Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ko̤h

by Adele Marion Fielde

ko̤h

• 異ko̤h2811026
• Strange; diverse; different.

ko̤h īeⁿ căi;

most extraordinary.

úa thóiⁿ tîeh ko̤h īeⁿ;

to me it appears odd.

i kio i sǹg sĭ ko̤h sèⁿ;

he is of a different surname from him.

i kâi nâng seⁿ lâi ko̤h īeⁿ;

he is different from other people.

i kâi sèⁿ-chêng ko̤h īeⁿ;

he has a queer disposition.

• 嗆ko̤h9703010
• To irritate the throat.

píaⁿ ŏi ko̤h âu;

the biscuit rasps my throat.

cí khí ko̤ cîah tîeh khah ko̤h âu;

this sort of jam makes the throat tingle too much as it goes down.

màiⁿ khṳt in ko̤h tîeh;

do not get strangled by the smoke.

tó̤ hwt hue: kîaⁿ khui cē, màiⁿ khṳt i ko̤h tîeh;

he is slaking lime: go farther off so as not to be choked.

khoi-sua-pà ngŏ̤ tîeh thàu huang cĭu ŏi ko̤h tîeh nâng;

the sand of the river bottom, if there happens to be a wind, may choke one.

• 閣ko̤h4261696
• A porch; an anteroom; a corridor; female apartments; a council-chamber or the officers assembled in it.

lâi ko̤h;

the Inner Council.

lăi ko̤h tong-su;

the clerk of the Inner Council.

pôih jîp lăi ko̤h;

become a member of the Inner Council.

tang ko̤h tăi hâk-sṳ̆;

the Premier.

sì kâi cái-sìang, nŏ̤ kái cheng tōiⁿ, nŏ̤ kâi cheng ko̤h;

of the four ministers, two are called chamberlains, and two councilors.

ko̤h chîn;

councilors.

ko̤h láu;

cabinet ministers.

móng sî jîp ko̤h;

at that time entered the cabinet.

ko̤h ĕ kùi seⁿ;

Your Excellency.

khí kŭa lîang têng cúi ko̤h;

build summer houses and balconies.

lăi ko̤h chau chut sĭang jŭ;

the cabinet ministers copy the imperial edicts.

lṳ́-kâi choiⁿ-kim cêng chut ko̤h a būe?

Has your daughter yet issued from the inner apartments? Is she yet married?

lâu ko̤h;

a look-out; a balcony; a summer house.

• 胳ko̤h4271306
• The armpit.

ko̤h-tháng-ĕ;

the part of the body covered by the arm.

nio i kâi ko̤h-ĕ;

hugged under his arm.

chah i kâi ko̤h ĕ;

support him by lifting at his armpit.

• 擱ko̤h4266414
• To hinder, to obstruct.

ko̤h-cŭ;

to impede, to put a stop to.

tam-ko̤h;

to delay, to put difficulties in the way.

màiⁿ tam-ko̤h khah kú;

do not procrastinate too long.