Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tut
tut
- tó̤-tut;
- very short and rather unseemly, as a dress; stumpy, as a queye; lopped, as a horn; short, as a broom.
- i seⁿ lâi tó̤-tut tó̤-tut nē;
- she is very dumpy.
- cêk kâi khah tó̤-tut, cêk kâi khah tn̂g-sien;
- one is too stubby, and the other too lank.
- pêh-tût, chang-tût, i-tût, u-chîam-tût, cìaⁿ-i-tût, thiⁿ-seⁿ-tût;
- are all varieties of this medicinal root.
- i tût-jîen cū lâi;
- he came very suddenly.
- thâng-tût;
- sudden, abrupt, brusque; to offend by assurance of pride.
- i tàⁿ ūe cò̤ sṳ̄ cū thâng-thâng tût-tût;
- he speaks and acts with great precipitancy and audacity.
- tût chut cêk kâi nâng lâi kìu i;
- some one bolted out and rescued him.
- khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē, màiⁿ khah thâng-tût;
- be gentle and moderate, do not rush in too suddenly.
- i lâi kàu thang-tût căi;
- he bolted in abruptly.
- ūe tàⁿ lâi thâng-thâng tût-tût;
- spoke in a very blunt manner.
- tût kàu nĕ kng-kng, íam-kìⁿ nâng;
- burnish it brightly, so that you can see your face in it.