Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ie

by Adele Marion Fielde

ie

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• A waistband; a classifier of garments having waistbands.

cêk ie khò;

a pair of trowsers.

i pâk cêk ie âng kûn;

she wears a red petticoat.

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• The loins; the waist; the back.

hâ ie;

gird the loins.

ie-tòa;

a girdle.

ku ie;

round shouldered.

thŏiⁿ ie;

hunchbacked.

thŏiⁿ heng, thŏiⁿ ie;

humpbacked and humpbreasted.

ie cí;

the kidneys.

ie-ciah kut; ie kut;

the backbone.

nău tîeh ie;

strained his back.

cûah tieh īe-ciah-kut;

sprained his back.

tǹg tîeh ie-ciah-kut;

dislocated his spine.

tǹg cîh ie-ciah-kut;

broke his back.

pûah cîh ie-ciah-kut;

fell and broke his back.

lṳ́ sĭ bô̤ ie-ciah-kut a m̄ sĭ!

Have not you got any back-bone!

úa ie;

lean the back against.

pâk ie;

tie around the waist.

pâk īe tòa;

tighten the girdle.

phang-ie;

small waisted, like a bee.

lin-liang ie;

a waist like a wasp's.

īe cám;

cut in two in the middle, as a punishment.

pīn pùaⁿ ie côih lô̤h khṳ̀;

cut it in two in the middle.

pâk ui-ie;

wear a loin cloth.

liu ie;

a slender supple waist.

ha ie;

bow by bending at the waist only.

ie thìaⁿ;

backache.

tûi ie;

beat the back to ease pain.

lám i kâi ĕ ie;

lift him off his feet, clasping him around the waist.

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• To bale out.

íe cho̤h cúi;

dip out some water.

khîeh ki kóng khṳ̀ íe;

take the dipper and bale it out.

bô̤ mûeh hó̤ íe;

have nothing to dip with.

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• A kiln; to bake in a kiln.

hĭa îe; sie hĭa îe;

a kiln where tiles and bricks are baked.

kih kâi hĭa îe;

build a kiln.

hûi îe;

a kiln for baking pottery.

îe mn̂g;

the mouth of the kiln.

tīu phùa îe;

lives in an old kiln; a vagrant.

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• To vibrate; to sway; to wag.

îe ló;

work a scull.

îe búe;

wags his tail.

îe leng;

ring a hand bell.

îe thâu;

to shake the head.

i cē thiaⁿ tîeh, thâu îe búe hìⁿ;

as soon as he heard it his head wagged and his tail flopped.

lṳ́ kîaⁿ lō màiⁿ îe-a-îe;

do not swagger when you walk.

i kîaⁿ lō to sī îe koiⁿ sin kîaⁿ;

he always sways to and fro as he walks.

huang cē chue cū tó̤ îe;

whenever the wind blows it swings to and fro.

tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ, îe câk;

full measure, shaken down.

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• To rattle; to shake; to joggle.

hàm bōi ĭe kó kai, lâi bói sùaⁿ;

call the rattle man here, and buy some sewing silk.

bói kâi ĭe-nâ lâi ĭe a-nôⁿ;

buy a cradle to rock the baby in.

lâi khṳ̀ ĭe hŭe;

let's form a loan association.

ĭe chiam pok khṳ̀e;

shake the tallies and divine.

tâh tîeh ĭe-ló;

if you step on it, it rattles.

ĭe i chéⁿ;

shake him and waken him.

tîeh soih kàu bŏi ĭe-ló;

you must prop it so that it won't joggle.

cîah lău, khí cū ĭe-ló;

when old the teeth are loose.

khṳt i hó̤ ĭe thit-thô̤;

let him amuse himself by rattling it.

ĭe i lok-lok-kìe;

shook it and made it rattle.

m̄ hó̤ ĭe;

do not joggle it.

ĭe lío cū àiⁿ hẃn cúi;

if you joggle it will turn to water.

ĭe tîeh hṳ ́tói hŵn-lío ŭ;

can tell by shaking it that there is still some inside.

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• The kite; its scream portends wind.

kô cúa-īe;

make a paper kite.

cí kâi cúa-īe pàng lâi kûiⁿ căi;

the kite has been sent very high.

khùe kùe īe;

swifter than a kite.