Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/e

by Adele Marion Fielde

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• Dumb.

é nâng hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe;

the dumb are loquacious.

ui lâng, ui é, ui cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

to so cure the patient that he is deaf, dumb, and blind.

ău sì tîeh é;

you will be dumb in the next world, (said in scolding a great talker).

i é sîn é kúi;

he is a dumb fellow.

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• To wade.

ĕ kùe khoi;

wade across a stream.

tìn-tang kò̤ chim, khíong-ùi ĕ m̄ kùe;

it is deep in the middle, and I fear we cannot wade across.

ĕ pīn sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;

wade in up to the chest.

kha màiⁿ ĕ cúi;

do not step in that puddle.

put-phû khò-kha cìaⁿ hó̤ ĕ;

lift the bottoms of your trowsers, then you can wade.

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• The next; below; under.

ĕ chṳ̀;

the next time.

ĕ nî;

the coming year.

ĕ jît;

some other day soon.

táng kàu ĕ kâi gûeh;

wait until next month.

ĕ cūa cìaⁿ khîeh lâi;

he will bring it the next time.

ĕ hăng tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

next time you must do thus.

ĕ chut cò̤-nî cò̤?

What is to be done next?

ĕ pái i m̄ káⁿ;

another time he will not do so.

ĕ hûe, m̄ hó̤;

do not do so again.

ĕ sî;

another time, hereafter.

cīeⁿ ĕ sî cū m̄ sie tâng;

they were not the same the last time as they were the first time.

ĕ sî tîeh cai thóiⁿ;

another time you must look out.

chíu ĕ kâi nâng;

subordinates.

tì ĕ nâng;

those under your control.

kha chíu chek ĕ kâi nâng;

dependents.

mâk ĕ kâi kéng-khùang hó̤ mē?

Is the immediate prospect good?

thong thiⁿ ĕ kâi nâng;

all people under heaven.

lô̤h lâu ĕ;

gone down stairs.

pàng tŏ̤ chn̂g ĕ;

put it under the table.

teh tŏ̤ cí cṳ-cheh ĕ;

put it under this book.

khǹg tŏ̤ tû ĕ;

hidden under the cupboard.

ĕ chíu kang;

the work of an apprentice.

cīeⁿ chíu ciap ĕ chíu;

there is no interim between the predecessor and successor.

cīeⁿ chíu sĭ i tó̤ tīu, ĕ chíu sĭ úa tó̤ tīu;

first he lived there, and then I did.

ĕ pŏ;

the lower or latter portion.

ĕ-hâi;

the chin.

ăm ĕ;

the neck, below the chin.

kha ĕ;

under foot.

kha-mâk ĕ;

the side of the foot below the ankle bone.

ko̤h-tháng-ĕ;

the armpit.

kha-thâu-u ĕ;

the kneepan.

tó-câi ĕ;

the abdomen.

hîap ĕ;

the side, below the armpit.

cīeⁿ pńg thâk ŵn cìaⁿ thâk ĕ pńg;

read the preceding volumes, then the succeeding.

cīeⁿ-kùa cò̤ kàu ĕ-kùa;

worked from forenoon till afternoon.

cīeⁿ tǹg lâu ĕ tng;

save the preceding meal for the succeeding one.

cīe ūi, ĕ ūi;

higher and lower positions.

ko̤h ĕ;

Your Excellency.

cīeⁿ chíu pôiⁿ, ĕ chíu pôiⁿ;

up and down in a landscape.

tŏ̤ hṳ́ ĕ sì;

down there on the lower level.

huang ĕ pôiⁿ, huang ĕ pôiⁿ;

to windward and to leeward.

cīeⁿ lâu pôiⁿ, ĕ lâu pôiⁿ;

the side from which the tide comes in, and the opposite side.

tŏ̤ chīu ĕ la-lîang;

under a tree, enjoying the coolness.

cûn tùi kîe ĕ keng-kùe;

the boat passed under the bridge.

cōi nâng chut i kâi mn̂g ĕ;

many have been under his instruction.

cīeⁿ hieⁿ, ĕ hīeⁿ;

the upper and lower villages.

cīe în, ĕ în;

the upper and lower tiers.

ĕ cêk câng;

the lowest shelf.

ĕ câng cṳ;

the next session.

chah tŏ̤ i sit ĕ;

carried under his wing.

cīeⁿ khṳ̀, ĕ khṳ̀;

the high and low departing tones.

cīe phêⁿ, ĕ phêⁿ;

the upper and lower even tones.

pûah tŏ̤ thó ĕ;

fell down upon the ground.

pak ĕ;

the belly.

cûn pak ĕ;

under the boat.

suaⁿ kha ĕ;

at the base of the hill.

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• A stroke; a time.

cêk ē;

all together.

cêk ē cêk ē;

stroke by stroke.

úa thiaⁿ i phah cêk ē cêk ē hīn-hīn;

I heard the blows distinctly.

ceng híang kúi ē?

How many times did the clock strike?

cêk ē tīaⁿ;

but once.

ŭ jîeh cōi ē?

How many strokes were there?

bô̤ kúi ē cĭu hô̤;

done at a few strokes.

úa thiaⁿ tîeh cōi-cōi ē;

I heard it many times.

lṳ́ táng úa cêk ē cē;

wait for me an instant.

thăi cò̤ cêk ē;

wait for all to assemble.

cò̤ cêk ē khîeh lâi;

bring them all at once.

cŭ cò̤ cêk ē;

collected in one mass.

kap cò̤ cêk ē;

compiled in one.

cò̤ cêk ē lâi khṳ̀;

go all together.

chŵn bô̤ thóiⁿ kù i cêk ē;

paid no regard whatever to him.

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• Incessant; continually; repeatedly.

i ē-ē lâi;

he came again and again.

i ē-ē pat khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤;

he has been there time and again.

ē-ē m̄ it-tit;

am constantly forgetting it.

i ē-ē pûah-lôh khṳ̀;

he keeps falling down.