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dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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divulged.

bô̤ ki sû;
not having that which would tend to the accomplishment of it.
kun-ki tăi-chîn;
the members of the Council of State.
bô̤ ki hó̤ sêng;
no opportunity to avail one's self of.
ki khì kêk;
a machine shop.
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  • A branch; a twig; a classifier of slender things, such as knives, pencils, spears, and needles.
chīu ki;
a branch of a tree.
hue ki;
flowering twigs.
á cêk ki lâi chah;
break off a stem to put in the hair.
chīu cèng lío hwt sún, hwt hîeh, pun a, pun ki, khui hue, kit cí;
after a tree is planted it puts forth sprouts and leaves, and divides into forks and branches, and then blossoms and bears fruit.
tòa cêk ki kun khṳ̀ phêng châk;
lead a detachment of troops to quell the insurgents.
i ki ke-hú ngĕ căi, cêk ki hó̤ thâi îaⁿ câp ki;
his weapons are very hard, so that one of them will outlast ten other ones in a fight.
i lêng-ūaⁿ pîet seⁿ ki cak chut lâi;
it has again sprouted up.
ki sî;
a spoon.
ki tek-ko̤;
a bamboo pole.
ki sìⁿ;
a fan.
nŏ̤ ki ciap cò̤ cêk ki;
splice the two together lengthwise.
hiah tŏ̤ chīu ki;
perched on the branch of a tree.
cí ki pîaⁿ-bó ŭ jîeh cōi nâng?
How many men are there in this detachment of troops?
bô̤ lṳ́ cí ki tek-kía̤, cū pâk m̄ cîaⁿ pâi!
And you suppose that if we do not have this little bamboo pole of yours we cannot then make up the raft!
kàu ki sam;
a whole stick of timber.
kàu ki cū khîa khṳ̀;
went off with the whole stick.
cêk ki kṳ̀ cò̤ nŏ̤ kûeh;
saw it in two.
cn̂g ki cò̤ cē àn khṳ̀;
the whole stick has decayed throughout its length.
cêk ki kha céng kàu tōa-tōa ki;
his leg has swollen up very large.
i ki phīⁿ ngíaⁿ căi;
he has a handsome nose.
ki chíu chun chut lâi kio sam-kíaⁿ hìeⁿ tōa;
he stretched out an arm as large as a small log.
  • ki335253
  • To ask the spirits to decide; seek counsel or aid of spirits.
ki tîeh cò̤-nî tàⁿ?
What advice did you get from the spirits?
cía sĭ tŏ̤ lău-îa kò̤ ki kâi;
this is what was obtained through consultation with the god.
khṳ̀ sîn kò̤ ki lâi, li tàⁿ hó̤;
went and consulted the spirits, and got an affirmative response.
  • ki33555
  • To seek counsel or aid of spirits by a stylus; a stick used to write charms in the dust.
láu-îa kàng ki;
the god descends to the medium of communication with him.
phah tī-tîang cò̤ tâng-ki?
Of whom is he going to take possession?
úa thóiⁿ-kîⁿ kâi tâng-ki chôk-
chôk thìo;
I saw a spirit-medium careening along.
ki sien;
to consult the fairy.
hû ki;
to write a charm on a table covered with dust or ashes by allowing the hand to move itself.
  • ki336328
  • A basis; a foundation; a point d'appui.
tī-ki thūn hó̤ a būe?
Is the site for it yet filled in?
ki-cí ŭ jieh khuah?
How broad is the base?
cĭu kú ki-cí lâi khí;
build on the old foundations.
chàng-lîp ki-ngîap;
to found an estate.
cí kò tī sĭ i soiⁿ tiang-sîo kâi chù-ki;
this is the site of his former house.
teng ki;
ascend the throne; come into power.
hûang-tì khí-thâu teng ki;
when the emperor first ascended the throne.
tâng khai-ki kâi hûang-tì kàu taⁿ kúi kâi hûang-tì?
How many emperors have there been from the first of this dynasty until now?
khai-ki có;
the founder of a dynasty.
tâng soiⁿ íⁿ-keng bô̤ sĭm-mih ki-tĭ;
from the first, it has had no sound basis.
hṳ́ kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ bô sĭm-mih kṳn-ki, cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ kṳn-ki cū kien-kù;
that child has not much physical stamina, this one has a constitution that can stand a strain.
  • ki3361188
  • A hemispherical basket with ears.
pùa-ki;
a winnowing basket.
pùn-ki;
baskets for carrying earth.
sa-ki;
a flat round basket.
táu-ki;
a peck measure, used in rice shops.
  • ki333529
  • Nearly; about; a few; moderately; the recondite parts of a thing or subject.
i pēⁿ kàu ki-hu àiⁿ sí;
he is ill and at the point of death.
kiaⁿ kàu ki-ki-hu jît-àm thóiⁿ-m̄-kìⁿ lō, cìaⁿ kàu;
went on till it was very nearly dark, and we could scarcely see the road, when we arrived.
bô̤ ki cṳ cîⁿ, àiⁿ khìam i kâi mih sṳ̄?
For so small a sum, why run in debt to him?
hâiⁿ kàu taⁿ le, khìam i kâi mih sṳ̄?
having made payments along until now, owes no great amount.
hûang-sĭang jît lí bw̄n ki;
the emperor daily attends to every kind of affair.
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  • Dearth; scarcity; famine; hungry.
hṳ́ kâi tī-hng tōa ki-hng;
there is a famine in that country.
ki-hng kâi tī-hng ŭ jieh khuah?
Over how wide a region does the famine extend?
cek kok hûang ki;
lay up grain against time of dearth.
ki-hng kàu gō̤ sí;
starved to death through failure of the harvest.
ki-hng sî-coih kâi sî-hāu;
times of scarcity.
phìn-khîong kâi nâng sĭu ki sĭu hâng, chám căi; pù kâi nâng cū ío kōi, būe ki li cū cìn cîah, bûe hâng li cū cìn i;
the poor suffer hunger