Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mak

by Adele Marion Fielde

mak

• 浼mak586857
• To spot; to stain; to defile.

mâk tîeh îu;

spotted with grease.

chíu màiⁿ mak nah-sap;

do not get your hands soiled.

• 目mâk6071090
• The eye; a principal man; a leader; an index; a list or summary; squares on a chess-board; meshes of a net; the mind, the perceptions; a look; to eye; to designate, to name; to particularize.

mâk-ciu; mâk-ciu-jîn;

eyeballs.

mâk-bâi;

eyebrows.

mâk kha-phûe;

eyelids.

mâk chì-mô̤ⁿ;

eyelashes.

mâk úaⁿ; mâk úaⁿ kut;

the sockets of the eyes.

mâk khuang;

a circle around the eyes.

mâk thâu, mâk búe;

the inner and outer corners of the eye.

mâk kâi pêh-jîn;

the white of the eye.

mâk kâi o-jîn;

the iris.

mâk kâi sien-nâng-thâu;

the pupil of the eye.

mâk-cap;

tears.

lâu mâk-cap;

to weep.

mâk sái;

mucous or pus from the eye.

mâk-ciu thìaⁿ;

sore eyes.

mâk siap;

sleepy.

mâk lêng-ceng;

wide awake.

mâk-chĭeⁿ mô̤h; has cataract.

mâk ĕ sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

What have you to do in the immediate future?

kim mâk lăi-cìang;

stone blind, with apparently faultless eyes.

mâk-ciu cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

blind.

sì mâk bô̤ chin;

a stranger in a strange land.

m̄ hâh mâk;

not according to my taste.

hâh mâk;

pleasing to the eye; suiting the taste.

măng, cêk mâk cêk mâk;

the net has meshes.

mâk lôk;

an index, list, or summary.

mâk kim-kim tó̤ thóiⁿ;

looking with unwinking eyes.

mâk bîe-bîe;

squint-eyed.

sîa mâk thóiⁿ i;

glanced at him.

mâk hâp-bûa;

close the eyes.

mâk hâp m̄ míⁿ;

his eyes are not shut tightly.

mâk peh-khui lâi thóiⁿ;

open your eyes and look.

mâk-ciu tìeⁿ-phû;

look upward.

mâk-ciu cai mō̤ⁿ kĕ;

look downward.

bô̤ mīn bô̤ mâk;

is very indistinctly drawn.

kùa mâk-kìaⁿ;

wears spectacles.

sĭ kùa íang mâk, a sĭ mâk hue?

Does he wear them to protect his eyes, or because his sight is dim?

mâk cam-chiah;

eyes weak.

seⁿ mâk-cam;

has a sty on the eye.

mâk tōa lîap; mâk khang khuah;

has large eyes.

thóiⁿ nâng bô̤ tŏ̤ mâk kah;

look upon with contempt.

sieh m̄ jîp mâk;

kindness has no good effect on him.

thóiⁿ m̄ cĭeⁿ mâk;

look upon superciliously.

sìo-mâk;

numbers; statistics.

chut sĭm-mih tôi-mâk?

What theme has been given out for the essays?

i sĭ khue mâk chut sin;

he rose to office by merit, not by purchasing a post.

i mâk tang bô̤ nâng;

he regards nobody.

mâk côiⁿ hó̤

Are the immediate prospects good?

jṳ́ mâk tn̂g căi;

has long ears and eyes; is not easily guiled.

ēng i tó̤ cò̤ jṳ́ mâk;

employ him as a detective.

mâk bô̤ ûang huap;

does not regard the laws.

sang mâk lêng-lāi;

sharp-sighted.

mâk kău-ham;

heavy lidded eyes.

i kâi mâk hó̤;

he has good eyesight; is quick to perceive.

mâk kṳ̆n-sì;

near-sighted.

tôk mâk;

one eyed.

chô̤h mâk;

cross-eyed.

mâk châ-châ!

Your eyes are of little use to you!

mâk sîn;

the expression of the eye.

lîh mâk;

an eye with a defective lid.

nih mâk;

to wink.

thiⁿ-kong nih mâk;

it lightens.

tek mâk;

the joints in bamboos.

cí kò̤ pang seⁿ mâk;

this board has knots in it.

kha mâk;

the ankle bone.

chíu mâk;

the wrist bone.

tūi mâk;

the head of a company or squad.

thâu mâk;

the head man.

tẁn ieh tàⁿ cē sûh mâk cū tŏng chíu;

made an agreement that as soon as the wink was given they would lay their hands to it.

sûh mâk, hàm i màiⁿ;

winked to him not to do it.

i kâi mâk cē sûh i cū cai;

he knew as soon as she gave him the wink.

mâk kak;

the corner of the eye.

mâk kṳ̂-kṳ̂; mâk châ-kṳ̂ châ-kṳ

the eyes fixed and staring.