Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kap

by Adele Marion Fielde

kap

• 蛤kap4281426
• A lizard.

kap-kài;

a spotted lizard.

pó̤-cie-kap;

a tree-toad.

• 鴿kap4281966
• Doves; domestic pigeons.

pêh-kap;

pigeons.

pêh-kap pie;

a lottery.

teh pêh-kap pie;

buy a lottery ticket.

pêh-kap pie kìm tit cô̤h mē?

Has the prohibition of lotteries been effective?

• 合kap217303
• To join; to unite; to close; joint.

kap tit bûa kap m̄ bûa?

Do they fit in to each other so as to join or not?

kap îeh;

to compound medicines.

kap kong;

to pool funds; joint stock.

tâng cîⁿ kap pńg kāi;

joint capital.

kap cò̤-pû cîah;

to mess together.

toi-khiah kap-bûa a būe?

Is the crevasse in the dike closed yet?

• 釘kap9041672
• To bind.

kap cṳ-cheh;

to bind books.

kap cò̤ cêk pńg;

bind them into one volume.

• 蟆蝦kap-pô̤182
• A toad.

kap-pô̤ thìo hn̆g sīm kú;

after a long leap, the toad rests a long time.

kap-pô̤ thìo kâi phûn;

a grave with a scalloped front.

• 夾kap356374
• Connected, as a side chamber or recess.

kap-páng cún;

a ship.

co kap-páng;

to charter a ship.

tah kap-páng;

go by ship.

kíaⁿ kap-páng;

be a sailor on board a ship.

• 脹kap241808
• Puffy; swollen.

i kâi mâk-kha-phûe cò̤ ŏi kap-kap?

Why is it that his eye-lids are so swollen?

i kâi kha-pûaⁿ nĕ kap-kap, kâi mih mâuⁿ-pēⁿ?

The top of his foot is very much puffed up, what is the matter with it?

• 嗑kâp2183010
• Loquacious; talkative; chatter.

i lâi kàu kîh-kîh kâp-kâp, ūe tàⁿ bŏi tit lío;

she came and chattered away as if she would never stop.

kìⁿ tîeh, lí-kẃn kâp;

began to chatter as soon as she saw him.

hía ūe to sĭ thèng kâp;

that is thoughtless talk.

kâp-kâp-kìe;

the noise of many persons conversing.

ka-kī kàp-kâp-kìe;

chattering away to herself.

li-li kâp;

kept right on talking rapidly.