Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/pak

by Adele Marion Fielde

pak

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• A string of.

kùa cêk pak chîo-cu;

wore a string of beads, indicating official rank.

cêk pak sù cu;

a string of plain beads.

cêk pak hieⁿ cu;

a string of amulets.

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• To flay; to peel off; to fleece.

pak tīo i kâi phûe;

skin it.

cûa pak khak;

the cast skin of a serpent.

côih lō chíeⁿ pak;

waylay and strip.

ngŏ̤ tîeh châk khṳt i pak kàu theh-theh;

fell among thieves, and was stripped stark naked by them.

saⁿ khò lóng-cóng khṳt i pak khṳ̀;

his clothes were all stripped off by them.

hía lău-pak-phûe kâi ūe, màiⁿ thiaⁿ i;

he is an old skin-flint, pay no heed to him.

thâi lío pak tīo phûe;

kill and flay.

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• North; northern; northwards.

pak pôiⁿ;

at the north.

pak hng;

northern regions.

pah mn̂g;

the north gate.

pak kháu gūa;

beyond the wall.

pak kêk;

the north pole.

cŏ̤ lâm hìang pak;

faces the north.

i kâi cûn khṳ̀ cĭeⁿ pak;

their vessel has gone northwards.

pak hái;

the northern ocean.

pak-kiaⁿ;

Peking.

i tó̤ bōi pak-thâu hùe;

he sells northern goods.

pak-táu;

the Great Dipper.

lâm pak hâng;

warehouses in which both northern and southern goods are kept.

tùi pak lō khṳ̀;

went by the northern route.

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• That which envelopes the viscera; the belly or abdomen; the seat of the mind.

tó-pak m̄-hó̤;

the stomach out of order.

síe pak kâi tī-hng;

the abdomen.

cía sĭ i kâi sim-pak nâng;

this is his bosom friend.

jîak hui sim-pak nâng, bô tàⁿ sim-pak ūe;

if he were not a bosom friend, I should not speak my inmost thoughts to him.

ŭ kâi jŭi pak kíaⁿ;

has a posthumous son.

cí pak ṳ̂i hun;

betroth before birth.

khîa ki to̤, lâi khui pak;

took a knife and opened the carcass.

bói cêk hù ah pak lăi, lâi chá;

buy the contents of a duck’s carcass and grill them.

i kâi pak lăi châng to̤ châng kìam;

he hides treachery in his bosom.

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• A scroll; a strip; a classifier of scrolls.

tîo pak;

a scroll.

sì pak thâu;

a set of four scrolls.

tong pak;

the central scroll.

khṳ̀ bói kúi pak jī ūe lâi tìo;

go and buy some scrolls with letters and pictures on them, and hang them up.

cí nŏ̤ pak ūe kauh khí, lêng-ūaⁿ khîeh nŏ̤ pak jī lâi tìo;

roll up and put away these two drawings, and take two of the written scrolls to hang up instead.

huang chue lîh cêk tōa pak;

one large scroll has been torn by the wind.

cí cêk pak pò jîeh tn̂g?

What is the length of this piece of cloth?

cía ío khuah pak, hía ío ôih pak;

this is the wider piece, and that the narrower.

nŏ̤ pak tùi-lîn;

two scrolls that match.

cí kâi phŭe-toaⁿ àiⁿ cò̤ cò̤ kúi pak?

How many breadths do you wish to have put into this quilt cover?

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• To take off; to cast off; to lay aside; to strip off; to undress.

pak tīo bō̤;

take off the hat.

pak tīo ôi;

take off the shoes.

thong sin khṳt i pak kàu theh-theh;

he was stripped stark naked by them.

pak-chiah kha;

bare-footed.

pak-chiah-ka-lit;

half naked.

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• To bind, to tie, to fasten.

khún pâk;

to bind up securely.

lîah i lâi pâk pàng thĭo kò̤;

seize him and tie him to a pillar.

cò̤ sṳ̄ pâk kha pâk chíu;

doing things under difficulties.

bô̤ nâng péⁿ, bô̤ nâng pâk;

no one thwarts or hampers him.

tîeh pâk kín-kín;

must tie it tightly.

pâk m̄ kín;

not tightly bound.

pâk khùaⁿ cē;

tie it more loosely.

ŭ pâk ie-tŏ a bô̤?

Have you your cloth wallet on?

pâk kûn;

put on a petticoat.

pâk ie-tòa;

wear a girdle.

pâk cò̤ cêk kîu;

do them up in a bunch.

pâk cò̤ cêk pé;

bind them in one sheaf.