Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khṳn

by Adele Marion Fielde

• 芹khṳ̂n4031404
• Celery, parsley, and similar plants.

khṳ̂n-chài;

celery.

iam khṳ̂n-chài;

put dressing upon celery.

• 囷khṳ̂n420315
• A stack; to stack np; to pile.

khṳ̂n kàu cêk koiⁿ chek tĭⁿ-tĭⁿ;

heaped full of paddy.

cí cêk khṳ̂n cháu tōa khṳ̂n căi;

this stack of weeds is a big one.

thiaⁿ piⁿ khṳ̂n cêk khṳ̂n hun-kuah;

on one side of the main room a pile of sweet potatoes was piled.

cêk khṳ̂n tāu-khoih;

a pile of pea-pods.