Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kah
kah
- cńg-kah;
- finger nails.
- kha-kah;
- toe nails.
- chēng cìen-kah;
- wears armor.
- thih kah;
- iron shields.
- lâh-lí kah;
- the scales of the pangolin.
- lîen hŵn kah bé;
- a connected file of armored horses.
- pó̤ kah kâi sṳ̄ tîeh jīn-cin kîaⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤;
- the tithing must be done honestly and correctly.
- kah-tíeⁿ sĭ kẃn câp ke kâi thâu-nâng;
- the chief of a tithing is the head man of ten households.
- i sĭ khue kah chut sin;
- he is a graduate who has earned, not bought, his degree.
- kah it sĭ sôk bâk;
- the first and second of the ten stems, pertain to wood.
- cêk kah úaⁿ;
- a set of ten rice bowls.
- bói nŏ̤ kah tōa úaⁿ;
- buy two sets of large bowls.
- kah sṳ̄ to m̄ lí;
- does not even attend to business.
- kah khẃn to bô̤;
- has not even a sample of it.
- kah úa to̤ m̄-ùi;
- does not fear even me.
- kah mêⁿ-kùa to lâi;
- comes even in the night.
- koiⁿ-kah;
- the shoulder-blades.
- cŭang tîeh i kâi koiⁿ-kah;
- hit him on the shoulder-blade.
- kah-tîeⁿ;
- a parade ground, or area where troops are reviewed.
- lăi kah-tîeⁿ, gūa kah-tîeⁿ;
- inner and outer parade grounds.
- saⁿ jît ău àiⁿ chut kah-tîeⁿ;
- after three days there will be a review of troops.
- cí ki só̤-sî kio i kâi só̤-thâu sie kah;
- this key fits his lock.
- kah i kâi sin;
- fits him.
- ka lâi kah sin;
- it is cut to fit.
- nĕ kah-kah;
- just exactly enough, neither too much nor too little.
- soiⁿ lâi kah-tàh thóiⁿ hó̤ mē;
- first try it and see if it fits when inserted.
- cía ke-húe khût i tú-tú kah ēng;
- this tool is just exactly adapted to his use.
- kah phŭe;
- to wrap up in a coverlet.
- i kah phŭe, kah kàu sie-sie;
- he is rolled up snugly in his coverlet.
- khîeh ke nía phŭe lâi kah;
- get another coverlet to put over him.
- thiⁿ-sî ío jûah kah pīn tó cū hó̤;
- the weather is rather hot, and if you cover the middle of the body that is enough.
- màiⁿ kah kah miⁿ;
- do not wrap up too closely.
- kah lío cū hip tîeh;
- being wrapped up, was oppressed by heat.
- mêⁿ-sî chìn, ā-sĭ bô̤ phŭe kah, tîeh khṳt i kûaⁿ sí;
- the nights are cold and without a coverlet to wrap up in one would be frozen to death.
- khîeh kâi hîuⁿ chó̤-lîak kah cē cū hó̤;
- take a winter jacket and cover up slightly and that will do.
- i kâi kha kah bŏi sie;
- her feet are not warmed by wrapping them up.
- kah nâng kah nâng tńg khṳ̀ i chù;
- each returned to his own house.
- kah nâng kah nâng kài kìen-sek;
- each has his own experience.
- lṳ́ kah úa cò̤-pû lâi khṳ̀;
- you go along with me.
- lṳ́ kah úa m̄ tâng kok;
- you and I are not of the same country.
- i kah i kâi a-pĕ cò̤-pû tŏ̤;
- he and his father are together.
- úa kah i sĭ tan̂g sèⁿ;
- I am of the same surname as he.
- cí īeⁿ kah hṳ́ īeⁿ, tī īeⁿ hó̤?
- Of this sort and that, which is the better?
- cí kâi kah hṳ́ kâi cò̤ cêk-ē khiêh khṳ̀;
- take this and that together in one lot.
- hó̤ kah m̄-hó̤;
- good and bad, taken together.
- àiⁿ bói cí kĭaⁿ kah hṳ́ kĭaⁿ;
- wishes to buy both this sort and that sort.
- kâh-kâh-kún;
- the sound of many babbling tongues.
- nâng-siaⁿ kâh-kâh-kún, thiaⁿ m̄ hīn;
- there was the sound of many voices, and I did not hear distinctly.