Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sak
sak
[edit]- cûn sak bûa khàm-kha;
- drag and push the boat over the mud-flats up to the bank.
- thâu-sak;
- lice in the head.
- sak-bó̤;
- a large louse.
- sak hê;
- small lice.
- sin tèng kâi sak;
- body lice.
- bâk-sak;
- bed-bugs.
- pìn tīo sak;
- comb out the lice.
- sak-pìn;
- a fine comb.
- sak-n̆ng;
- nits.
- bâk-sak tìam;
- a trap for bed-bugs.
- cí īe îeh ŏi pheh tīo bâk-sak;
- this preparation will drive away bugs.
- suah sak;
- destroy lice.
- seⁿ sak;
- breeds lice.
- i kâi phīⁿ sak;
- his nose is stopped up.
- jú thiaⁿ jú sak khìo;
- the more I hear the less I comprehend.
- sak-cŭ;
- blocked up.
- cang cun-thak lâi sak miⁿ;
- take a stopper and stop it tightly.
- sak i kâi chùi;
- stop his mouth.
- cúi-kau sak khṳ̀;
- the drain is obstructed.
- tú-sak;
- to block up, as an approach.
- thàng-sak;
- to stop up, as by passing a plug through a hole.
- bô̤ hó̤ sak ceh;
- nothing wherewith to stop the censure.
- khah sòi, sak m̄ kín;
- it is too small, it will not fill the orifice.
- siaⁿ sak khṳ̀;
- his voice is husky.
- sak kàu kín-kín, bŏi làng khùi;
- stopped up tightly with no crevice for ventilation.
- hĭⁿ-khang sak cháu-cúa, màiⁿ thiaⁿ i;
- plug up your ears with brown paper, and do not listen to him.
- phû-sak;
- the third class of saints; used to denote idols which are the images of deceased worthies.