Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kuak

by Adele Marion Fielde

kuak

• 郭kuak4921638
• The second wall, enclosing the gate of a large city.

sîaⁿ kuak;

the outer defenses of the city gates.

hĭⁿ kâi lûn-kuak ngía;

the rim of the ear is well shaped.

• 椁kuak492758
• The outer coffin; the case which encloses the coffin.

ŭ kuaⁿ bô̤ kuak;

has a coffin but no case.

lăi kuaⁿ, gūa kuak;

the inner and outer coffins.

• 咽kûak1090306
• To gulp down; to swallow.

khîeh khí lâi li-li kûak lô̤h khṳ̀;

took it up and gulped it down without pause.

âu ta căi, khṳ̀ kûak nŏ̤ chùi chìn cúi;

was very thirsty, and went and drank two swallows of cold water.

kûak m̄ lô̤h;

can't swallow it.