Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tam

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tam

  • tam8506413
  • To bear, to sustain, to un ertake, to be responsible for, to offer security.
úa kio lṳ́ tam-pó̤;
I will go bail for you.
ŭ sĭm-mih sṳ̄ sĭ úa tam jīn;
whatever happens I will be responsible it.
i tam-sim căi;
he is terribly apprehensive.
tam-sêng;
to guarantee; to warrant; to insure.
i m̄ káⁿ tam-sêng, úa cū káⁿ tam-sêng;
if he will not venture to guarantee it, then I will.
tī-tîang káⁿ tam-tng cía sṳ̄?
Who dare undertake this?
ŭ sṳ̄ úa tam-tài;
if any trouble comes out of it, I will take the responsibility.
lṳ́ màiⁿ tam-tāⁿ úa;
do not you fail to fulfill the appointment; do not disappoint me.
tam chî, bô̤ tam-gō;
may be delayed, but shall not fail altogether in carrying out the arrangement.
cièⁿ-seⁿ sǹg sĭ khṳt i tam-gō khṳ̀;
it seems that we have depended on him to our cost; he has apparently failed to carry out his part in the plan.
ŏi cò̤-nî, i tam-sêng căi tit phû?
If anything happens, how can he sustain the responsibility he has assumed?
cí kâi tam-sêng m̄ phû, tîeh chíaⁿ kâi tam-sêng tit phû kâi lâi tam-sêng;
this one is not one who can stand as security against loss to us, and we must ask some one who is competent to do so to guarantee it.
  • tam8491584
  • To obstruct; to prevent.
tam-ko̤h;
to retard; to delay.
chíaⁿ kio i tam-ko̤h māng cē;
please slow off a little.
tam-gō;
to thwart by delay, to put off.
tam-gō kàu kùe sî-hāu;
procrastinated till the time for it had passed.
tam-ĭen ke kúi jît;
put off for a few days longer.
kio i tam cē, màiⁿ khah méⁿ;
retard it a little, do not do it too rapidly.
  • tàm1214019
  • To dip and wet, as a pen in ink.
bâk cúi màiⁿ tàm khah lông;
do not take to much ink in your pen.
pit tîeh lêng-ūaⁿ tàm ke cêk ē bâk;
you must dip your pen in the ink once more.
cúa khin-khin lô̤h khṳ̀ tàm cē cū hó̤;
to dip the paper very gently in and wet it through will suffice.
mīn-pò khîeh lô̤h cúi tèng tàm i tâm;
dip the towel in water and dampen it.
  • 腫脹tàm-tè107
  • To swell slightly; puffy.
i kâi mīn cò̤ ŏi tàm-tè tàm-tè?
Why is her face so puffy?
lîen phiaⁿ-lî múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ ŏi tàm-tè;
his whole trunk is puffy.
  • tăm853308
  • To swallow in morsels; to eat slowly; to suck upon.
i thóiⁿ tîeh tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;
seeing it makes his mouth water.
màiⁿ hāi i àiⁿ li bŏi tit tîeh, tó̤ tăm nŏaⁿ;
do not make his mouth water for it, since it is something he cannot have.
kò̤-kíaⁿ kò̤-kíaⁿ khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ tăm;
eat it little by little.
khîeh kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni i tăm;
give him a little bit to suck upon.
kó̤ ko̤ mng khṳt i tăm cêk ûe khṳ̀ lío;
she has sucked down the half of the cake.