Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/phek

by Adele Marion Fielde

— phek —

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• To develop, as nature does; to open up; to disclose.

tī-hng khai-phek;

an open country.

gūa tîaⁿ khui-phek căi;

the outer court is broad and airy.

tī-tîeⁿ khui-khui phek-phek;

a wide open plain.

i kâi mn̂g lō m̄ khui-phek, khah ak-sak;

his way is not plain, he is too much hedged in.

i kâi sim-heng khai-phek bŏi oih-sòi;

his mind is liberal, not narrow.

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• The animal soul, that goes earthward at death and forms the ghost; the faculties, the senses, the animal spirits.

lô̤h phek;

spiritless, disheartened.

kiaⁿ kàu i bô̤ hûn bô̤ phek;

frightened out of his wits.

i cē thóiⁿ tîeh hûn pue, phek sùaⁿ;

as soon as she saw it she lost all presence of mind.

sam hûn chit phek;

the three souls and seven spirits of man.

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• A sudden, loud noise.

thiaⁿ-kìⁿ cêk siaⁿ phek-lék;

heard a crash.

i kâi nâng phek-lêk cǎi;

he is a very boisterous person.

i kai siaⁿ-âu, jû tâng phek-lêk;

his voice sounds like thunder.

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• Long-ells, a kind of woolen cloth.

phek-ki ío phīⁿ, nî ío kùi;

long-ells is cheaper than broadcloth.