Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/coi

by Adele Marion Fielde

còi

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• Fibers of various plants, used in making cloth; threads used in weaving; linen yarn.

ceh còi;

to splice fibers.

còi kheng;

a basket used for holding yarn.

ceh po̤-lô̤-mûaⁿ còi;

splice the fibers of the leaf of the pineapple to make thread for weaving.

ceh tĭu còi;

to splice fibers of China grass.

cìm còi;

soak the fibers used in weaving.

ciap còi;

join threads.

in coi;

wind linen thread.

coi màiⁿ mueh ju;

do not tangle the thread.

coi ceh cò̤ suaⁿ;

join the fibers so as to make thread for sewing.

jṳ̂ se jṳ̂ còi tô̤h tit tît, jṳ̂ nâng tô̤h m̄ tît;

you can pick out and straighten tangled yarn, but you cannot disentangle the snarls into which people get.

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• Uniform; even; all together; at once.

cêk côi lâi khṳ̀;

go in a body.

bói būe côi;

have not yet bought all that are required.

sìo-bâk méⁿ-méⁿ siu côi;

get the accounts together speedily.

siu-sîp kàu côi-côi cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ;

very systematically done.

thēng côi, cìaⁿ lâi;

wait till you have the full complement and then come.

cèng nâng côi-siaⁿ tap-ìn;

all answered in concert.

cèng nâng côi sim;

all were of one mind.

pàng khṳ̀ m̄ côi;

did not set them down evenly.

thîap côi-côi;

place them evenly in piles.

níu côi-côi lâi thiaⁿ;

come all together and listen.

cêk coi chut lâk;

put forth your strength simultaneously.

īeⁿ-īeⁿ bói kàu côi;

sort by sort, buy the full complement.

cêk côi cò̤ cē lâi;

bring the complete assortment at once.

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• Much; many; more.

cōi căi;

very many.

cōi-cōi;

a great many.

jîeh cōi?

How many?

cìeⁿ cōi;

so many.

ŭ cōi cíe;

have more or less.

lṳ́ màiⁿ cōi sṳ̄;

do not be troublesome.

i khah cōi ūe;

she talks too much.

míen hìeⁿ cōi;

that is more than is needed.

cí cêk īeⁿ tăng cōi;

this sort is much the heavier.

cí kâi ngía tit cōi;

this is much the prettier.

tōa ho̤h cōi;

much the larger.

hó̤ cōi;

much better.

hía, ío hó̤ cōi;

how much better that is.

pí hía tn̂g cōi;

much longer than that one.

pí cá jît jûah cōi;

much hotter than it was yesterday.

cûah cōi tŏ̤ kò̤;

lacks a great deal.

míen tàⁿ hìeⁿ cōi;

it is unnecessary to say so much.

nín jîeh cōi kài chùi?

How many have you to provide food for?

cìeⁿ cōi cóng kàu;

this much is quite enough.

nâng-bé cōi; nâng-mûeh cōi;

there are a great number of people there.

nâng cōi, ūe cōi;

where there are many people there is much talking.

kim nî seⁿ ío cōi;

this year the produce has been considerable.

cí kâi tī-hng chut sĭang cōi;

this region produces the greatest amount.

hṳ́ kâi cōi kùe cí kâi;

there is more of that than of this.

sĭang téng cōi;

the greatest quantity.

bô̤ cōi nâng, kng i m̄ phû;

without a great number of men it cannot be carried.

cûah m̄ cōi;

no great deficiency.

cîah m̄ cōi;

does not eat much.

cōi-cōi to ŏi tit lío;

even a great quantity may be used up.

seⁿ kang cōi;

brought forth great numbers.

lâi cōi nî lío;

came many years ago.

kàu taⁿ ho̤h cōi jît;

it is now many days since.

lṳ́ cìeⁿ cōi kâi gûeh tó̤ cò̤ mih sṳ̄?

What have you been doing these many months?

nĕ cōi-cōi;

a very great number.

cōi kàu sìo m̄ lío;

innumerable.

cōi kâu sǹg m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

so many as to be countless.

cí-kò̤ jú-kèng cōi;

here they are still more numerous.

cíu cē cîah khah cōi, ūe cū cōi-cōi àiⁿ tàⁿ tāⁿ;

when too much liquor is taken one says much that were better left unsaid.

bô̤ sĭm-mih cōi;

no great amount.

màiⁿ lô̤h khah cōi cúi;

do not put in too much water.

lṳ́ màiⁿ kha chíu cōi;

do not be meddlesome.

màiⁿ khah cōi hŵn-ló̤;

do not be too sad.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío khùaⁿ-ûah tit cōi;

thus it is much more comfortable.

jú cōi jú hó̤;

the more the better.

cōi sīa;

many thanks.

lṳ́ jîeh cōi hùe?

How old are you?

cōi-cōi to àiⁿ;

want all there are, be it never so many.