Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tak

by Adele Marion Fielde

tak

• 遭塌tak-n̄ng952
• To waste; to misuse.

tak-n̄ng căi;

very wasteful.

mài tak-n̄ng tīo mûeh;

do not waste things.

tak-n̄ng sî-hāu;

waste the time.

ēng kâi ke-ke to hó̤, tak-n̄ng kai cêk tíam to m̄-hó̤;

you may use as much as ever you like, but do not waste the least bit.

• 觸tak9914818
• To butt, to gore.

gû sie tak;

the oxen gore each other.

màiⁿ khṳt i tak tîeh;

do not get gored by him.

i cē sie tak cĭu tak kàu hueh lāu hueh tit;

if they begin to butt each other they will keep it up until the blood runs.

• 捘tak1020647
• To press the thumb nails together, as in killing vermin between them.

phàⁿ kâi sak-n̆ng cū tak bŏi híang;

dead nits do not crack when you press them.

tak ka-cáu;

crack a flea between the thumb nails.

• 瞌tak43010910
• Sleepy from fatigue; to nod.

i tó̤ tak mâk ût;

he is dozing through weariness.

i mâk siap căi, cŏ̤ pàng kó̤ tó̤ tak;

she is very sleepy, and is dozing as she sits.

i ût lío, tó̤ tak;

he is asleep and nodding.

• 達tâk8401629
• Open; permeable; to reach all around; to permeate; to pervade; to see through; to perceive; to inform; to make known to; to give or transfer to; to promote, to advance, or bring forward; suitable; all; everywhere; intelligible; intelligent; penetrable; successful in life.

cí kâi nâng ío thong-tâk chêng-lí;

this person understands correct doctrines more thoroughly.

cía ùaⁿ ŭ tâk pŏ a bô̤?

Has this case been re ported to the Board?

hó̤ khṳ̀ tâu-tâk i tōa nâng cai;

it will be well to go and inform his elders in the family.

i sin-seⁿ kò̤ úa īa khṳ̀ tâu-tâk cai;

I went and informed his teacher also.

i kàu sì-câp-gūa hùe cìaⁿ hwt-tâk;

he was over forty years old when he began to rise in the world.

cía sǹg sĭ soiⁿ tâk kâi nâng;

this is a person who was previously eminent.

i kâi sìn tît-tît tâk kàu lău-tia hṳ́ lăi;

his letter was forwarded directly to the magistrate.

• 值tâk5998
• The value, worth, or price of a thing.

cí kâi ēng sĭm-mih kè-tâk?

What is the price of this?

cía sĭ ho̤h tâk cîⁿ kâi mûeh;

this is a rather costly thing.

cía tâk jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

How much is this worth?

hía m̄ tâk cîⁿ;

that is not worth much.

tâk bô̤ kâi cîⁿ;

not worth a cash.

tâk ŭ kúi kâi ngṳn̂;

worth several dollars.

hía tâk ío ke, cía tâk ío cìe;

that is worth more than this is.

lṳ́ thóiⁿ tâk a m̄ tâk?

Do you think it worth that?

úa thóiⁿ li sît căi kham tâk;

consider it really worth its price.

cía tâk bô̤ cîⁿ-thih kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

this is not worth a copper.

koi-n̆ng ío tâk ŭ lâk kâi cîⁿ;

to have borne you is of loss benefit than to lay an egg, for a egg is worth six cash.

• 度tâk917536
• To calculate; to estimate; to reckon.

chúi chêng tâk lí; chúi-tâk chêng-lí;

to think out the correct method.

tîeh lĭang-tâk ka-kī kâi lâk cìaⁿ hó̤ cò̤;

must make a correct estimate of your own strength before beginning the job.

khuah káu m̄ hó chek-tâk;

so wide that it cannot be measured.

lĭang jîp tâk chut;

reckon the income and the outlays.

• 逐tâk971627
• To take up in order; successively.

lṳ́ hó̤ tâk î tâk jī tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;

you take up the heads one by one in their order and recite them to me.

tâk kâ tâk kâi to kìⁿ cheng-chó̤ lío;

they are all recorded, in their order.

sìo, tâk jît sǹg;

reckon the accounts, as taken day by day.

• 毒tâk922804
• Noxious, poisonous, hurtful, destructive, baneful, malevolent; a poison, a virus, a baneful exudation.

i kâi sim tâk căi;

his feelings are very malicious.

ak-tâk;

malignant.

íⁿ tâk kong tâk;

counteract one poison with another.

cía mīaⁿ-ùaⁿ sĭ hôk-tâk thû-lūa kâi, m̄ sĭ cin mīaⁿ-ùaⁿ;

this case is one in which a person has poisoned himself in order to unjustly implicate another in a charge of murder, it is not a real case of murder.

hôk-tâk;

suicide by poisoning.

cía cìⁿ sĭ cìm tâk îeh kâi: īa sĭ khṳt cía tâk cìⁿ sīa tîeh cū sí;

this arrow is one that has been sleeped in poison: if you are hit by a poisoned arrow you will die.

put jím hĭa tâk-chíu;

cannot endure the thought of such a destructive act.

pńg sĭ àiⁿ tâk sí káu, tì kàu tâk sí tîeh nâng;

meant to poison a dog, and eventually poisoned a person.

i kâi tâk-khì cē hwt cū o̤h ui;

if once the poison takes effect it is difficult to counteract it.

seⁿ tâk mûeh;

has scrofulous or syphilitic ulcers.

cûa ŭ kâi tâk, ŭ kâi bŏi;

some serpents are poisonous, and some are not.

tâk kùe sí-cûa;

more poisonous than a viper.

tîeh ēng ngṳ̂n-khì lâi kehh tīo i kâi tâk hueh;

must use a silver instrument to scrape off the poisoned blood.

lap tîeh tâk;

poisoned by syphilitic virus.

cí kâi ŏi kói-sú tâk;

this is an antidote to poison.

i in-ūi tòng tâk tì-kàu sàng sèⁿ-mīaⁿ;

she lost her life through having been inoculated with a poisonous virus.

i sĭ hó̤ ì a sĭ tâk ì?

Are his designs good or bad?

kam-cháu ŏi kói peh tâk;

liquorice is an antidote to all sorts of poisons.

kim-ngṳ̂n-hue lêk-tāu sĭ ŏi sio tâk kâi mûeh;

honeysuckles and peas will dissipate poison that is in the system.

tâk thâng;

poisonous reptiles.

ngó tâk;

all sorts of poisonous creatures.