Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mut

by Adele Marion Fielde

mut

• 吻mut1042304
• The corners of the mouth; speech.

m̄ hâh kháu mut;

your lips and the corners of your mouth do not match; your evidence is contradictory.

tàⁿ lâi kháu mut hó̤;

the testimony given is satisfactory.

ô̤h kàu kâi sîn-chêng kháu-mut sĭo căi;

narrated in such a way as to give a vivid impression of the affair.

• 疫mût10951044
• A prevalent disease, or one attended with unusual symptoms; an epidemic.

un-mût pēⁿ;

a pestilence.

hṳ́ kâi tī-hng un-mût;

there is an epidemic prevailing in that region.

khṳ̀ sîa, tôk mût;

expel the evil influences, and drive away the plague.

tī un-mût;

cure the plague.

• 沒mût606854
• To perish; none of; gone.

cêk ē kú cū mâiⁿ-mût khṳ̀;

after a while it decays in the soil.

mût-îeh;

myrrh, a name imitated from the Hindustani.

• 歿mût606784
• To end; to die; the dead.

sía mêng i kâi pĕ-bó̤ chûn mût;

write explicitly whether his parents are living or dead.

mût sì m̄ káⁿ bûang ṳn;

so long as I live I shall not forget your kindness.