Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kih

by Adele Marion Fielde

kih

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• To lay, as tiles or bricks; to pave.

kih chîeⁿ;

to lay up a wall.

kih cò̤ cheⁿ-eng kâi chieⁿ, a sĭ kih cò̤ hue-thô-kak kâi chîeⁿ?

Is the wall built up with burnt bricks, or with unburnt bricks made from lime and clay.

kih cêk kâi hue-hôk lâi cèng hue;

build up a mason-work basin, to plant flowers in.

kih cîeh lō;

lay a stone pavement.

kih lâi cíam-côih căi;

well laid up, with correct angles and vertical faces.

cang chek lâi kih cò̤ kâi hue-nâ;

make a flower basket of unhusked rice.

cía sĭ kih sṳ̂ niap-khòng i kâi;

this is heaping up false accusations against him

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• The jaws.

kih-kau; kih-kau cô̤;

the cheek.

i cang chíu khṳ̀ piang i kâi kih-kau;

he slapped her on the cheek.

kih-kau-thâu;

cheek bones.

buah kàu nŏ̤ pôiⁿ kih-kau âng-âng;

smeared both cheeks till they were red.

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• To stammer.

kîh-kṳ̂h-kìe, tàⁿ m̄ chut;

stammered and hesitated, and could not utter it.

àiⁿ tàⁿ, m̄ káⁿ tàⁿ, kîh-kîh kṳ̂h-kṳ̂h;

wanted to tell it, but dared not, and so stammered and stuttered.