Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hwt

by Adele Marion Fielde

hwt

• 髮hwt1211905
• The hair on the human head.

cháu thâu kit hwt;

a long married couple.

kit hwt hu chi;

an old married pair.

phi mô̤ⁿ sùaⁿ hwt;

disheveled hair.

ho̤h hwt thong ngŵn;

white hair and rosy complexion.

• 發hwt1211057
• To sprout; to shoot forth; to issue.

hwt châi;

to grow rich.

hwt sī;

to take an oath.

hwt hîeh;

to put forth leaves.

hwt sún;

to sprout.

hŵt ke;

to increase as a family.

hwt piaⁿ khṳ̀ tú-gṳ̆;

dispatch soldiers to repulse them.

hwt gê;

to bud.

hwt gê; hwt khí;

to teeth.

hwt mô̤ⁿ;

to grow hairy.

hwt-khí lâi;

to spring up and grow.

hwt îeⁿ cûn;

to dispatch a gun-boat.

tāu hwt gê lío;

the peas have sprouted.

hwt toaⁿ;

issue a permit.

hwt hùe;

to send off goods.

hwt hûe;

to send off on a return journey.

hwt chut lâi;

to send forth.

hwt-nō̤; hwt-náu;

get irritated.

sît hwt būe côi;

its wings are not yet fully grown.

hwt mêng cí kâi tŏ̤-lí;

set forth this doctrine clearly.

hwt seⁿ;

to put forth.

àiⁿ cò̤-nî khai-hwt?

In what way is it to be set forth?

i cìaⁿ khui-hwt pat-tò̤-khṳ̀;

he understands the exposition of it.

i íⁿ-keng tá-hwt nâng khṳ̀ lío;

he has already dispatched a messenger.

hwt-lô̤h kūiⁿ khṳ̀ sím;

he has gone to the district city to try cases.

hwt ko;

become mouldy.

hwt tâk mûeh; hwt mûeh;

develop a poisonous swelling.

hwt kūaⁿ;

to perspire.

hwt jîet; hwt jûah;

have fever.

hwt sĭm-mih pēⁿ?

What disease has he?

hwt sie ùi chìn;

have fever and ague.

hwt cíu-mô̤h;

have a rash from drinking wine.

hwt kháu-nîe;

issue rations.

hwt kang-cîⁿ;

pay wages.

táng i lâi hwt-lô̤h;

wait till be comes and gives the orders.

kàu jîeh cōi hùe cìaⁿ hwt tâk?

How old was he when he got promotion?

• 罰hŵt1221229
• A penalty; to fine; to punish.

hêng-hŵt;

punishment.

síeⁿ hŵt hun mêng;

the rewards and punishments are distinctly set forth.

hŵt cíu saⁿ pue;

forfeit three glasses of wine (by being made to drink them).

hŵt hóng;

forfeit a part of one's salary.

úa àiⁿ hŵt lṳ́;

I am going to mulct you.

hŵt i nŏ̤ kâi ngṳ̂n;

fined him two dollars.

tōa-tōa tîeh khṳt i hŵt;

let him mulct you to any amount.

hŵt khẃn;

a fine.

ceh-hwt;

to punish.

hŵt tîeh i m̄ su-hôk;

he would not submit to the fine.

khin hŵt, tăng hŵt m̄ sie tâng, to tîeh hŵt;

some pay a light penalty and some a heavy one, but all must be punished.

• 穴hŵt2301160
• A cave; a hole in the earth or hillside; a burial place; a den.

châu-hŵt;

a lurking place.

sĭang kó tiang-sî cū sĭ hŵt-kṳ;

in the most ancient times were the cave dwellers.

cí cêk hŵt suaⁿ sĭ tī-tîang kâi?

Whose burial place is this?

sí ău cǹg cò̤ cêk hŵt;

after they died they were buried in the same grave.

tíam hŵt, àiⁿ tíam tit tîeh;

in pointing out a burial place the point is to point out one.

cam tùi hŵt-tău, cìaⁿ ŭ hāu-ngīam;

lance in a vital part, then there is efficacy in it.

• 伐hŵt12294
• Reduce to order.

khí piaⁿ khṳ̀ hŵt;

raise troops and go and reduce them to order.

chíaⁿ lṳ́ lâi cak-hŵt;

invite you to act as arbitrator.

• 乏hŵt12244
• Exhausted; defective.

nâng sĭm sĭ khùn-hŵt;

I am very weary.

mih mûeh to bŏi khueh-hŵt;

there is nothing unsupplied.