Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tiet
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tiet
- cek tîet cò̤-pû lăi;
- uncle and nephew came together.
- lâi tĭet;
- brother's son.
- píe tîet;
- a cousin's son, of a different surname.
- tîet ńng;
- a brother's daughter.
- tîet sài;
- a niece's husband.
- úa sái sìa tîet lâi m̄ng-hāu lṳ́;
- I send my nephew to inquire after your health.
- tîet sun;
- grand-nephew.
- peh tîet;
- son of my father's elder brother.
- pau tîet;
- own nephew.
- thâng tîet;
- a cousin's son, of the same surname.
- cŭang tîet;
- a second cousin's son.
- côk tîet;
- a junior in the same clan.
- nî tîet;
- the sons of one who took his literary degree in the same year as myself.
- sì tîet;
- a term used by one's self towards a father's chum or fellow graduate.
- ngô̤ tîet;
- "your ignorant nephew" (is the subscription of one who is writing to his father's friend).