Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tho
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tho
- i sĭ m̄ hôkcúithó;
- the climate does not agree with him.
- tàⁿ cò̤ thó-ūe cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
- How would you say this in common parlance?
- tàⁿ lâi hŵn-lío kâⁿ thó-thâm;
- what he says has still an admixture of words from the local dialect.
- thó im sĭ cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
- What is the local pronunciation of this word?
- hṳ́-kò̤ kâi hong-thó nâng-chêng căi-seⁿ-īeⁿ?
- What are the manners and customs there?
- cía sĭ in-kò̤ kâi thó súaⁿ;
- these are the native products there.
- kak chù to sāi ŭ thó-tī îa;
- each place has its local deities.
- i sĭ hŭam tîeh thó-sîn;
- he has offended the god of the land.
- ŭ hĕ thó tîeh s(illegible text)a thó;
- if you make a vow to the divinity that presides over a particular spot, you must pay the vow thereto.
- sĭ tô̤h tī cêk jît tŏng thó?
- What day has been selected as a lucky one for beginning the excavation?
- i kâi pî-thó m̄-hó̤;
- his appetite is not good.
- cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi pó thó k(illegible text)en pî;
- this medicine creates an appetite.
- nâng sí cū àiⁿ kui thó;
- when a man man dies he returns to dust.
- i kâi thó-cheⁿ seⁿ lâi ngía căi;
- the end of his nose is very exquisitely formed.
- i thó àiⁿ, úa thó m̆;
- he is bent upon it, and I am determined not to do it.
- i li thó hĕng hṳ́ kâi nâng, úa li thó sieh hṳ́ kâi nâng;
- he is inclined to dislike that person, and I am inclined to like him.
- cêk nâng cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n thó cōi li bô̤ sì-lâk, cêk nâng sì-lâk thó tōa li bô̤ cíⁿ-ngṳ̂n;
- one had money without influence and the other had great influence but no money.
- i thó àiⁿ phah i;
- she is determined to whip him.
- mâk thó-thó;
- protruding eyes.
- i kâi tó-câi thó chut lâi;
- he has rupture at the navel.
- i kâi mâk sĭ thó-cu, m̄ hó̤ ui;
- his eye has an extruded lens, an is incurable.
- ŭ kò̤ thó chut li pó kò̤ nap jîp;
- the places where it bulges out will make up for those where it juts in.
- phah cêk ciah thò;
- shot a hare.
- i sĭ sìe thò kâi;
- he was born in the year of the hare.
- thò hâu;
- the hair of the rabbit, used for fine pencils or brushes.
- cīeⁿ li thò, ĕ li sìa;
- vomiting and purging simultaneously.
- sĭ cŏ-jîen cū thò sìa kâi;
- a sudden attack of vomiting with diarrhea.
- cîah lô̤h khṳ̀ cū thò chut lâi;
- threw it up as soon as he had taken it.
- cîh thò kàu tn̂g-tn̂g chut lâi;
- run your tongue out as far as possible.
- úa thiaⁿ i sĭ pùaⁿ thun pùaⁿ thò kâi ūe;
- I think he kept back a part, and told a part.
- hía ūe thun-thun thò-thò m̄ sĭ tît-tît cū tàⁿ;
- that is concealing some of the facts and disclosing others, it is not telling a straight-forward story.
- i hó̤-hó̤ sĭ-sĭ cò̤ ŏi áu-thò?
- How is it that he gags and vomits when there is no unusual cause for it?
- thò hueh;
- bleed at the lungs.
- thò kàu kŭa táⁿ chut lâi;
- threw up bile.
- phīⁿ tîeh cū thò;
- the smell of it makes me vomit.
- i m̄ khéng thò cin chêng;
- he is unwilling to disclose the real state of the case.
- ūe-ūe thó;
- retch and vomit.
- cí īeⁿ îeh ŏi cí thò;
- this medicine will stop the vomiting.
- i kâi cîⁿ cîah m̄ lô̤h lêng-ūaⁿ thò chut lâi hâiⁿ nâng;
- he could not make way with the money, and so disgorged and returned it.
- cang îeh kẁn i thò;
- take medicine to produce vomiting.
- àiⁿ thò bŏi thò;
- am nauseated but cannot vomit.
- tàⁿ thô;
- to carry earth in baskets slung at the ends of a pole over the shoulder.
- chîeⁿ sĭ thô chîeⁿ;
- the wall is a mud wall.
- co̤h thô sîaⁿ;
- build amud village.
- thôu ûi;
- an enclosing wall made of earth.
- thô khò;
- a cellar.
- thô kang;
- a sexton; to work in earth.
- bói kúi sin thô ang-kíaⁿ khṳt a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ hùe thit-thô̤;
- buy some clay dolls for the children to play with.
- líu cĕ suaⁿ thô lâi tĭen hó̤ a sĭ líu hái thô̤ lâi tĭen hó̤?
- Shall I dig the earth to fill it in with from the hills or from the shore?
- cía suaⁿ kâi thô-sek hó̤;
- the soil on these hills appears good.
- cí kò̤ kâi thô kien-jŭn căi;
- the soil here is very mellow.
- thô-láng;
- artificial mill-stones, made of earth, and used in hulling rice.
- thō îeh-îⁿ, àiⁿ cang sĭm-mûeh thō?
- What shall I take after the pills to send them down?
- cá-sîn li cang tăⁿ-ĭam-thng thō;
- when I took them before I rinsed them down with water that had been boiled and salted.
- ēng kieⁿ-thng thō;
- take ginger-tea to send it down with.
- chong cho̤h nêk-chò̤-thng lâi thō pn̄g;
- make some broth to assist the rice in its course down the gullet.