperate.

bô̤ cak bô̤ co̤h;

not kept within limits.

cîh tùi cak;

to disjoint.

cîh cak thăi hîen;

go outside the rules of etiquette in the entertainment of a scholar.

cak cak kàu;

come on at regular intervals.

cak-lô̤;

a whitlow, a felon on a joint.

• 聒cak4691286
• To make a din; to stun with noise; distracting.

hàm i màiⁿ cak nâng;

tell him not to disturb people by making a noise.

hĭⁿ-khang khṳt i cak kàu ōng-ōng-kìe;

my ears rang with the din that he made.

i kâi ūe cōi căi, ciu jît khṳt i cak sí khṳ̀;

he is a great talker, and keeps up his clack all day long.

khṳt i cak lío bŏi ût;

was disturbed by his noise so that I could not sleep.

lṳ́ màiⁿ cak tîeh úa;

do not distract me by your noise.

• 作cak100595
• To act, do, or make; to become, to appear; to stimulate, to arouse; operations, work.

i kâi pēⁿ hwt cak;

his ailment has returned.

khì lêng-ūaⁿ cín-cak;

his anger is again roused.

lṳ́ kâi kia cak khîeh lâi khṳt úa pài thâk cē;

bring your elegant composition and allow me to respectfully read it.

i hṳ́-kò̤ to sĭ tó̤ châng kang, cak tái;

he is there harboring evil doers and encouraging wickedness.

kúaⁿ i būe hwt-cak lâi tī, ío kōi;

to hasten and set it right before there is a relapse will be easiest.

cak-tong;

to act asassistants to the host.

kíaⁿ-jît kâi sîah sĭ tī-tîang cak-tong?

Who supports the host at to-day's feast?

àiⁿ chíaⁿ i cak-tong, tîeh kôih tieⁿ cak-tong kâi toaⁿ-phìen;

if you are going to invite him to assist the host you must enclose a card to this effect.

• 紮cak71205
• To bind up; to make secure.

cak kha;

to tie the feet.

tĭⁿ kha, cak chíu, cò̤ ŏi kîaⁿ nē?

With you hampering all my movements, how can I do anything?

cak kín-kín;

bound up closely.

ēng tòa khṳ̀ cak;

take a band and bind it securely.

cak kúi ki hue;

tie up a nosegay.

cak-cang-so̤h;

a hair-string.

• 實câk7694011
• Solid; full; compact; the opposite of hollow.

sĭ khang-khak kâi a sĭ câk-thâu kâi?

Is it hollow or is it solid?

cí cêk khí sĭ câk-nn̂g kâi;

this sort is dense.

câk-thâu-nn̂g kâi tek;

a species of bamboo that is not hollow.

câk nêk kâi;

full of meat.