Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/iⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

íⁿ

• 以íⁿ27893
• Because of; by means of; in order to; from, to, in, at, wherein; the manner or instrument of.

só̤ íⁿ;

thereby.

só̤-íⁿ úa m̄ káⁿ kîaⁿ khui;

therefore I did not dare walk away.

só̤-íⁿ tîeh kṳ́n-sín;

for this reason it is necessary to be careful.

khó̤-íⁿ; khó̤-iⁿ cò̤ tit;

it will do passably.

àng cìeⁿ-seⁿ khó̤-íⁿ;

that will answer the purpose.

íⁿ-ûi;

to deem.

úa íⁿ-ûi khó̤-íⁿ sêng sṳ̄;

I think the thing may be done.

i m̄ íⁿ-ûi sío-lí;

he did not consider the disgrace.

sío-lí kâi sṳ̄ i íⁿ-ûi thí-mīn;

what was disgraceful, he deemed honorable.

úa íⁿ-ûi sĭ lṳ́;

I supposed it was you.

pīn cí-kò̤ íⁿ cīeⁿ;

from this point upward.

chông chṳ́ íⁿ ău;

from this point onward.

íⁿ ngĭ ûi lĭ;

in integrity there is profit.

íⁿ gūa bô̤ pât-nâng;

there was no one besides.

hô̤ íⁿ;

whereby.

lṳ́ hô̤ íⁿ cai?

What means of knowing have you?

íⁿ côiⁿ kâi sṳ̄ màiⁿ lŭn;

do not discuss what is past.

pīn cí-kò̤ íⁿ ĕ to sĭ bô̤ ēng kâi;

from this point on, they are all worthless.

íⁿ-tì cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ sêng;

it is because of this, that the business failed of accomplishment.

to sĭ íⁿ sì-lĭ kau-chap;

it is solely on account of worldly interests that he associates with them.

cṳ̆ kó íⁿ lâi būe pat thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;

from former times this has not been heard of.

kù-chṳ̀ kà íⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

therefore counseled in this manner.

sĭ íⁿ tîeh cai;

consequently must know.

• 敔íⁿ1126667
• An ancient instrument carved to resemble a recumbent tiger, having twenty-seven notches along its back: when a rod was rapidly drawn over it, the musical instruments stopped.

gâuh cē càu àiⁿ hiah cū khîa ki tek lâi kueh cí kâi íⁿ kâi ka-ciah;

when the musical instruments were about to cease sounding, they took a bamboo and drew it to and fro across the back of the wooden tiger.

• 倚íⁿ27998
• To trust to; to rely on.

íⁿ-kŏ;

to rely upon.

íⁿ năi;

to depend upon.

íⁿ sì;

rely on personal influence.

• 已íⁿ278490
• A sign of the perfect tense; already; to have done with.

íⁿ-keng sía lío;

have written it already.

jît íⁿ kùe ngó;

it is already past noon.

mêⁿ íⁿ chim lío;

the night is already far advanced.

lṳ́ íⁿ-keng ìn-tap úa;

you have already given me your answer.

úa íⁿ-keng kio lṳ́ tàⁿ ku-ā hûe;

I have already told you several times.

jît íⁿ-keng ùaⁿ lío;

it is already late in the day.

put tit íⁿ kâi sṳ̄;

something that cannot be done otherwise.

put tit íⁿ tîeh thiaⁿ i;

there is no other way but to do as he says.

íⁿ-jîen kâi sṳ̄;

what is irrevocable.

put kùe àng cìeⁿ-seⁿ jṳ̂ íⁿ-íⁿ;

only this and nothing more.

• 椅íⁿ279758
• A chair; a seat; a couch.

cêk ciah kau-íⁿ;

an arm-chair.

mîn-íⁿ;

a couch.

bé cah íⁿ;

a folding chair.

íⁿ tîo;

a trestle.

íⁿ to̤h;

a large square stool.

íⁿ-thâu;

a stool.

pâng lăi chn̂g-íⁿ mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

the bedroom furniture.

bô̤ íⁿ hó̤ cŏ̤;

there is no chair to sit on.

châu íⁿ;

arrange the chairs.

íⁿ châu khui cē;

set the chairs a little farther apart.

châu íⁿ khṳt i cŏ̤;

place chairs for them to sit on.

kûiⁿ kha bé íⁿ;

a high bench.

tn̂g tîo íⁿ;

a long bench.

kĕ íⁿ;

a low chair.

íⁿ tĭen;

a sofa cushion.

íⁿ phi;

a tidy.

kau-íⁿ phîn;

the back of a chair.

kau íⁿ chíu;

the arm of a chair.

kau íⁿ tói;

the seat of a chair.

íⁿ thek; íⁿ hūeⁿ;

rungs of a chair.

tîn-íⁿ;

rattan chairs.

cîeh chn̂g, cîeh íⁿ;

marble tables and couches.

• 厴íⁿ10882717
• The thorax of shell-fish.

hŏi íⁿ;

the sternum of a crab.

pê-khî kâi íⁿ;

the lower shell of a land-crab.

chìe kàu íⁿ thìaⁿ;

laughed till my sides ached.

• 燕ìⁿ10908612
• The house swallow or martin.

ìⁿ cío;

the swallow.

ìⁿ tàu;

swallows' nests.

pêh ìⁿ;

a white martin.

o nêk ìⁿ;

the ray.

• 薏苡ìⁿ-bí278
• Pearl barley.

ìⁿ-bí-jîn;

maise.

ìⁿ-bí mûeⁿ;

barley water.

bói cho̤h khĭam-sĭt ìⁿ-bí lâi pû tṳ-kha;

buy some water-lily root, and some barley to cook with the pigs' feet.

• 圓îⁿ11323110
• Round; spherical; circular.

àiⁿ sì-pang a àiⁿ îⁿ?

Do you want it square or round?

ūe kâi îⁿ-kho;

draw a circle.

cêk khuang îⁿ-îⁿ;

a circular enclosure.

cêk khwn îⁿ-îⁿ;

a vertical circle.

so̤ lâi m̄ îⁿ;

in rolling it between the thumb and fingers you have not made it round.

îⁿ múaⁿ;

rounded off; completed.

îⁿ-îⁿ múaⁿ-múaⁿ;

quite finished up.

cêk tōa îⁿ;

a large round object.

pùaⁿ îⁿ;

a semi-circle.

tong îⁿ;

a half a dollar.

ka cò̤ îⁿ kâi;

cut it round.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ khah pang, i cò̤ sṳ̄ ío îⁿ;

this one does things more precisely, the other does them the more accommodatingly.

àiⁿ îⁿ àiⁿ píⁿ sûi tó̤ i;

let it be round or flat, as he chooses.

siah i îⁿ;

whittle it off round.

îⁿ lòng-lòng;

spherical, globular.

• 丸îⁿ24632
• A pill; a pellet; a small ball.

kap cò̤ îeh-îⁿ;

make it up into pills.

cîah cêk hôk îeh-îⁿ;

take a dose of pills.

lâh-îⁿ;

pills enclosed in wax.

lâh-îⁿ khak;

the wax which encloses a pill.

hûa îeh-îⁿ;

concoct pills.

so̤ îeh-îⁿ;

roll up into pills.

cṳ̂-hún îⁿ;

pellets made from potato starch.

cut-bí îⁿ;

pellets made from glutinous rice.

mn̂g kha ŭ nâng bōi sie îⁿ;

there is some one at the door selling hot pellets.

bô̤ îⁿ īa ŭ cap;

though there are no dumplings there is some of the soup.

bô̤ îⁿ cap a lâi;

though you cannot have the dumplings it is something to have the soup in which they were boiled.

• 睡ĭⁿ7821098
• To sleep; to lie down.

i khṳ̀ ĭⁿ ló;

he has just gone to bed.

cîah lío tīam-tīam ĭⁿ;

having eaten, he sleeps undisturbed.

• 硯īⁿ10901127
• An ink-stone.

pit bâk īⁿ;

writing implements.

īⁿ hiaⁿ īⁿ tĭ;

schoolmates.

láu kheⁿ īⁿ; bûa chwn thih īⁿ;

a very fine inkstone.

cí kâi sĭ bâk īⁿ, hṳ́ kâi sĭ ngṳ̂n-cu īⁿ;

this stone is for black ink and that is for red ink.

īⁿ kau; īⁿ tî;

the furrow at the end of an ink-stone.

īⁿ tn̂g;

the flat surface of an ink-stone.

īⁿ âp;

the box which holds an ink-stone.

• 院īⁿ11371707
• A public establishment; a hall; an asylum; a walled enclosure.

pńg pŏ-īⁿ;

I, the governor-general.

sûn-bú pŏ-īⁿ;

lieutenant governor.

cṳ-īⁿ;

a college.

khĭa cṳ-īⁿ;

at college.

kàm īⁿ;

take charge of a school or college.

tōa kùe kòng-īⁿ;

bigger than an examination hall.

hâk-īⁿ;

literary chancellor.

thî-tok hâk-īⁿ;

a chancellor who conducts military examinations.

íang cì īⁿ; ku láu īⁿ;

an asylum for the aged.

khṳt cí kâi àm-kwn jī-īⁿ tìn tīo tōa-bó̤-mûeh tī-hng;

much ground is rendered useless by this monastery and its attachments.