Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ieh

by Adele Marion Fielde

ieh

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• To bind by a contract; to form a treaty or compact; an agreement.

lîp hûa ieh;

establish a treaty of peace.

lîp hâp ieh;

make a contract.

sit ieh;

violate a contract.

ieh úa kio i cò̤-pû khṳ̀;

agreed that I should go with him.

ieh tīaⁿ-tîeh;

made a definite agreement.

i kàu sî cū pŭe ieh;

when the time arrived he broke the compact.

cò̤ sṳ̄ m̄ jû ieh;

not done according to contract.

ieh khî;

fix a time.

put ieh jṳ̂ tâng;

to agree undesignedly.

i ieh móng sî hâiⁿ úa;

he agreed to pay me at a certain time.

bô̤ tẁn bô̤ ieh;

no compact was made.

i nŏ̤ nâng ŭ tẁn ieh;

the two have made a compact.

i àm-cĕⁿ tẁn-ieh i;

he secretly promised him.

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• To guess.

ieh m̄ tîeh;

did not guess rightly.

úa ieh m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

I do not know what to guess.

thèng ieh;

guess at random.

cò̤ kâi mīaⁿ lâi ieh;

guess at fates.

cía o̤h ieh;

this is hard to guess.

a noⁿ-kíaⁿ ieh sang a khia;

children guess at odds or evens.

cē ieh cū tîeh;

guessed it at once.

khṳt lṳ́ ieh;

let you guess at it.

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îeh-po-sûn;

the cicada, the scissors-grinder.

îeh-po-sûn tó̤ kìe;

the cicadas are piping.

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• Medicine; chemical preparations.

îeh îⁿ;

pills.

îeh súaⁿ;

medicinal powders.

îeh bûah;

medicine in the form of powder.

îeh-ko̤;

salve.

ko̤-îeh;

ointment.

îeh phìen;

medicine in flakes.

îeh chùi;

medicine in chips, or fragments.

îeh thâu îeh búe;

the residuum of drugs.

îeh tû;

a medicine case.

îeh phò; îeh chài phò;

a drug-shop.

îeh līo;

drugs.

îeh côih;

an instrument for shaving up drugs.

îeh to̤;

a knife for cutting up drugs.

îeh cúi;

fluid medicines.

îeh thng;

viscid medicines.

îeh ca; îeh pho̤h;

dregs of medicines.

cêk thiap îeh;

the medicine prescribed.

îeh-hng;

a prescription.

cêk hôk îeh;

the medicine taken in one dose.

cí thiap îeh cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ ío hó̤;

after taking this course of medicine he was better.

cía îeh sĭ cîah kâi a sĭ buah kâi?

Is this medicine to be taken internally or to be applied externally?

cía îeh hó̤ pû cúi khṳ̀ sói;

boil this medicine in water, and use it as a wash.

îeh-cìⁿ, sĭ cìⁿ-thâu khṳ̀ cṳ́ tâk-îeh kâi;

poisoned arrows, are those whose points have been steeped in poison.

pû îeh;

to steep drugs quickly in boiling water.

cien îeh;

to steep drugs a long time, boiling slowly.

tŭn îeh;

to heat medicines in a dish surrounded by boiling water.

ngâu ko̤-îeh;

make salve.

cì îeh;

to prepare medicines.

hûa îeh;

to concoct remedies.

kap îeh;

to compound medicines.

ngói îeh bûah;

triturate medicinal powders.

ceng îeh-îⁿ;

pound up the component parts of pills.

hôk tâk îeh;

an antidote for poison.

cheⁿ îeh, sêk îeh;

crude drugs and prepared drugs.

chèng îeh;

gunpowder.

húe îeh;

explosive powders.

jîp îeh;

put in a chemical preparation.

sìa îeh;

cathartics.