Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kueh
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kueh
- kueh tīo mô̤ⁿ;
- scrape off the fuzz.
- kueh tīo phûe;
- scraped off the rind.
- kueh lío, cêk têng cêk têng chut lâi;
- scrape it, and then take it off layer by layer.
- kueh tīo i kâi mô̤h;
- scrape off the thin skin.
- cêk têng o khíu tîeh kueh tīo;
- you must scrape off the layer of scurf.
- cí cêk ûeh kueh tīo, lêng-ūaⁿ chîaⁿ;
- erase this stroke by scraping, and then write it in correctly.
- kueh phùa khṳ̀;
- scraped so hard as to make a hole through it.
- kueh tīo tek cheⁿ;
- scrape off the green surface of the bamboo.
- kueh pô̤h-pô̤h;
- scrape it down thin.
- kueh khṳ̀ m̄ kng;
- it is not scraped bare.
- tok cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
- chop it in two pieces.
- chûn cêk kûeh tŏ̤ kò̤;
- have half of it left.
- kîaⁿ cêk kûeh lō;
- went half way.
- cêk tōa kûeh;
- the greater part of.
- pun i cêk tōa kûeh;
- gave him the larger part.