Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/theⁿ
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theⁿ
- theⁿ cûn;
- to pole a boat.
- ā-sŭ ŭ huang cûn cū mín theⁿ;
- should there be wind we need not pole the boat.
- i tó̤ theⁿ tō-cûn;
- he is poling a ferry-boat.
- theⁿ m̄ kîaⁿ;
- it does not budge when I push upon the pole.
- theⁿ lâi;
- pole it nearer.
- theng thèⁿ kûiⁿ cē;
- prop up the shutter a little higher.
- cía tîeh kìe kâi a-ói al5i thèⁿ;
- must call a dwarf to prop it on.
- saⁿ hó̤ thèⁿ pàng hṳ́ kháu khṳt i phâk jît;
- hang the jacket out on a propped pole and let it sun.
- khîa ki sam lâi thèⁿ cía bŏi tó̤;
- bring a stick of timber and prop it up, then it will not fall.
- thèⁿ m̄ phû;
- it will not stay up when braced.
- thèⁿ i khui;
- hold it open by a stretcher.
- bô̤ mûeh hó̤ thèⁿ;
- have nothing to shore it up with.
- ki thèⁿ khah sòi;
- the prop is too slight.
- khîeh ki thûi lâi cò̤ thèⁿ;
- take the mallet as a prop.
- theng-thèⁿ;
- the prop which holds a window-shutter open.
- thêⁿ kûi-kûiⁿ;
- lift it high by pushing upward.
- thêⁿ tit khí a thêⁿ m̄ khí?
- Can you raise it?
- kīe sie-hŭ thêⁿ phû;
- help lift the seadn over a high obstruction.