Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ek

by Adele Marion Fielde

êk

• 浴êk1139857
• To bathe; to wash the body.

sói-êk;

to bathe.

câng-êk;

take a shower bath.

phah-êk;

a plunge bath.

jṳ̂-êk;

a sponge bath.

sói-êk koiⁿ;

a bath room.

êk tn̂g;

a bathing establishment.

sói chìn cúi êk;

bathe in cold water.

lô̤h khoi khṳ̀ sói-êk;

go to the river to bathe.

• 液êk1095858
• The juices of the body.

cin-êk;

saliva.

seⁿ cin-êk;

produces saliva.

chùi tèng bô̤ mih cin-êk;

my mouth is rather dry.

• 溢êk10928510
• To overflow; to run over.

êk chut lâi;

to overflow.

khah múaⁿ cū àiⁿ êk tīo;

if it is too full, it will run over.

khîeh khṳ̀ pôk-pôk êk;

spilled it as he went.

màiⁿ êk cêk koiⁿ cúi;

do not spill the water around.

êk cêk sin cúi;

spilled the water all over him.

tê màiⁿ sai khah tĭⁿ cìaⁿ bŏi êk tīo;

do not pour the teacups too full, then they will not run over.

• 翼êk109312411
• Flanks or wings; assistants.

ú-êk;

adherents, supporters, helps, accomplices, aids.

sĭ i kâi ú-êk;

is his adherent.

hun cò̤ có̤ ĭu êk;

set apart as right and left hand supporters.

có̤ êk tíeⁿ;

chief of the staff.

có̤-êk-cóng-piaⁿ;

a Manchu lieutenant commander.

• 譯êk109414913
• To interpret; to translate.

êk ūe;

to interpret speech.

êk jī;

to translate written passages.

êk cṳ;

translate books.

hwn êk kuaⁿ;

official interpreters.

cang sai-kok ūe êk cò̤ tong-kok ūe;

translate European languages into Chinese.

cí kâi tī-hng bô̤ nâng ŏi êk ūe;

there is no one here who can act as interpreter.

cí kù ūe êk chut lâi sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ;

this sentence is thus translated.

• 腋êk10951308
• The arm-pits; the fur under the fore legs of animals.

hû-êk khîu;

a robe made from the fur under the legs of foxes.

cîp êk sêng khîu;

he collects bits of fur from under the legs of foxes to make his robe; he asks aid from everybody.

cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi tī êk-hìuⁿ;

this medicine will cure fetor of the arm-pits.

• 易êk281724
• To change; to exchange.

kói-êk; pìen-êk;

to change.

kau-êk;

to barter.

bŏi î-êk;

unchangeable.

î-êk hong-sôk;

modify the prevailing custom.

seng-lí mòng-êk;

trade is mutable.

keng-êk ūi-chṳ̀;

exchange locations.

• 盪êk85910812
• To swash about.

cúi êk lâi êk khṳ̀;

the water swashes to and fro.

taⁿ hó̤-hó̤, i cū bŏi hìeⁿ êk;

carry it gently and then it will not swash over.

pôk-pôk êk;

to swash up and down, as water in a pail that is shaken.

• 臆êk109313013
• The heart or breast, the thoughts, the feelings.

êk-kìen;

prejudices; notions; opinions biased by feelings.

i sĭ pêng i kâi êk-kìen cū tó̤ kói-sueh;

he explains it in accordance with his preconceived notions.

cía sĭ kìe-cò̤ êk sueh, m̄sĭ tīaⁿ-tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ sueh;

this may be called a whimsical exposition, it is not necessarily thus explained.

cêk nâng kâi êk-tẁn būe ceok ûi cún;

the judgment of one person is not sufficient to form a criterion.

• 㑊êk109396

cîah-êk;

a disease, in which there is a voracious appetite, while the patient grows thin: it is probably caused by tape-worm.

• 億êk1092913
• A hundred thousands.

câp bw̄n ûi êk;

ten ten thousands are a hundred thousands.

êk tĭo;

myriads.