Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thoah

by Adele Marion Fielde

thoah

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• To rub or grate an article on something below it.

thoah tīo i kâi phûe;

grate off its rind.

saⁿ khṳt i thoah phùa khṳ̀;

he has rubbed a hole through the garment in scrubbing it on the wash-board.

ìⁿ-bí thoah cheng-khih;

rub all the husks off the barley by rubbing it on a rough surface.

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• To wash or scour rice.

cang thoah bí kâi cúi khṳ̀ sói;

wash it in the water in which rice has been scoured.

thoah bí tîeh thoah thíam cē;

in washing the rice you must stir it about more violently.