Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/siam

by Adele Marion Fielde

siam

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• Somber; majestic

siam ngîam;

severe.

huap-lût siam-ngîam;

the majesty of the law.

kui-kṳ́ siam-ngîam;

the rule is strict.

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• The ginseng plant, and many other roots of a mucilaginous nature, used in medicine and deemed to partake of the virtues of ginseng.

jîn siam;

ginseng, so called from the resemblance of its forked roots to the figure of a man.

îeⁿ siam;

foreign ginseng.

kau-lî siam;

Corean ginseng.

hue-kî siam;

American ginseng.

siam chiu;

rootlets of ginseng.

hái siam;

biche-de-mer.

tang siam;

a species of sage.

táng siam;

a species Convolvulus^*.

ngŏ siam;

all kinds of ginseng.

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• Fine, delicate, minute.

cò̤ lâi siam-khá căi;

is of very delicate workmanship.

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• To evade; to shun; to dodge.

síam tŏ̤ cêk pôiⁿ;

dodged off to one side.

síam-khui cē;

move out of the way a little.

síam-bûa chîeⁿ-piⁿ;

draw out of the way close to the wall.

i síam, khṳt úa kùe;

he drew back and and let me pass.

síam sin;

keep out of sight.

síam put kîp;

too late to get out of the way.

bô̤ kò̤ hó̤ síam;

had no way of evading it.

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• The cicada or broad locust, common over China.

sîam-thò̤;

the exuviæ of the cicada, used as a febrifuge.

cía sî kim-sîam thut khak kâi kòi;

this plan is as like the last, as the exuviæ of the cicada is like the cicada's body.

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• To supply.

sîam kháu;

to make an allowance for food.

cîa cîⁿ sĭ khṳt i cò̤ kháu-sîam kâi;

this money is what is allowed him for his table expenses.

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• The boards or beams which uphold the eaves.

i ŏi pue sîam cáu piah;

he will take flight between the eaves and the walls.

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sîam-sû;

a striped toad, fabled to be in the moon.

sîam-so;

water taken from the eyebrows of frogs, and used as a medicine.