Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kiah

by Adele Marion Fielde

kiah

• 撬kiah3756412
• To pry at sidewise, as in picking a Chinese door.

khṳt châk kiah mn̂g jîp khṳ̀;

had his door pried open by a thief, who got in.

mn̂g li khṳt châk kiah khui, mûeh li bŏi m̄ kìⁿ;

the door was pried open by a thief, but nothing was missing.

• 揭kiah378649
• To bring to mind; to make known; to borrow.

kiah toaⁿ;

a promissory note.

kiah hăng;

debts; liabilities.

kiah sìo;

borrowed moneys.

ŭ kiah hío chut lâi a būe?

Has the list of successful candidates been published yet?

tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ kiah ŭ kîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?

How much money did he get there ?

• 撥kiah7086412
• To open up, or out; to spread or distribute around; to lift; to separate by a jerk.

kiah khui;

to lift apart; to thrust aside; to open up as to the air or to the light.

kiah khui pò-lîam cū thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

lifted the curtain and saw it.

cúa kiah khui khṳt i lā;

lift the bundles of paper out and spread them so that they will air.

kiah tōa lâk cū kiah tit khui;

lift with force and then you can lift them apart.

• 屐kîah392447
• A patten; a wooden shoe or clog, used in rainy weather.

chēng sang kâi âng phûe kîah;

wear a pair of pattens with red upper leathers.

khôk-khôk-kìe, chēng sang châ-thâu kîah cū lâi;

came clamping along in a pair of wooden clogs.

cang kîah;

pattens made from the fiber of the coir palm.

úai cîh kiah kha;

broke the heel off the patten by stepping on the side of the foot.

ciap kîah kha;

put a new sipport under the patten.

tèng kîah phò;

a shop when clogs are made.

kîah kha ìn lío kâi ūi kâi ūi;

tracks made with muddy pattens.

thô téng kâi kîah ūi kâi kîah ūi;

tracks made with pattens on the mud.

kîah-kíaⁿ khà cheng-khih, cò̤ i khṳ̀;

shook the dust off his pattens and went.