Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tah
tah
- tah tŏ̤ chîeⁿ tèng;
- paste it up on the wall.
- tah jī khṳt nâng cai;
- put up a notice and let people know.
- tah kò̤ phio-thâu khṳt nâng thóiⁿ;
- put up a placard for people to see.
- tah m̄ tùe;
- it will not adhere when pasted on.
- tah m̄ kín;
- it does not adhere tightly.
- cí kâi phāng tîeh can cúa lâi tah miⁿ;
- paper must be pasted over this crevice to close it up.
- i kìⁿ tîeh, kŭi kàu tah-tah;
- on seeing him, she knelt quite down.
- ciu-jît tah tiah ka-ciah;
- he is tagging at my heels all day long.
- tah kò̤-(illegible text);
- put up a proclamation.
- tah nêk saⁿ;
- an undergarment.
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- To put on at the top; to pile up; to add to; to suffix; to engage a place or take passage.
- tah kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ;
- pile them up very high.
- tah ín-kèⁿ;
- put up a scaffolding.
- àiⁿ tah phâng a m̆?
- Are you going to raise an awning overhead?
- tah phâng phò;
- set up a tent to use as a shop.
- tah cêk cō̤ phû-kîe;
- lay a floating bridge.
- tah cûn;
- take passage on a boat.
- cí ciah cûn tah ŭ jîeh cōi kheh?
- How many passengers are there on this vessel?
- úa àiⁿ kìa-tah lṳ́ kù ūe;
- I want to send a message by you.
- tah lṳ́ kio i tàⁿ;
- commission you to tell him.
- àiⁿ kìa-tah khah cōi mûeh, úa cū bŏi khîeh;
- if you have many things to send, I shall not be able to take them.
- i tah úa khîeh lâi hâiⁿ lṳ́;
- he gave it to me to bring back to you.
- cí kâi nâng hó̤ siang-sìn, úa kâi cîⁿ ngṳ̂n to sĭ kìa-tah;
- this person is trustworthy, and I send my money by him.
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- A purse shaped bag, with a slit in one side, used for carrying articles when travelling; it is slung orver the shoulder, with its contents in the two ends.
- pì tah-lîen;
- carry a bag.
- cang tah-lîen cò̤ hêng-lí, mih mûeh khǹg tŏ̤ tah-lîen tói;
- use a bag as a case for carrying luggage, and put all your things into it.
- khîa ki tah-kau khṳ̀ tah tìaⁿ;
- take a long hook and hang it up thereby.
- tṳ-nêk tah pàng lîo-hûe kò̤, sûi i kuah;
- hang the pork on a long hook with numerous barbs, and let him cut it off to suit himself.
- khîeh ki thih-tah, tah khí lâi thóiⁿ;
- take long iron hooks and hang it up for inspection.
- cêk tah hûn;
- a cloud.
- ku-ā tah o hûn;
- several masses of black clouds.
- i kâi mīn phû khí lâi cêk-tah cêk-tah âng-âng;
- red blotches came out all over her face.
- in cêk tah cêk tah phû khí lâi;
- the smoke rises in clouds.
- ūe tàⁿ lâi sĭ thèng tah, cn̂g kâi m̄ tīaⁿ;
- spoke in an incoherent way, saying nothing definite.
- ūe tàⁿ lío, cìeⁿ-pôiⁿ tah kùe lâi, hìeⁿ-pôiⁿ tah kùe khṳ̀;
- after he had said it, he repeated it with all the statements reversed.
- tah i ût;
- pat him to sleep.
- tah i kâi koiⁿ-thâu;
- slap him on the shoulder.
- tûi heng tah ka-ciah;
- beat his breast and slapped his back.
- tâh cheⁿ;
- to step on the green; to worship at the tombs.
- kha tâh nŏ̤ pôiⁿ kîe;
- walk on two bridges at once; he is "on both sides the fence."
- hàm ciah kha-tâh lâi cài;
- call a boat rowed by one man to carry us over.
- sie tâh kha tì-kàu sie phah;
- tread upon each others toes until a fight ensued.
- cèng nâng lūn-tâh kâi tī-hng;
- ground that everyone tramps over.
- lūn-tâh khṳ̀ thíam căi;
- very violently trampled upon.
- tâh i sît;
- tread it down solid.
- câp-tâh; câp-câp tâh-tâh;
- bustle; hubbub, made by people going to and fro on promiscuous business, or with all sorts of occupations.
- nâng-mûeh câp-tâh;
- crowds trooping hither and thither.
- câp-tâh tī-hng;
- a thronged place.