Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/koiⁿ
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koiⁿ
[edit]- koiⁿ-thâu;
- the top of the shoulder.
- i kâi koiⁿ-páng tōa, ŭ lâk;
- he is broad shouldered and strong.
- phi-koiⁿ;
- an official cape, laid over the robe, and made of silk.
- hûn-koiⁿ;
- a mantilla worn by brides.
- hiah koiⁿ cē;
- lay down the burden for a little while.
- ūaⁿ koiⁿ;
- to shift the burden from one shoulder to the other.
- tī gû ūaⁿ koiⁿ;
- an earthquake, supposed to result from the movement of the ox that sustains the earth.
- khîa koiⁿ bé;
- to ride on one’s shoulder.
- sie lám koiⁿ;
- to embrace.
- kio koiⁿ thio mòng-êk kâi nâng bói mûeh, màiⁿ khah cho-siap;
- when you buy from pedlars who carry their wares about on their shoulders, do not drive too close a bargain.
- cêk phìⁿ koiⁿ cū taⁿ kàu hṳ́-kò̤ khṳ̀;
- carried it there withont once shifting it from one shoulder to the other.
- koiⁿ-thâu khìa-khìa;
- very high shouldered.
- koiⁿ kak; koiⁿ-thâu kâi pn̄g sî kut;
- the shoulder blade.
- koiⁿ bōi thio, chíu bŏi thî;
- the shoulder can bear no burden, and the hand can grasp no weight.
- cí koiⁿ chù hṳ́ lăi kúi koiⁿ pâng?
- In this house how many rooms are there?
- ūe koiⁿ phang;
- the whole place is fragrant.
- ūe koiⁿ chàu;
- the whole place smells badly.
- i keh cò̤ cêk koiⁿ cêk koiⁿ lóng-cóng ŭ jîh gūa koiⁿ;
- he has divided it up into apartments, and there are over twenty in all.
- i hṳ́ lăi kâi pâng koiⁿ cōi: īa ŭ sói-êk koiⁿ, īa ŭ húe-sît koiⁿ, m̄ pí nâng bô̤ sĭm-mih koiⁿ-keh kâi chù;
- the apartments in it are many: there are bath-rooms and there are cook rooms, and it is not as it is where people have a house with but few rooms.
- nŏ̤ koiⁿ sie-thàng;
- the rooms open into each other.
- khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē kóiⁿ-tô̤h, kóiⁿ cêk kâi hó̤-hó̤ kâi;
- select without haste, so as to get one of the very best ones.
- i kâi m̄ cai cò̤-nî tó̤ kóiⁿ: kóiⁿ kàu taⁿ hŵn-lío kóiⁿ bô̤ kâi hó̤;
- he does not know to choose: he has been until now looking them over with a view to getting the best, and has not yet made a selection.
- sĭ úa ka-kí kóiⁿ-sẃn kâi;
- it is one that I myself picked out.
- kóiⁿ-sẃn m̄ pat-tò̤ khṳ̀;
- do not know how to choose.
- cía mng sĭ nâng kóiⁿ sīn kâi;
- this is what is left after other people have picked out what they wanted.
- khṳt nâng kóiⁿ chûn cêk cho̤h hùe-kha;
- the garblings left by those who have selected what they wanted from the goods.
- kóiⁿ cĕng kâi ío ke cîⁿ;
- the assorted ones are higher priced.
- i khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē tó̤ kóiⁿ nâng-ke;
- he is taking his time in looking about among families in order to choose a wife.
- soiⁿ kóiⁿ-khí cêk cho̤h;
- the first pick of the goods.
- chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ;
- the silk worm’s aurelia.
- ēng chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ sâh lío lâi thiu sî;
- boil the cocoon and then wind off the silk.
- cía sĭ kóiⁿ-tîu;
- is pongee.
- kit cêk kâi kóiⁿ tŏ̤ chĭu kò̤;
- made a cocoon on a tree.
- sî-hāu cē kàu, i ka-kī cŭ kă phùa kóiⁿ chut lâi;
- when the season for it arrives, it eats through its cocoon and comes forth.
- chôi-tāu cē pìⁿ cò̤ chôiⁿ-ngô̤ cū chut kóiⁿ;
- when the grub has changed into a moth it emerges from the cocoon.
- cí khí thâng ŏi kit kóiⁿ kâi;
- this caterpillar makes a cocoon.
- niap kóiⁿ;
- lay plaits.
- cêk pôiⁿ àiⁿ niap kúi kâi kóiⁿ?
- How many plaits do you wish to have on a side?
- thīⁿ lâi kâi kóiⁿ m̄ sì-cìaⁿ;
- the plait is not sewn down straight.
- ĕ-tng àiⁿ thīⁿ, khieh kóiⁿ, tîeh khieh hó̤-hó̤;
- another time when you are sewing gathers you must sew them evenly.
- kóiⁿ cūe tîeh cih tît-tît;
- the plait must be folded straight.
- mīn tèng niap kâi kóiⁿ;
- has a puckered scar on her face.
- m̄ hó̤ kòiⁿ-so̤ nâng kâi kut-nêk;
- one must not set relatives at variance.
- kòiⁿ jît kòiⁿ jît cîah;
- take it on alternate days.
- tìn-tang kòiⁿ cêk kháu phûn;
- there is a grave [belonging to some one else] occupying the space between.
- nŏ̤ kâi kheⁿ keh-piah tìn-tang kòiⁿ ŭ cêk kò̤ tōa cîeh;
- in the space between the two pools there is a large stone obstructing the way.
- so̤ put kòiⁿ chin, sin put kòiⁿ kū;
- differences do not sunder relationship, and the new does not separate one from the old.
- bô̤ kòiⁿ bô̤ chah;
- there are no obstacles intervening.
- chŵn bô̤ kòiⁿ chah, thong sin sĭ i kâi;
- there are no intervening spaces [belonging to some one else], the whole extent of it belongs to him.
- i ko̤h-tháng-ĕ cū kŏiⁿ ku-ā ki tek lâi;
- he brought several bamboos, holding them tightly under his arm.
- kŏi pn̄g-tháng lâi;
- bring the rice-basin, holding it under the arm.
- hāi i kŏiⁿ kàu êhⁿ-êhⁿ-kìe;
- was squeezed so tightly under her arm that he could scarcely breathe.
- i pì kíaⁿ kŏiⁿ jî lâi kàu cí-kó̤ kang-khó căi;
- it will be very hard for her to come all this distance carrying one child on her back, and another under her arm.
- i kíaⁿ-jît kĭam-kŏiⁿ ke kâi hak-seng tó̤ cò̤;
- he to-day brought along another student into the examinations.