Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cut

by Adele Marion Fielde

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• To cause to follow; for the most part.

cut-cin;

accurately.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ cut-cin;

he does things accurately.

sĭ i cut cèng nâng lâi hâng;

he is the one who brought the rest to take possession.

cò̤-sṳ̄ màiⁿ cháu cut;

in doing things do not be inexact.

úa thóiⁿ tîeh i cò̤-sṳ̄ nĕ cháu-cháu cut-cut;

I see that he does things very inexactly.

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• Those who execute a chief’s orders; underlings.

piaⁿ-cut;

soldiers.

sṳ̆-cut;

officers and men.

bô̤ mîaⁿ sío cut;

an unknown private soldier.

kâi cut kíaⁿ;

a fellow of no account.

sin soiⁿ sṳ̆ cut;

press forward beyond all others in battle.

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• Smooth.

cut-cut-kng;

glossy; glairy; of glassy smoothness.

khṳt i cîah kàu cut-cut-kng;

has all been eaten up clean by him.

i kâi thâu-khak cut-cut-kng;

his pate is bald and shiny.

bûa kàu cut-cut-kng;

polish it till it shines.

hue-tîaⁿ sàu kàu cut-cut-kng;

sweep the chunam floor so clean that it shines.

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• Glutinous rice.

cût bí;

glutinous rice.

bun cût-bí pn̄g;

cook glutinous rice for food.

ceng cūt-bí chòi;

make glutinous rice flour.

pû cût-bí mûeⁿ;

make congee of glutinous rice.