Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/teⁿ

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teⁿ

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  • The heel.
kha teⁿ; kha ău teⁿ;
the heel of the foot.
khîeh khí teⁿ;
lift the heel.
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  • To feign; to pretend.
tèⁿ khàu;
feign weeping.
tèⁿ sí;
feign death.
tèⁿ pēⁿ;
feign illness.
tèⁿ ût;
pretend to be asleep.
tèn m̄ cai;
pretends that he does not know.
tèⁿ cùi;
pretend to be drunk.
tèⁿ cò̤ thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ;
pretends that he does not see it.
tèⁿ cò̤ m̆ khṳ̀ kâi īeⁿ;
pretended that he was not going.
lṳ́ màiⁿ tŏ̤ tèⁿ sì tèⁿ ûah;
you need not pretend to be more dead than alive.
sĭ cin kâi a sĭ tèⁿ kâi?
Is it real or feigned?
tèⁿ-sí, tèⁿ-sí nē;
very artful.
tèⁿ tien tèⁿ sío;
make believe he is insane.
tèⁿ cò̤ siang hó̤;
pretended to be friends.
tèⁿ sí phŏ̤ hái-gô̤;
feign death in order to catch a pelican; counterfeit indifference in order to get something.
tèⁿ khṳ̀ nâng thóiⁿ m̄ chut;
so cleverly feigned that the deception could not be seen.
tèⁿ sieh i;
counterfeit regard.
tèⁿ àiⁿ phah i;
makes believe he is going to strike him.
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  • To obstruct.
có̤-têⁿ;
to put a stop to; to impede; to hinder.
cêk lō bô có̤ bô̤ têⁿ;
no hindrance during the whole journey.
i àiⁿ khṳ̀ lîah i, sĭ khṳt úa có̤-têⁿ tīo khṳ̀;
he was going to seize it, and was stopped by me.
cē có̤-có̤ têⁿ-têⁿ cū hiah khṳ̀;
being constantly impeded it stopped.
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  • To squeeze in one hand; to separate the dregs from a liquid by squeezing them in a cloth with the hands.
i kâi chíu bô̤ lâk, tĕⁿ m̄ ta;
his hands are not strong enough, he cannot squeeze it dry.
tĕⁿ ta lío, pho̤h sek tīo;
when you have squeezed out all the liquid, throw away the dregs.