Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/song

by Adele Marion Fielde

song

• 鬆song8301908
• Slack, lax, easy; disheveled; loose.

i kâi thâu-mô̤ⁿ phô̤ng-phô̤ng song-song;

her hair is all flying at loose ends.

song i cek ē cē;

let him off easily this time.

hăng-song cē, màiⁿ khah kín;

slacken it a little, do not draw it too tight.

cí kâi huap khah song;

this law is too lax.

song-khùai;

at ease, comfortable.

song-tŏng;

in easy circumstances.

• 聳sóng83212811
• To rise abruptly above the general level.

i kâi phiⁿ khah kau-sóng;

her nose is too prominent.

pât kò̤ li phùe-kah m̄ kùe kìe cò̤ ko hong tôk sóng;

whatever rises disproportionately above its surroundings is called an isolated peak.

sóng kàu kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ khí khṳ̀;

stretches up to a great height.

• 松sông830754
• The pine.

kam-sông-hieⁿ;

spikenard, the perfume obtained from the Nardostachys jutamansi^*.

hĭa sông;

a plant, like liverwort, found growing on the roofs of old houses.

sông cak;

fine joints of pine sprigs, used in medicine.

• 訟sŏng8321494
• To contend before rulers about property; to demand justice; litigation; pleadings or wranglings before the courts; law cases; the sixth of the 64 diagrams, denoting disagreement.

sŏng-sṳ;

a lawyer; a pettifogger.

sŏng-sṳ pó;

an old withered lawyer.

lîah sŏng kùn;

a lawmonger, a shyster.

jîp sek sŏng a būe?

Have they announced a cessation of the prosecution yet?

tio-sŏng;

aggressive in litigation.

i kâi ūe sŏng căi;

he is very contentious.

líang ke in-ūi sṳ̂-sŏng kâi sṳ̄ phùa tīo tōa-bó̤-mûeh cîⁿ;

the two parties have spent a great amount of money in litigation.

• 頌sŏng8321814
• To praise publicly; to eulogize; panegyric.

ko̤-sŏng i kâi kong-ṳn;

extol his goodness.

nâng-nâng ko̤ kong sŏng tek;

every body lauds his merits.

• 誦sŏng8321497
• To hum; to read in a murmuring tone; to croon over; a droning way of reading.

sŏng si;

to croon a hymn.

sŏng keng;

recite the liturgy.

ko̤-sŏng;

to chant.