Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/coih

by Adele Marion Fielde

coih

• 漬coih10328511
• To sop up.

khîeh kò̤ pò khṳ̀ coih ta;

take a piece of cloth and sop it up dry.

ēng mîⁿ khṳ̀ coih kàu ta-ta;

take some raw cotton and sop it all up dry.

• 節cioh9741189
• A festival; a period of time.

coih khi;

coih hāu; stated times.

sî coih;

times; the terms.

poih coih;

the solstices, the equinoxes, and the beginnings of the four seasons.

cò̤ coih;

kùe coih; to keep holiday.

coih kôih;

the two or three days succeeding a festival.

ngŵn sio coih;

the 15th of the first month, called the feast of lanterns.

cheng-mêng coih;

clear bright weather; the time of worship at the graves of ancestors, in the second or third month.

ngŏ gûeh coih;

the fifth day of the fifth month, the the festival of dragon boats.

chit gûeh pùaⁿ coih;

the middle of the seventh month, when offerings are made to the childless spirits.

tong chiu coih;

the middle of the eighth month, when the moon is worshipped.

tang coih;

the winter solstice, in the eleventh month.

nî coih;

the annual festivals.

tōa coih;

the great festivals.

sàng coih;

make holiday presents.

coih lói;

the presents appropriate to the time; the compliments of the seasons.

• 截côih9756210
• To cut off; to intercept; to slice with a downward stroke of the knife; slices.

côih cò̤ kûeh;

cut in two.

màiⁿ côih tn̆g;

do not cut it off.

cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ côih;

make two or three cuts of it.

cīeⁿ côih ĕ côih;

the upper portion and the under portion.

côih lō chíeⁿ-kiap;

to waylay and plunder.

côih cŭ;

intercept.

pìn cí-kò̤ côih;

cut it off from this point.

côih cò̤ ku-ā tn̄g;

cut it into several regular pieces.

côih phìen;

cut it in flakes.

côih si;

cut it in shreds.

côih cêk cak cêk cak;

cut it in sections.

cí ki to̤ bŏi lāi, bô̤ mih hó̤ côih;

this knife is not sharp, and is not very good to cut with.

côih nêk, côih hṳ̂;

to slice meat or fish.

hóⁿ-thâu côih;

to guillotine.

côih tīo thâu;

to decapitate.

côih îeh;

cut up drugs.

cám côih;

chop up.

cêk to̤ côih;

one style of slicing.

àiⁿ côih sie tùi;

slice them so that the slice will be unbroken.

màiⁿ côih li;

do not break the slices in the cutting.

cíam-côih;

smoothly cut.

cíam-cíam côih-côih;

concise and accurate.

ūe tàⁿ lâi cíam-côih căi;

the language is terse and clear.

ka kàu cíam-côih cíam-côih;

clean cut, with shears.