Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tiah

by Adele Marion Fielde

tiah

• 摘tiah9596411
• To pluck, to pick, to pull, to lay hold of with the fingers, to deprive of.

tiah hue;

to cull flowers.

tiah kaⁿ-ná;

to gather olives.

tiah kúe-cí;

to pull fruit.

tiah nŏ̤ kâi sîeh-lîu khṳ̀ pun a-cé;

plucked two pomegranates and gave them to his sister.

cē tiah cū tîeh;

plucked it off at one pull.

tiah ìn;

deprive an officer of his seal, tiah teng; take away his button.

tiah lêng téng;

deprive of the insignia of rank.

• 謫tiah95914911
• To remove or suspend from office.

tiah khṳ̀ hn̆g-hn̆g kò̤ cò̤ ti-kūiⁿ;

removed him to a distant place and made him district magistrate.

• 撩tiah5276412
• To baste together with long irregular stitches.

chó̤-lîak tiah cêk cūe, thīⁿ lío cìaⁿ bŏi cáu-it;

baste it slightly across once, then when yon sew it, it will not be out of line.

soiⁿ kâi i tiah tùe nŏ̤ cam;

catch it together with a couple of stitches.

• 着tiah801236
• After a verb gives force to the meaning, and indicates a transition or completed action; at, to, or in.

a-nôⁿ ciu-jît tah tiah ka-ciah;

the child tags after her all day.

i kâi a-nôⁿ li m̄ hàuⁿ pì, ciu-jît phŏ̤ tiah chíu;

her baby does not like being carried in a scarf on her back, and is all day in her arms.

i ciu-jît cŏ̤ tiah íⁿ, tó̤ sía jī;

he sits in a chair writing all day long.

cē chut mn̂g cū tòa tiah sin-piⁿ;

whenever she goes out she takes him along with her.

i kâi ie-to̤ kùa tiah sin;

he had his dagger on his person.

• 澾tîah8448513

kût-tîah;

facile; glib; running without friction.

i hâiⁿ tîeh m̄ kût-tîah;

it is not easy to get him to pay.

i kâi cṳ līam khṳ̀ kût-tîah kût-tîah;

he recites his lesson very glibly, without any hesitation.

i ciu jît kût-kût tîah-tîah, li-li cò̤;

he keeps on doing it all day long with the greatest facility.

• 荻tîah9011407
• Water grasses.

lû-tîah;

bulrushes.

cí kúi phuah tîah ūe lâi hó̤;

these water plants, drawn with downward strokes of a pen, are well done.

• 糴tîah90211916
• To buy grain; to lay in grain.

tîah bí, tîah chek, tîah bêh;

buy rice, paddy, wheat and peas.

tîah jîp, thìe chut;

buy in and sell out grain.