Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kṳt

by Adele Marion Fielde

kṳ̂t

• 稠kṳ̂t511158
• Thick, stiff, viscid; close, compact.

nâng-mûeh nĕ kṳ̂t-kṳ̂t, cōi căi;

the crowd is very dense.

koi-hāng kâi nâng sak kàu kṳ̂t;

the crowd in the streets is so dense as to obstruct travel.

kô khôk lâi khah kṳ̂t;

the paste is made too thick.

mûeⁿ pû chieh a pû kṳ̂t?

Is the congee made thin or thick?

khah chieh, lô̤h ke cho̤h mī-hún khṳt i kṳ̂t cē;

if it is too thin put in some more flour and make it stiffer.

• 睚kṳ̂t21098
• To look at out of the comer of the eye; to look askance at.

i kâi mâk tó̤ kṳ̂t i, m̄ cai sĭ hĕng i mih sṳ̄;

he looks askance at him, but I do not know what reason he has for disliking him.