Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/sam
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sam
- sam thâu, sam búe;
- the large and the small end of a stick of timber.
- theⁿ sam-pâi;
- to pole a raft of pine logs.
- i tó̤ khui sam hâng;
- he keeps a lumber-yard.
- sam-sāi;
- timber; lumber.
- khîa sam;
- to shoulder a log.
- tōa sam, sam kíaⁿ;
- large and small logs.
- khṳ̀ sam;
- to saw logs.
- cí ki sam àiⁿ kṳ̀ cò̤ kúi lō?
- How many cuts will you have made in this log?
- cí ki sam cìeⁿ tn̂g cìeⁿ tît hó̤ cò̤ kî-kuaⁿ sam;
- this log is so long and so straight that it will do for a flag-staff.
- ah sam phûe;
- bind np in bark splints.
- tōa hō̤ sam, síe hō̤ sam;
- the best and the poorest kinds of fir.
- sam mâk;
- a knot in fir.
- kṳ̀ cò̤ sam tn̄g;
- saw it into lengths crosswise (as for cotiins).
- khṳ̀ chūe kò̤ sam-kíaⁿ búe lâi tú;
- get the smallest section of a small log and brace this up.
- sam chieh;
- the girth of a log.
- sam ngŵn kîp tĭ;
- the three highest graduates of each degree.
- sam-kang-cheⁿ;
- a dark purple, or plum color.
- cêk jît sam chang;
- three meals a day.
- sam-kháu;
- to take a taste of.
- bói pàng kò̤, ē pùaⁿ ē hó̤ sám-kháu cē;
- buy and lay it aside to take a bite of now and then.
- cía put kùe sĭ sám-káu kâi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;
- this is something to peck at merely, it is not a thing to satisfy one's hunger upon.
- cêk ē pùaⁿ ē sám-kháu cū hó̤, m̄ hó̤ cîah ke;
- take a taste of it once in a while, but do not eat much of it.
- 戲謔sám-pêh180
- To joke; to jest.
- i tó̤ sám-pêh;
- she is joking.
- i hàuⁿ tàⁿ sám-pêh;
- he is fond of raillery.
- cang îeh-bûah khṳ̀ sám;
- powder it with medicinal powder.
- sám cho-khng;
- sprinkle it over with chaff.
- i kâi mô̤ⁿ sàm-sàm;
- its feathers are thick and rough.
- cêk thâu-khak mô̤ⁿ sàm-sàm;
- his hair is all disheveled and unkempt.
- hŏ sàm-sàm;
- fine, slow rain.
- hía saⁿ m̄ cai siu khí, sàm hŏ, sàm kàu nĕ lok-lok;
- did not think to bring in the clothes, and the fine rain has wet them so that they are dripping wet.