Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tap

by Adele Marion Fielde

tap

• 答tâp8411186
• An answer; to respond; to recompense.

ìn-tap;

to reply.

i cò̤-nî ìn-tap?

What was his response?

pó̤-tap i kâi kong-lâu;

requite his goodness.

i ŭ tap-ìn kùe;

he has given his answer.

i tâng sòi-sòi cū tùi-tap jû lîu;

from the time when he was but a very small child, he has been able to recite like a running brook.

tap-sīa sîn ṳn;

return thanks for the favor of the gods.

hûe tap;

to echo; to respond.

cêk mn̄g cêk tap;

question and answer.

• 仯tâp59294
• Startled, alarmed, frightened.

thia tîeh tâp-cē-tùn;

was startled when she heard it.

kiaⁿ kàu tâp-tâp-tùn;

very much frightened.

• 霅tâp81787
• The pattering of rain.

hŏ tâp-tâp tih;

the rain patters down.

hŏ tâp-tâp-kìe;

the pattering of the rain.