Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/liu

by Adele Marion Fielde

liu

• 躂liu84415713
• To slip or slide on the feet.

lō li kût, kîaⁿ lío liu pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

the road was slippery, and he slipped and fell when walking.

i liu pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ tǹg tîeh ie-ciah-kut;

he slipped down and struck upon the end of his spine.

liu-pûah kàu cêk sin cĕng-cĕng thô;

slipped and fell down, thereby covering himself all over with mud.

cĕ liu cū tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

slipped up, and sat down with a thud.

kha tâh hó̤-hó̤ bŏi liu;

set your feet down carefully and then you will not slip.

kha tîeh liu;

his foot slipped.

• 澾liu8448513
• Slippery and miry.

liu-liu kût;

muddy and slippery.

hŏ lô̤h lío, cêk lō liu-liu-kût;

since the rain, the road is very slippery.

tî-kîⁿ kò̤ kût-liu-liu, tîeh kîaⁿ hó̤-hó̤;

the margin of the pool is very slippery, you must step carefully.

• 勾líu328202
• To hook out, as by drawing a thing diagonally through a small aperture.

cang chíu lô̤h khṳ̀ khang tói kò̤ líu chut lâi;

put your hand down into the hole and gather it up and lift it out.

chùi liôih, hṳ́ tòi li khuah, jw̆n líu, líu m̄ tîeh;

the mouth is narrow, and the space below is broad, howsoever I turn and twist it, I cannot get it out.

khîeh ki sî lô̤h pàng po̤-lî cun tói kò̤ líu, cìaⁿ líu tit chut;

take a spoon and put it down into the glass bottle, and then you can lift it out.

• 柳líu549755
• The willow; slender, arched, crescent-like, in allusion to the shape of the leaf.

líu chīu;

willows.

hue âng, líu lêk;

the red of flowers and the green of willows; gay; resplendent; variegated.

líu hîeh bâi;

arched eye-brows.

îang líu ie;

a slender waist; lithe, graceful.

hue líu tī-hng; hue koi líu háng;

haunts of gaiety and dissipation.

khǹg-kòi i máiⁿ hàuⁿ hue-líu;

exhort him not to cherish a fondness for gaiety.

tâng-líu;

the aspen.

• 刳líu436186
• To scoop out, to gouge out.

cí kò̤ châ tōiⁿ căi, hó̤ lâi líu cò̤ châ-khŭ;

this block of wood is very solid, it will be well to scoop it out and make a mortar of it.

i kò̤ kâi chù sĭ cang tek phùa lío, líu tīo mâk, lâi khàm cò̤ chù hĭa;

in making their houses, they take a bamboo, split it, dig out the knots, and lay on the half cylinders thus made, in the place of tiles.

líu tīo i kâi mâk-ciu;

gouge out his eyes.

líu i kâi sim-kuaⁿ chut lâi;

tear out his vitals.

• 綹líu5491208
• A small skein, consisting of a few threads.

cêk líu jông;

a skein of floss.

cí líu sùaⁿ jîeh cōi tîo?

How many threads in this skein of silk?

nán kâi sùaⁿ kàu líu, tîo-siaⁿ sĭ tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi;

our thread is in skeins, having an exact number of threads in each.

• 渦lìu1056859
• A whirlpool, a maelstrom.

i kâi cûn sái lô̤h lìu khṳ̀;

their vessel sailed into the whirlpool and went down.

lìu kâi cúi sĭ li-li ká-cn̄g lô̤h khṳ̀, só̤-íⁿ ŏi tit lô̤h bŏi tit chut;

the water of the whirlpool goes round and round and eddies downward, therefore there it no getting out of it.

• 溜lìu5508510
• To slide; to glide.

lìu pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

slipped down.

lìu-lìu kût;

glairy.

tâng hṳ́ téng khṳt i lìu kàu cí ĕ lô̤h lâi;

slid from up there down to this point at one stretch.

• 琉lîu548967

lîu-lî;

a vitreous, strass-like composition, used for cups, bangles and colored glaze.

• 旒lîu548709
• Strings of pearls, which anciently hung before and behind crowns, their length and number indicating the wearer's rank; they are now seen only on idols.

cu-pûaⁿ kâi cu àiⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi lîa?

Of the beads on the coronet, how many strings do you want put on?

• 硫磺lîu-n̂g549
• Brimstone.

ngói cò̤ lîu-n̂g bûah;

triturate it and make flour of sulphur of it.

• 流lîu549857
• To go from place to place; to abscond; to transport criminals; roving, vagrant, shifting; a class, a set.

lîu mîn;

migratory tribes.

chîang lîu cúi;

an everflowing stream.

to sĭ hṳ́ cêk lîu nâng;

they are that sort of people.

kíu lîu;

all sorts of employments.

ńng lîu;

womankind.

phōîⁿ cò̤ lîu cŭe;

sentenced to transportation.

lîu lô̤h gūa hng;

transported to distant lands.

hĭa lîu;

the vulgar.

sì hái kâi hùe-mûeh lîu-thong;

the goods of all countries are in general circulation.

i tó̤ khui lîu-kíaⁿ tǹg;

he keeps a pawn shop where vagabonds may dispose of goods.

lûn lîu;

to take turns at.

kúi nâng cìe lûn-lîu;

several persons spell each other at it.

• 榴lîu5477510

sieh-lîu;

the pomegranate.

cèng câng sieh-lîu;

plant a pomegranate.

sieh-lîu khí;

pomegranate seeds.

cí kâi sieh-lîu pit kàu chìe-chùi chìe-chùi;

this pomegranate has burst, and thus displays a smiling mouth.

nâm-ò̤ lîu ío hó̤;

the Namoa pomegranates are best.

• 留lîu5471025
• To hold on; to detain; to keep back.

i cò̤ sṳ̄ bô̤ lîu sim;

he does not fix his mind on what he is doing.

i sĭang lîu sim lí sṳ̄;

he manages matters in a very thoughtful way.

i chŵn m̄ lîu-lw̄n ke-hieⁿ;

he cannot tear himself away from home.

• 僂儸lîu-lô̤551
• The braves among banditti; rebel troops; outlaws; ruffians.

chiu ĕ ŭ jîeh cōi lîu-lô̤?

How many braves has he under his command?

chī cêk khûn lîu-lô̤;

keeps a band of miscreants in his employ.

• 瘤lîu54810410
• A tumor, a wen, an excrescence or swelling.

i kâi ăm tèng seⁿ kâi lîu;

she has a tumor on her neck.

hueh lîu;

a vascular tumor.

nêk lîu;

a fleshy tumor.

khì lîu;

a purient tumor.

• 𢯰līu565649
• To separate the dregs from a liquid.

ceng mîⁿ-mîⁿ, cìaⁿ hó̤ līu cap;

pound it to a pomace, then squeeze out the juice.

khîeh îeh-pho̤h khṳ̀ līu cap;

take the settlings of the medicine, and go and squeeze out the liquid that remains in them.

• 麗līu5241988

sìu-līu;

graceful, elegant, as the step of a stately stag; fair and beautiful.

cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ seⁿ lâi sìu-līu căi;

this child is beautifully proportioned.

seⁿ kàu sìu-sìu līu-līu, kio cṳ-nîe kâi hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

is very finely moulded, with a feminine delicacy of proportion.

• 鍍līu9171679
• To gild; to adorn with gold.

līu kim;

wash with gold.

sĭ kim kâi a sĭ līu kim kâi?

Is it solid gold or is it merely washed with gold?

līu kim sai-pĕ;

a goldsmith.

• 摎līu4136411
• To strangle, as with a cord.

līu sí;

to put to death by hanging.

kúi līu i kâi âu;

a demon throttles him.