Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kiuh

by Adele Marion Fielde

kiuh

• 射kiuh749417
• To squirt, to spurt.

kiuh cêk cho̤h cúi chut lâi;

spurted out some water.

h́ia cúi kiuh kàu ho̤h hn̆g khṳ̀;

the water spurts ever so far.

khṳt cúi kiuh kàu cêk sin;

the water spurted all over him.

cúi kiuh;

a water-squirt.

i kâi cúi sĭ lô̤h îeh kâi, hía mâk khṳt i cē kiuh tîeh cĭu cheⁿ-mê;

the water is medicated, and if it spurts in one's eyes one becomes blind.

hía kīaⁿ-càng kâi, cē chǹg tîeh, i kâi hueh cĭu kiuh chut lâi;

if you stab those who are robust, the blood spurts out.

• 激kiuh3958513
• A syringe; to syringe.

khîeh ki cúi-kiuh khṳ̀ kiuh;

take a syringe and force the water from it.

hía cúi kiuh kâi cúi sĭ lô̤h îeh kâi;

the fluid in the syringe is medicated.

mâk khṳt i kiuh

tîeh cū cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

if you get a spurt from it into your eyes, it will blind you.

cía tîeh ēng cúi-kiuh, lâi kiuh, cúi cìaⁿ ŭ lâk;

we must take a syringe and spurt the fluid out from that, then it will enter with force.

• 膪kiuh11213012
• Fat; gross; stout.

pûi kàu kiuh-kiuh;

stout to corpulence.