Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siak

by Adele Marion Fielde

siak

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• To regard; to take pains.

put siak;

unworthy of thought; to disregard; to keep aloof from.

put siak cò̤;

it is not worth while to do it.

put siak thóiⁿ;

have no intention of looking at it.

i put siak bói ci kâi mûeh;

he need not take the trouble to buy this article.

i cò̤-nî put-siak thàng i kâi cîⁿ?

Why does he hold aloof from earning this money?

cía kâi hŵn-lío put-siak cîah, lṳ́ àiⁿ cîah sĭm-mûeh?

If you will not eat this, what then are you going to eat?