Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hiuh

by Adele Marion Fielde

hiuh

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• To brush; to flap; to wave to and fro.

hiuh-tīo tîn-ai;

brush down the cobwebs.

màiⁿ thèng hiuh tîeh nâng;

do not hit people by careless brushing.

hiuh lío, phông-phông eng;

after dusting the dust flies everywhere.

khîeh ki tōa ki kâi lâi hiuh cìaⁿ ŭ bī;

take a large one to dust with and then it will be of some use.

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• To flog; to thrash.

cang tek-pì-kíaⁿ hiuh-hiuh-kìe, lí-kẃn hiuh;

took a bamboo whip, and laid it on him so that you could hear the blows incessantly.

hiuh kàu i cêk sin cĕng-cĕng khĕng;

thrashed him till his body was covered with wales.