Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ut

by Adele Marion Fielde

ut

• 屈ut458445
• To bend by heat and pressure.

ut cîh;

broke in bending.

sòi lí m̄ ut, tōa cū nt chut kut;

if yon do not bend him when he is small, when he is full grown he will have his bones dislocated in order to bend him.

íang o̤(illegible text) ío, ĕ-j(illegible text)t o̤h ut;

after spoiling him by indulgence it will be difficult to train him aright.

ut i tît;

bend it straight.

ut kàu sì-cìaⁿ sì-ciaⁿ;

bend it into the correct shape.

kúaⁿ cí-hûe sòi cū tîeh cai ut;

avail youself of this time when he is still young, to mould his character aright.

ut cò̤ tek kau-íⁿ;

make it into a bamboo chair.

ut i wn;

bend it into a curve.

aìⁿ ut tît, tîeh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ pue;

if you want to straighten it by pressure, you must heat it gradually by the fire.

• 熨ut10558611
• To smooth cloth with a hot iron.

ut-tau;

a sad-iron, or a smoothing-iron that holds coals.

ut i-hôk;

to iron clothes.

khîa ki ut-táu lâi ut saⁿ-khò;

bring the sad-iron and iron the clothes.

ut tît-tît;

iron it smooth.

ut khṳ̀ m̄ cíam-côih;

it is not ironed straight.

màiⁿ ut kàu sie tîeh;

do not scorch it in ironing it.

• 鬱ut113919219
• Surly and careworn; irritated, vexed, desponding; worked upon.

ut-cût;

melancholy; coroding care.

ut-ì;

surly.

ut-khì;

pent up; repressed.

tó lăi ut-kak;

sullen; brooding over wrong.

khì-hueh ut-kak kín;

the humors are closely pent up.

úa thóiⁿ i kâi īeⁿ ut-ut cût-cût;

he appears to me to be brooding over some secret grief.

sim lăi ak-ut, m̄ song-khùai;

is troubled in his mind, and ill at ease.

ak-ak ut-ut;

secretly grieving; worn by pent up trouble.

sim lăi ut-ak kàu sêng pēⁿ;

he brooded over his wrongs till he made himself ill.

• 回ût261313
• To turn back; to turn around.

ût-tńg thâu;

turned the head so as to look backward.

ût m̄-tńg;

cannot turn around.

chia ût m̄ tńgh;

cannot turn the cart around.

ût tńg sin;

to turn back.

chùi ût kùe lâi;

turn the spout this way.

i kâi mīn cū ût chúa;

he turned his face the other way.

• 睡ût7821098
• To sleep; to lie down.

ût-khṳ̀; gût-khṳ̀;

to go to bed.

i tó̤ tak mâk ût;

he is dozing.

mâk siap, àiⁿ khṳ̀ ût;

am sleepy, and am going to bed.

jw̆n gût, gût m̄ lô̤h;

whatever way I lie, I cannot go to sleep.

īu àiⁿ ût, īu bŏi ût;

want to go to sleep but cannot.

ût kàu cùi-cùi;

sleeps very soundly.

ût-kàu hun-hun mîⁿ-mîⁿ;

sleeping so soundly as to make it very difficult to rouse him.

ût m̄ lă; ût m̄ kàu;

did not sleep enough.

lâi khṳ̀ ût;

come and go to bed.

màiⁿ ût khah ùaⁿ cáu-khí;

do not sleep too late.

pá cîah m̄ jû pá ût;

it is better to sleep enough than to eat enough.

i cē ût khṳ̀ cū kio sí cêk īeⁿ;

when he once goes to sleep, he sleeps as if he would never wake.

ût kàu khô̤-khô̤-hûaⁿ;

so fast asleep that he snores loudly.

pĕ jî bó̤ kíaⁿ ût cò̤ cêk mîn-chn̂g;

the whole family sleep in one bed.

phak tó̤ gût;

lie sleeping on the face.

ût m̄ cai chéⁿ;

overslept myself.

tó̤ lô̤h khṳ̀ ût;

lie down and take a nap.

àⁿ a-nôⁿ ût;

get the baby to sleep.

gût m̄ căi;

did not sleep well

a-nôⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ ût;

the baby will not go to sleep.

àiⁿ ût hûeⁿ a ût tît?

Are you going to lie crosswise or lengthwise?

màiⁿ ût chăm-sia;

do not lie cornerwise.

thâu-kah-chat ût;

lie with heads in opposite directions.

saⁿ phìⁿ cìaⁿ ût nŏ̤ phìⁿ;

slept two thirds of the time.

i ût lío ío būe hwn sin tŏ̤-kò̤;

she scarcely moves after having gone to sleep.

cuh-cuh ût; tīam-tīam ût;

sleep continuously.

jît tham cîah, mêⁿ tham ût;

has a good appetite, and sleeps soundly.

ût lô̤h cū àiⁿ jṳ̂ māng;

has troubled dreams.

phî-phî, lí-lí aìⁿ ût;

languid and drowsy all the time.

kám phŭe gût;

draw the coverlet over you and go to sleep.

ût chéⁿ khí-lâi, kâi pēⁿ chin-chĭeⁿ sek tīo khṳ̀;

after waking up he felt very much better.