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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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in diverse notes, pleasant to the ear.
- kĕ cêk kek sía;
- write it a line lower down.
- i tó̤ táu kĕ ngṳ̂n;
- he buys adulterated silver.
- cí khí ngṳ̂n khah kĕ;
- this silver is too far below the standard.
- m̄ kûiⁿ m̄ kĕ;
- neither above nor below the standard.
- cí īeⁿ hùe ío kĕ;
- these goods are lower-priced.
- chin-chĭeⁿ cúi lâu lô̤h kĕ;
- like water running down hill.
keⁿ
- 耕keⁿ3221274
- To till; to cultivate; to plow.
- keⁿ châng;
- to cultivate the fields.
- keⁿ co̤h kâi nâng;
- farm laborers.
- keⁿ gû;
- cattle used in tilling the soil.
- cîh keⁿ;
- to plow with the tongue; to teach for a living.
- keⁿ pò;
- to weave cloth.
- keⁿ-pò kui;
- a loom.
- keⁿ khṳ̀ ìuⁿ căi;
- it is very finely woven.
- keⁿ ŭ hue-jī;
- woven in figures.
- 經keⁿ4041207
- The warp of a web in the loom; what runs lengthwise; the meridians of longitude.
- si keⁿ pò hūi;
- silk warp and linen woof.
- cang si lâi cò̤ tît kâi keⁿ, cang mîⁿ-se lâi cò̤ hûeⁿ kâi hūi;
- take silk for the warp, and cotton for the woof.
- lô̤-keⁿ;
- a compass.
- i pì kâi lô̤-keⁿ khṳ̀ thóiⁿ suaⁿ;
- he took a compass and went to locate a grave.
- 羹keⁿ3221239
- A thick broth; pottage; porridge.
- cò̤ kâi keⁿ pn̄g;
- make rice porridge; dainties offered to parents on their birthdays.
- hŏi-keⁿ;
- crab soup.
- câp gûeh keⁿ chài côi;
- there are all sorts of edibles in the tenth month.
- 更keⁿ321733
- A watch of the night, two hours in length.
- saⁿ keⁿ pùaⁿ mêⁿ;
- in the dead of night.
- ang keⁿ;
- the first watch, beginning at dark.
- lṳ́ cò̤-nî khṳ̀ kàu sì ngŏ keⁿ?
- Why were you gone till near morning?
- i jī keⁿ cū ût;
- in the second watch, between nine and eleven o'clock, he went to sleep.
- sîaⁿ-lâu sùi phùaⁿ keⁿ-kó hŵn căi;
- though the tower be dilapidated the watchman is still there.
- 庚keⁿ321535
- The seventh of the ten stems; years.
- i nŏ̤ nâng tâng keⁿ;
- the two are of the same age.
- lṳ́ kùi keⁿ?
- How old are you?
- sĭm-mih nî keⁿ poih jī?
- What are the eight cyclic characters which express the time of his birth?
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- 鯁kéⁿ3221957
- To stick in the throat.
- kéⁿ tîeh hṳ̂ kut;
- got a fish-bone in his throat.
- i sĭ khṳt ah kut kéⁿ tîeh;
- he was choked by a bit of bone from the duck.
- kéⁿ tŏ̤ âu-lêng kò̤, bŏi tit lô̤h;
- stuck in hia throat and would not go down.
- kut tîeh cai níu tīo, m̄-hó̤ khṳt i kéⁿ tîeh;
- you must pick the bones out (after you have put the food in your mouth) and not get choked by them.
- i kâi cîah lío īa m̄-ùi kéⁿ tîeh;
- he takes it and does not fear its sticking in his throat; he takes what he likes without regard to future consequences.
- 梗kéⁿ322757
- The petiole; the midrib of a leaf.
- tìam kit kéⁿ;
- sweet lime stems.
- cí īeⁿ îeh sĭ àiⁿ ēng kéⁿ a sĭ àiⁿ ēng hîeh?
- Is the leaf or the petiole made use of for this medicine?
- 逕kèⁿ407607
- A by-way; a path; a short cut.
- khui cêk tîo lō-kèⁿ;
- open a road.
- lṳ́ khṳ̀ thóiⁿ, thóiⁿ sĭm-mih kèⁿ-lō̤;
- you go and see what sort of path there is.
- cía múa-tī-kò̤ kâi lō-kèⁿ phe-phah lâi cū hó̤;
- the roads about here are well planned.
- cèng saⁿ kèⁿ hue;
- planted three rows of flowers.
keh
- 革keh4281770
- To degrade from office; to dismiss.
- keh tīo mîaⁿ;
- strike his name off the roll.
- i sĭ gê-mn̂g kâi keh tîah, in-ûi gō kong sṳ̄ keh-thò̤ kâi;
- he is a constable who has been dismissed on account of having blundered in public business.
- keh ceh, hûe ke;
- degraded in office and sent home.
- iⁿ-keng chut keh-tîo lío;
- has already issued a notice of dismissal.
- keh tīo i kâi hìang;
- take away his allowance.
- in-ûi sĭm-mih sṳ̄ pun kuaⁿ keh tīo nē?
- Why did the magistrate dismiss him from his post?
- 級keh3941204
- A step in a ladder or stairs.
- tah-pō-câng àiⁿ cò̤ kúi keh?
- How many steps will you make in the stairs?
- cêk keh cêk keh khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ peh, m̄-hó̤ pûah;
- go up slowly step by step, and do not fall.
- 膈keh42813010
- The diaphragm; inability to eat.
- nâng kâi sim-hùi hṳ́ ĕ cêk têng keh-mô̤h cia tŏ̤ kò̤;
- below the heart and lungs there is a midriff stretched across.
- hêng kek kò̤ thìaⁿ;
- a pain in the pit of the stomach.
- i ŭ kâi keh cîah kâi pēⁿ;
- his food disagrees with him.
- khai heng, lĭ keh;
- to settle the stomach.
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