Page:Dictionary of the Swatow dialect.djvu/579

 acting male, and the other female parts.
 * a-n̂ng tó̤ cò̤ a-tòaⁿ;
 * a young man having the prettiness of a woman.


 * To fillip; to thrum on stringed instruments; to snap; to mark as with a line.
 * tôaⁿ khîm;
 * to play the lute.
 * to play the lute.


 * tôaⁿ pî-pê;
 * to play the viol.


 * tôaⁿ phŭe-mîⁿ;
 * to bowstring raw cotton for coverlets.


 * mîⁿ tôaⁿ kàu sang-sang phòng-phòng;
 * the cotton has been bow-stringed till it is very light and fluffy.


 * gûeh-hîⁿ sĭ i tôaⁿ lâi ío hó̤;
 * he plays the guitar best.


 * tôaⁿ saⁿ-hîⁿ;
 * thrum the banjo.


 * tôaⁿ tîo bâk sùaⁿ;
 * make a line by snapping a cord blackened in ink.


 * tôaⁿ hún-sùaⁿ;
 * make a chalk line.


 * tôaⁿ tīo cek sái;
 * snuff the candle.


 * An open altar on which to offer sacrifices; a terrace for worship.
 * kĭen kâi tôaⁿ;
 * erect an altar.
 * erect an altar.


 * siet kŭa cêk kâi tôaⁿ, jît mêⁿ tó̤ pài;
 * set up an altar and worship day and night.


 * tì tôaⁿ tŏ̤ i chù lăi;
 * set up the implements of worship in his house.


 * cí cêk tôaⁿ hût sṳ̄ siu jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
 * How much did they receive for officiating this time in the Buddhist rite?


 * cí cêk tôaⁿ cìe ēng sṳ́-hùi jîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
 * What will be the expense of this religious performance?


 * khí-thâu-ē cū sie hû cĕng tôaⁿ;
 * the first thing is to burn charms to purify the altar.


 * cí kâi khàng-chn̂g àiⁿ cò̤ phû-tôaⁿ a m̆?
 * Do you want this divan made with a step to mount it by?


 * hùaⁿ nâng peh-cĭeⁿ phû-tôaⁿ téng kò̤ pài;
 * they all mounted upon the altar steps and worshipped.


 * An agglomeration; a globular mass; united; lump-like; to group; to dwell together; to round off.
 * tôaⁿ-îⁿ;
 * full, as the moon; closely united, as husband and wife; grouped in one scene, as the actors in a play at the fall of the curtain; having the same pursuits, interests, and residence, as a harmonious family; lumping it; coalescing.
 * full, as the moon; closely united, as husband and wife; grouped in one scene, as the actors in a play at the fall of the curtain; having the same pursuits, interests, and residence, as a harmonious family; lumping it; coalescing.


 * thóiⁿ hì ngŏ̤ tîeh nâng tôaⁿ-îⁿ;
 * went to the performance just at the fall of the curtain.


 * hâp ke tôaⁿ-îⁿ;
 * the whole family dwell together in unity.


 * gûeh tôaⁿ-îⁿ;
 * the moon is full.


 * Nerveless; indolent; remiss.
 * láng-tŏaⁿ;
 * lazy.
 * lazy.


 * m̄-hó̤ tŏaⁿ;
 * don't be indolent.


 * tŏaⁿ kùe thâng;
 * slower than a slug.


 * i kâi nâng pāng-tŏaⁿ;
 * he is very languid.


 * lâk cîah, tŏaⁿ co̤h;
 * vigorous in eating, slothful in work.


 * àiⁿ khṳ̀ thit-thô, sĭeⁿ tîeh tŏaⁿ;
 * am indifferent about going out for recreation.


 * i cìeⁿ tŏaⁿ thâk, căi tit pat?
 * Since he is so listless in study, how can he learn?


 * To cut in stone.
 * tōaⁿ tó̤ cîeh kò̤;
 * graven upon stone.
 * graven upon stone.


 * cí kò̤ cîeh-pi tōaⁿ lâi ngía căi;
 * this grave stone is beautifully cut.


 * sùaⁿ tōaⁿ kàu tît-tît;
 * the lines in the stone are cut very straight.


 * To fillip; to snap; to accuse; to depreciate.
 * i khṳt thâng-cí tōaⁿ tîeh;
 * he was hit by a pellet from a cross bow.
 * he was hit by a pellet from a cross bow.


 * lîap thâng-cí khṳ̀ kàu tùi-tùi tōaⁿ tîeh i kâi cío-thâu;
 * the clay ball from the bow flew and hit the bird exactly on the head.


 * i khṳt gṳ̄-sṳ́ tōaⁿ tīo khṳ̀;
 * he was reported against by the censor.

toah


 * To shout at; to scold.
 * toah chái;
 * to applaud.
 * to applaud.


 * toah i kîaⁿ khui;
 * tell him to get out of the way.


 * toah cŭ i;
 * make them stop by reprimanding them.


 * u u toah toah;
 * to nag and scold.


 * cē toah i, i cĭu m̄ káⁿ;
 * if you would reprimand him, he would not dare do it.


 * toah lĕng cìe-seⁿ cò̤;
 * set him on to do so.


 * toah káu m̄ chut mn̂g;
 * weather that a dog would not go out in.


 * ṳ o̤ toah tău!
 * Clear the way there!


 * toah mn̄g;
 * crossly question.


 * hé toah;
 * shout at threateningly.

toi


 * A dike; a bund; a causeway.
 * thó̤ i khṳ̀ sak toi;
 * ask them to give him over to stop up a breach in tho dike with.
 * ask them to give him over to stop up a breach in tho dike with.


 * kak chù kâi toi-ngăi kien-kù;
 * the embankments everywhere are strong.


 * toi piⁿ;
 * beside the causeway.


 * toi kha;
 * the base of the causeway.


 * kîaⁿ tùe toi téng khṳ̀;
 * went along on the top of the dike.


 * co̤h toi;
 * make a dike.


 * phài nâng khṳ̀ tok toi;
 * depute some one to superintend the work on a dike.


 * pang toi;
 * the caving in of a dike.


 * siu toi;
 * repair the dike.


 * cúi pûaⁿ toi;
 * the water comes in over the dike.


 * The crotch of a pair of trowsers.
 * làng tói khò;
 * a child's open trowsers.
 * a child's open trowsers.


 * cí kâi khò kâi khò-tói chēng lâi khah tau-pâk;
 * these trowsers are too tight in the crotch.


 * khò-tói màiⁿ ka khah thūi tó;
 * do not cut the trowsers so that they will be baggy in the crotch.


 * The base; the bottom; below; underneath; to reach the bottom.
 * The base; the bottom; below; underneath; to reach the bottom.