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dictionary of the swatow dialect.

ūaⁿ kâi kha-tháng tói;: put a new bottom in a wash tub.
tîm tŏ̤ hái-tói;: sink to the bottom of the sea.
sṳ̄ àiⁿ lí kàu thiet-tói;: will settle the affair thoroughly.
úa cai i kâi tói-sòi;: I know all its details.
tói teh-thâp khṳ̀;: the bottom has been crushed in by the weight above.
tùe tŏ̤ úaⁿ tói kâi tîeh sói cheng-khih;: you must wash out all that adheres to the bottom of the bowl.
hṳ́ tói thóiⁿ-kìⁿ hīn-hīn;: can see the bottom plainly.
bô̤ tói;: bottomless.
thìo lô̤h khṳ̀ khĭa tŏ̤ céⁿ tói;: jumped down and stood in the bottom of the well.
ŏi cŏ̤ tói a bŏi?: Has it sunk to the bottom?
ôi-tói;: the sole of a shoe.
bûeh-tói tîeh chẁn bâk cē;: the soles of the stockings must be darned to make them thick.
mâk tói hó̤ căi;: is sharp eyed.
thn̄g m̄ kàu hṳ́ tói;: did not probe to the bottom of it.
i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi ŭ áu tói siaⁿ;: he speaks with a resonant voice.
i kâi khek chìe lâi hó̤ thiaⁿ, ŭ âu tói;: his ballads are well sung, with a fine volume of sound.
i kâi cûn tói sĭ tèng tâng kâi;: the bottom of the vessel is coppered.

m̄ căi i sim tói cò̤-nî sĭeⁿ;: do not know what he thinks in his heart.
khǹg tŏ̤ tû tói;: put it away in the cupboard.
hṳ́ tói tang m̄ cai iu-ŭi co̤-nî;: do not know what is the matter with it inside; do not know what is the real trouble in the case.
thn̄g kàu hṳ́ tói-tói;: probe it down to the inmost part.
i tìam tŏ̤ khang tói;: he hides in his hole.
chùi tói kâm mih kâi?: What has she got in her mouth?
chíu tói tĕⁿ sĭm mûeh?: What does he clasp in his hand?
mng tŏ̤ cí tói;: here it is in here.
pàng tŏ̤ keh tói;: put in in the drawer.

tói tit cŭ a tói m̄ cŭ?: Can you by pushing against it, stop it from falling?
bô̤ mûeh hó̤ tói i;: have nothing to oppose to its onset.
tîn-pâi li hó̤ tói, to̤ li hó tok;: ward off with the shield, and hack with the sword.

b2 tôi, tṳ tôi;: the hoofs of horses and of swine.
cò̤ sang thih-ôi pâk pàng bé tôi kò̤;: make a pair of iron shoes and fasten them on the horse's hoof.
ah tôi kha;: splay-footed.
îeⁿ-tôi cháu;: the dock, used as a vermifuge.

‮題‬tôi8831819
A theme, a subject for writing upon; the title or argument of a book; an inscription; to subscribe; to write; to compose.

kíaⁿ-jît chut sĭm-mih tôi?: What is the subject given out to-day as the theme of the essays?
tôi-mâk chut a būe?: Has the list of themes been given out yet?
tôi-thâu soiⁿ sía;: write the title first.
sì su tôi;: common topics.
kiaⁿ tôi;: classical subjects.
lūn tôi;: argumentative themes.
si tôi;: subject of a poem.
hù tôi;: subject of an ode.
cheh mn̄g tôi;: subject of inquiry.
tōa tôi, sòi tôi;: an important or unimportant topic.
cía cū sĭ síe tôi tōa cò̤;: this is making much of a small matter.
i cang cì kù ūe khîa cò̤ tōa tôi mâk;: he is making a great deal out of these few words.
cìa sĭ lâng tôi siang kháu kâi ūe;: this is a hard problem to solve; it is a difficult job.
tôi tîo si tŏ̤ piah-téng;: write verses on a wall.
tôi cîⁿ;: to subscribe an amount of money.
ŭ nâng tôi ke ŭ nâng tôi kíam;: some subscribed more and some less.
ŭ nâng tôi cò̤ kúi tàⁿ hue, ŭ nâng tôi cò̤ kúi ki sam;: some subscribed a certain number of picals of lime, and some subscribed several sticks of timber.

‮第‬tŏiⁿ8791185
A consecutive rank or place; placed before numbers it forms the ordinal; to grade; to arrange in a series.

tŏiⁿ it, tŏiⁿ jī, tŏiⁿ saⁿ;: first, second, third, or firstly, secondly, thirdly.
tŏiⁿ it mîaⁿ;: the name at the head of the list.
i pâi tŏ̤ tŏiⁿ kúi kò̤?: What is its order in the series?
lîet chṳ̀ tŏiⁿ-lîet hó̤ lío;: the place which each is to occupy in the series is already assigned.
tŏiⁿ kúi hō̤?: Of what grade is it?
lîet téng tŏiⁿ;: ranged in the higest rank.
ŭ mn̂g-tŏiⁿ chut sin kâi nâng kio bô̤ mn̂g-tŏiⁿ chut sin kâi nâng m̄ tâng;: those who had a standing in the literary ranks before entering into public life, are unlike those who had not such a standing.