Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sap

by Adele Marion Fielde

sap

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• To cut up in fine particles; the noise of cutting.

sap chang cu;

prepare onion-tops for the table.

i kâi to̤ lō sêk căi;

he handles his knife with dexterity, cutting downward rapidly and incessantly.

thiaⁿ-kìⁿ sap-sap-kìe;

heard the sound of slicing something soft and crisp.

màiⁿ sap tîeh chíu;

do not cut your hand in slicing downward.

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sue-sap;

grown old; an appearance of neglect and poverty in the person; a falling off in personal strength and comeliness.

thóiⁿ tîeh kâi hêng-sîn sue-sap;

appears unusually aged.

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• A contraction of saⁿ-câp, thirty.

sap gūa;

over thirty.

sap-it;

thirty one.