Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/nek
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[edit]- tâng cêk kùa tó̤ nek tn̂g-thâu;
- crying the whole forenoon as if he would split his throat.
- i nek kàu âu bô̤ nŭaⁿ, i to m̄ chái i;
- he yells till his throat is parched, and she pays no attention to him.
- a-nôⁿ nek kàu bô̤ siaⁿ, lṳ́ cò̤-nî m̄ khṳ̀ kio i;
- the baby has cried till he is hoarse, why do you not go and take care of him.
- nêk mîaⁿ;
- to conceal one's name; anonymous.
- sĭ i khṳ̀ kak nêk thiap;
- it was he who threw the anonymous epistle.
- khṳt i châng-nêk khṳ̀;
- hidden away by him.
- nêk sng;
- conceal a parent's death and not put on mourning, (a crime in officials).
- tô̤-nêk khṳ̀;
- absconded.
- ún-nêk;
- secreted.
- nêk bûa;
- to keep out of sight.
- nêk ài;
- excessive fondness.
- nêk-ài kíaⁿ-tĭ;
- foolishly indulgent to her children.
- kìm nâng nêk ńng;
- prohibit the suffocation of female infants.
- tîm-nêk;
- to make way with; to make off with; to bring to ruin.
- tîm-nêk nâng kâi mûeh;
- make way with people's things.
- cìⁿ nêk;
- the point of an arrow.
- tṳ-nêk;
- pork.
- gû-nêk;
- beef.
- īeⁿ-nêk;
- mutton.
- koi, gô̤, ah kâi nêk, saⁿ īeⁿ tī īeⁿ hó̤?
- Which is best, the flesh of hens, geese, or ducks?
- tok-nêk-îⁿ;
- meat-balls.
- tok-nêk-chò̤;
- hash.
- phìen cò̤ nêk phìen;
- cut it into thin slices.
- côih cò̤ nêk si;
- slice it up into shreds.
- cí lîap i kâi nêk ío kău;
- the pulp of this one is thicker.
- sêk nêk phò;
- a shop where cooked meats are sold.
- i sǹg sĭ chin kut nêk;
- he is of your own flesh and blood.
- tàⁿ m̄ tîeh ūe nêk;
- he does not touch upon the gist of the subject.
- cîah lâi seⁿ nêk;
- she has grown very fleshy.
- nêk-sin; nêk-thói;
- the body.
- thut tīo nêk-sin;
- shuffle off this mortal coil.
- líu jîeh chim, cū kìⁿ thô nêk?
- How far down had they dug, when they came to solid earth?
- i nêk ngán, bô̤ cu, m̄ pat nâng;
- he is not discriminating in his judgment of people's characters.
- bŏi jîp nêk;
- does not enter into the substance of it.
- chǹg jîp nêk jîeh chim?
- How deeply did he puncture the flesh?
- ka-kī kâi kut nêk;
- one's own kith.
- i cìeⁿ-sî cîah kàu sáng kut lô̤h nêk;
- he has lately become very thin.
- bô̤ nêk;
- fleshless.
- thong sin bô̤ nêk;
- is much emaciated.
- i kâi nêk-chài hó̤ căi;
- he is in fine physical condition.
- nêk-thng;
- meat soup.
- lŏ̤ cò̤ kîam tṳ-nêk;
- pickle it and make bacon.
- sie nêk;
- roast meat.
- nêk ien;
- the meat is tainted.
- lṳ́ kâi nêk sĭ cĭeⁿ a m̄ sĭ, lṳ́ tó̤ chūe phah?
- You are itching for a thrashing are you not?
- nêk ŭ thang khṳt nâng cîah, kut bô̤ thang khṳt nâng khòi;
- flesh affords something for people to eat, while bone offers nothing to gnaw.
- lṳ́ cîah tîeh hṳ̂ hó̤ a nêk hó̤?
- Do you like fish or flesh best?
- cí kâi bô̤ nêk bô̤ bah;
- this has no meat on it.