Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/to

by Adele Marion Fielde

to

• 都to9161639
• The place of the palace or imperial ancestral temple; the capital or metropolis; all, altogether, in general; probably.

kiaⁿ to;

the capital.

to sîaⁿ;

the capital city.

tì-to kâi tī-hng;

the region in which the capital of the country is located.

to-sîaⁿ kĭen tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?

Where is the capital?

to-khún; to-hú; to-si;

a major in the army, or a commander in the navy; (there is one in each prefecture).

to-chak-īⁿ;

the Censorate.

to-gṳ̄-sṳ́, hù to-gṳ̄-sṳ́;

the President and Vice President of the Censorate.

hieⁿ to;

feudal villages.

úa to m̄ khṳ̀;

I do not go there.

i to àiⁿ;

he wants it.

náng to m̄ cêng;

we have not.

hùaⁿ nâng to m̄ hàuⁿ;

they are all averse to it.

peh-sèⁿ hùe to kèng i;

the common people revere him.

• 肚tó9171303
• The belly; the stomach; a bellyful; a great deal; the temper or mind.

tó khùn;

hungry.

tó pá;

appetite satisfied.

tó thìaⁿ;

bellyache.

cīeⁿ tó, ĕ tó;

the upper and lower portions of the belly.

tó-câi;

the navel.

to pak;

the paunch.

nńg-tó;

the sides of the belly.

tó phîaⁿ;

the portions of the belly near the navel.

thiaⁿ tîeh tn̂g-tó tĭⁿ;

have heard quite as much as I wish to of that.

i bô̤ tó-lĭang;

he is nrrow minded.

ŭ tó-lĭang;

liberal minded.

pâk tó-phè;

put on an apron.

kha-tn̂g-tó;

the calf of the leg.

tó tói ŭ mûeh;

has something in his stomach or his mind.

to tói ŭ mûeh cū cò̤ ŭ lâi;

if there is anything in him he will be able to do it.

bô̤ ke kâi tó lâi cîah;

am unable to eat any more.

tó lăi thong-thong;

is very clear-headed.

hṳ́ kâi nâng cn̂g kâi bô̤ tó lăi;

that fellow is wholly destitute of mental ability.

i lêh to khṳ̀ tùi i sí;

he cut open his bowels and killed himself in order to call down vengeance on another.

thiaⁿ lío khì kàu cêk tó húe;

on hearing it, was filled with burning rage.

cîah kàu tó kuai-kuai;

eats till he can hold no more.

tó lak-lak;

pot bellied.

i kâi sái-tó phû cheⁿ-kṳn;

he has varicose veins on his paunch.

tìeⁿ tó;

bloated bowels.

tó ngân, tîeh khîeh mûeh lâi thâh tó;

his bowels feel cold, something must be laid over them.

tîeh cang eng, pue sie lío, lâi ù tó;

must get a brick and heat it, and put it to his bowels to warm them.

i kâi tó-tn̂g chíen;

he is shallow minded.

mih mûeh cîah cêk tó;

he stuffs himself with all sorts of stuff.

tó céng-tìeⁿ;

dropsy of the bowels.

thiaⁿ lío tīam-tīam khǹg tŏ̤ tó lăi;

heard it, and kept it laid up carefully in his mind.

pháu-tó;

colic.

sìa-tó;

diarrhea.

tó-ká;

gripes.

tó-ṳ́;

feeling of distension in the bowls.

• 賭tó9161549
• To bet; to wager; to stake; to risk.

kìm tó;

prohibit gaming.

kuaⁿ-hú chut kò̤-sī, àiⁿ lîah tó-kùn;

the magistrate has issued a notice that gamblers will be seized.

khui tó tîeⁿ;

keep a gambling hall.

i káⁿ kio i tó thâu;

she would risk her head on it.

káⁿ cū jī-ke khṳ̀ sía tó-thâu cn̄g;

if you dare do it, we will both go and write out and sign a document agreeing to do that for which the penalty is death.

i cṳ̆-lâi to sĭ o̤ chiang siet tó;

he has hitherto harbored prostitutes and instituted games of chance.

àiⁿ tó mē?

Will you bet?

àiⁿ to sĭm mûeh?

What will you bet?

• 鬭tò87419114
• To wrangle; to contest; to fight; to contend for; to strive to excel.

hăi-tò;

to fight.

kak hieⁿ íⁿ-keng m̄ káⁿ hăi-tò;

the villages no longer dare engage in feuds.

líang-ke tì-kàu ceⁿ-tò;

the two got into a quarrel.

jī-ke tó̤ tò-khì;

they are having an angry dispute.

tò lâi tò khṳ̀ bô̤ su îaⁿ;

had a sharp fight in which neither got the advantage.

tò thóiⁿ tī-tîang kâi kéng chái lâi ngía;

strive and see whose display shall be the most gorgeous.

líang hóⁿ sie tò;

two tigers fighting.

nŏ̤ nâng tó̤ tò lâk;

the two are wrestling to see who is the stronger.

i tò i m̄ kùe;

he cannot get the better of her.

tò-chîu;

to compete.

tò sái cîⁿ;

rival in expenditure.

• 屠tô918449
• To butcher.

kìm tô̤;

to prohibit the slaughter of animals for food.

khui tô̤;

remove the prohibition to slaughter animals.

tô̤ hŏ;

butchers.

khui gû tô;

open a butcher's shop.

tô thâu;

the owner of a slaughter house.

• 圖tô9183111
• A plan, drawing, diagram or chart.

ūe tī-tô;

draw maps.

cí pak tī-lí-tô ūe lâi mêng-pêh;

this map of the roads is plainly drawn.

suaⁿ tô ŭ liam tŏ̤ tîaⁿ tói a bô̤?

Is the map of the burial place pasted on the statement entered at the yamun or not?

kò kâi ŏi ūe kâi lâi kùai tô;

hire some one who can draw to delineate a plan of it.

i kâi tô kùai lâi m̄ mêng-pêh;

their chart is not drawn in such a way as to make the location of objects plain.

cía sĭ thiⁿ-ĕ kak kok kâi chŵn tô;

this is a map of the whole world.

tong-kok kâi tī-tô;

a map of China.

ūe tieⁿ chù-kêk kâi tô;

draw up a plan of the house.

• 廚tô935312
• A kitchen.

tô pâng;

a cook house.

tô cí;

a cook.

tng tô pâng;

act as cook for an official.

kẃn tô;

head butler.

kuaⁿ gê lăi kâi kìe-cò̤ to-pâng, cíu-kẃn kâi kìe-cò̤ tô-cí, hâng-phò kẃn-thâu ēng kâi, kìe cò̤ húe-thâu;

cooks have three different appellations, according as they are employed in a yamun, a restaurant, or in a private house.

• 螻蛄tŏ-kâu431
• The mole cricket.

tŏ-kâu m̄ cîah khang kháu cháu;

the mole cricket does not eat the grass at the entrance to his own burrow.

cù tŏ-kâu;

drive out mole crickets by leading water into their holes.

i sĭeⁿ khí lâi cē bô̤ cì, cū khṳ̀ phàu tŏ-kâu;

he could not come to any fixed purpose by thinking, and so went and hung himself.

• 豆tŏ8741510
• A sacrificial dish; a charger.

úa àiⁿ phah ngŏ kâi siah tŏ;

I want a set of sacrificial vessels made.

cieh cêk hù châ kâi tŏ lâi ēng;

borrow a set of wooden platters to use.

tŏ-pîaⁿ;

a trencher.

bói ke cêk īeⁿ cheⁿ-kúai lâi chò pái-tŏ;

buy another sort of fruit to make up the full complement of dishes to set before a god.

chò ngŏ tŏ;

fill the set of sacrificial dishes.

• 塗tŏ9183210

tŏ-pùn;

rubbish; litter; dirt.

put tīo tŏ-pùn;

clear away the litter.

hṳ́ kò̤ tah jī bô̤ nâng tò̤ tŏ-pùn;

a placard is stuck up forbidding people to throw rubbish there.

tŏ-pùn táu;

a dust-pan.

• 竇tŏ87511615
• An error by which some one is disappointed; loss, waste, damage.

pī tŏ peh chut;

a trifling error has many bad results.

sim seⁿ gî-tŏ;

he entertains a distrust of it.

lâng pó̤ bô̤ gî-tŏ;

cannot guarantee that there will be no remissness.

• 肚tŏ9171303
• A stomacher; tripe.

gû tŏ; îeⁿ tŏ, tṳ tŏ;

tripe of oxen, sheep or swine.

pâk kâi âng ie-tŏ;

wore a red stomacher.

• 渡tō917859
• A ferry.

kùe tō;

cross the ferry.

tah tō-cûn;

go on board a ferry-boat.

tō-cûn cîⁿ;

ferriage.

kàu hìeⁿ pôiⁿ kâi tō-cûn-thâu;

arrived at the other end of the ferry.

pâi tō kùe khṳ̀;

make a pontoon bridge across.

theⁿ tō kâi;

a ferryman.

hìang tō;

licensed ferry boats.

bô̤ tō cûn cū ĕ kùe khù;

if there is no ferry we will wade across.

• 鍍tō9171679
• To wash with gold; gilded.

tō kim kâi thâu-chah;

gilded head ornaments.

cí sang chíu-hŵn àiⁿ tō kim;

want these bracelets washed with gold.

cí tîo ngṳ̂n-līen hó̤ tō kim mē?

Can this silver chain be washed with gold?

• 度tō917536
• A measure, a test, a degree, a limit; a degree of latitude or longitude; an interval in music; a rule, a regulation; capacity, endurance; to bring under rule; to form by law; to pass, as time; to ford.

huap tō;

regulations; by laws; restrictions.

tō jît jû nî;

a day seems like a year in passing.

hùi-ēng m̄ hó̤ kùe tō;

do not exceed the fixed allowance in your expenses.

ŏi tit tō seⁿ kùe jît cū hó̤;

if I have enough to live on for the time being that is sufficient.

tō sìo;

certain times, periods or distances.

ēng sĭm-mih tō sìo?

What is the unit of measure?

bô̤ tō;

without bounds; no restraint; lawless.

cîah kâi mûeh bô̤ tō;

eat inordinately of a certain kind of food.

i kâi tō-lĭang khuah-tōa;

he is very liberal.

cak-tō-sài;

special officers in the Ming dynasty sent to look after the revenue of the provinces.

mih sṳ̄ tîeh ū kâi cak-tō;

in all things there must be certain fixed limits.

ŭ jîeh cōi, kâi tō?

About how many are there?

cìeⁿ-seⁿ tùi-tùi kah-tō kah-tō;

this is just exactly in accordance with the limit set.

cía m̄ kah úa kâi tō;

this is not suited to my capacity.

lṳ́ àiⁿ bói sĭm-mih cîⁿ tō?

To what price do you wish to limit yourself in purchasing?

cí kò̤ kâi tō ío sòi;

the limit here is narrower.

khah tó̤ tō;

too short measure.

tîeh ka ío tn̂g tō cē;

must give rather longer measure.

cí khí pò ío ôih tō;

this cloth is narrower.

phit ŭ ôi tō khṳ̀ bói cìaⁿ kah;

take the measure of her shoes when going to buy a new pair, and then they will fit.