Page:Dictionary of the Swatow dialect.djvu/86

62 tieh khîeh-khí màiⁿ khṳt hĭa lâi cn̂g;
 * the beef must be put away so that the ants will not get at it.


 * To eddy, to whirl; cnrlingcurling [sic].
 * cúi ká-cn̄g;
 * a whirlpool.
 * a whirlpool.


 * lâu kàu hṳ́-kò̤ cū ká-cn̄g;
 * the current there eddies.


 * ká kàu kâi cn̄g chim-chim;
 * wheels round and round forming a deep whirlpool.


 * hía cúi lóng-cóng ká-cn̄g ká-cn̄g;
 * the water there swirls round and round.


 * i kâi mô̤ⁿ ká-cn̄g kàká [sic]-cn̄g;
 * her hair hangs in ringlets.


 * thâu-khak kâi mô̤ⁿ kâi cn̄g kâi cn̄g;
 * his hair lays in curls all over his head.


 * hṳ́ kâi cn̄g ío chúa, cí kâi cn̄g ío cìaⁿ;
 * that curl is askew, this one is in place.


 * A complaint; an accusation.
 * kò̤-cn̄g;
 * to indict; to accuse.
 * to indict; to accuse.


 * sía cn̄g;
 * write out an accusation.


 * cn̄g-sṳ̂;
 * an indictment.


 * cn̄g-sṳ;
 * a lawyer.


 * thóiⁿ i kâi cn̄g-sṳ̂;
 * see what is the cause of complaint.


 * cìaⁿ cn̄g, hù cn̄g;
 * the original copy and the draft of an indictment.


 * kò̤ gṳ̄-cn̄g;
 * carry a case to the Throne through the Censorate.

co


 * Rent; lease; rental.
 * chù co, châng co, phò co;
 * the rent of a house, field, or shop.
 * the rent of a house, field, or shop.


 * siu co;
 * collect rents.


 * siu kang co;
 * collect rent due in money.


 * siu châng co;
 * collect rent due in produce.


 * co cîⁿ, cò̤ ngṳ̂n;
 * money received as rent.


 * tī co;
 * ground rent.


 * lâp jîeh cōi co?
 * How much rent do you pay?


 * co koiⁿ chù lâi tīu;
 * rent a house to live in.


 * tîeh lâp tī co;
 * ground rent must be paid at stated times.


 * khìam co;
 * owes rent.


 * hâiⁿ co;
 * pay the rent.


 * thó̤ co;
 * dun for rent.


 * co súaⁿ;
 * lease one's property.


 * ceng co;
 * raise the rent.


 * kíam co;
 * diminish the rent.


 * co kuah-pun pât nâng siu;
 * transfer the rent to another person for collection.


 * tîeh ŭ nâng tam co;
 * there must be some one to guarantee the rent.


 * soiⁿ kùe phò co;
 * prepay the rent of the shop.


 * cí koiⁿ hâng cêk nî co jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
 * For how much per year is this warehouse rented?


 * hŭe co;
 * give a lease as security for a debt.


 * An ancestor.
 * pài có;
 * worship ancestors.
 * worship ancestors.


 * ke có;
 * one's ancestors.


 * lĕng có;
 * your ancestors.


 * có pĕ;
 * grandfather.


 * ceng có;
 * great grand-father.


 * ceng có bó̤;
 * great grandmother.


 * kau có;
 * great grandfather's father.


 * thài kau có;
 * great grandfather's grandfather.


 * sí có;
 * the founder of a family.


 * soiⁿ có;
 * my late grandfather.


 * thài sí có;
 * first emperor of a dynasty.


 * kong có tōa nâng;
 * Your Excellency, my grand father.


 * có bīe;
 * ancestral temple.


 * có sṳ̂;
 * ancestral hall.


 * có ngîap;
 * family estate.


 * có tī;
 * family inheritance in land.


 * có thŵn kâi;
 * an heirloom.


 * tâng có thŵn lô̤h lâi kâi;
 * inherited from ancestors.


 * sêng có kâi nâng;
 * sêng nâng kâi có; become the head of a house or tribe.


 * Abrupt; suddenly.
 * cŏ-jîen m̄ kìⁿ khṳ̀;
 * suddenly missing.
 * suddenly missing.


 * cŏ-jîen cū lô̤h hŏ;
 * suddenly began to rain.


 * put-lêng cŏ-jîen cū ŏi kâi;
 * it is not a thing that can be done suddenly.


 * m̄-hó̤ cŏ;
 * do not be abrupt about it.

còicoi [sic]


 * Fibers of various plants, used in making cloth; threads used in weaving; linen yarn.
 * ceh còi;
 * to splice fibers.
 * to splice fibers.


 * còi kheng;
 * a basket used for holding yarn.


 * ceh po̤-lô̤-mûaⁿ còi;
 * splice the fibers of the leaf of the pineapple to make thread for weaving.


 * ceh tĭu còi;
 * to splice fibers of China grass.


 * cìm còi;
 * soak the fibers used in weaving.


 * ciap còi;
 * join threads.


 * in coi;
 * wind linen thread.


 * coi màiⁿ mueh ju;
 * do not tangle the thread.


 * coi ceh cò̤ suaⁿ;
 * join the fibers so as to make thread for sewing.


 * jṳ̂ se jṳ̂ còi tô̤h tît, jṳ̂ nâng tô̤h m̄ tît;
 * you can pick out and straighten tangled yarn, but you cannot disentangle the snarls into which people get.


 * Uniform; even; all together; at once.
 * cêk côi lâi khṳ̀;
 * go in a body.
 * go in a body.


 * bói būe côi;
 * have not yet bought all that are required.


 * sìo-bâk méⁿ-méⁿ siu côi;
 * get the accounts together speedily.


 * siu-sîp kàu côi-côi cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ;
 * very systematically done.


 * thēng côi, cìaⁿ lâi;
 * wait till you have the full complement and then come.


 * cèng nâng côi-siaⁿ tap-ìn;
 * all answered in concert.


 * cèng nâng côi sim;
 * all were of one mind.


 * pàng khṳ̀ m̄ côi;
 * did not set them down evenly.


 * thîap côi-côi;
 * place them evenly in piles.


 * níu côi-côi lâi thiaⁿ;
 * come all together and listen.


 * cêk coi chut lâk;
 * put forth your strength simultaneously.


 * īeⁿ-īeⁿ bói kàu côi;
 * sort by sort, buy the full complement.


 * cêk côi cò̤ cē lâi;
 * bring the complete assortment at once.


 * Much; many; more.
 * cōi căi;
 * very many.
 * very many.


 * cōi-cōi;
 * a great many.


 * jîeh cōi?
 * How many?


 * cìeⁿ cōi;
 * so many.


 * ŭ cōi cíe;
 * have more or less.


 * lṳ́ màiⁿ cōi sṳ̄;
 * do not be troublesome.


 * i khah cōi ūe;
 * she talks too much.


 * míen hìeⁿ cōi;
 * that