Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/bit

by Adele Marion Fielde

bît

• 蜜bît5961428
• Honey; nectar; sugary.

phang-bît;

honey.

bît-phang;

honey-bees.

bît-lâh;

bees-wax.

po̤-lô̤-bît;

the jack-fruit.

pêh bît;

white honey.

so̤h bît;

pure white honey.

lău bît;

old honey.

tang bît;

honey made in winter.

bît àng;

honey jar.

kuah bît;

to take up honey.

bît-phang tû;

bee-hives.

bît cìm;

preserved in honey.

ngâu bît;

steeped in honey.

túi bît;

made into a paste with honey.

bît tháng kaⁿ;

sugary oranges.

bît sek;

straw-color.

kho̤h bît;

prepared honey.

ki chui jû buah bît;

a mouth speaking honied words.

bît sái;

bee-bread.

bît pho̤h;

honey-comb.

bît sīu;

cells in honey comb.

• 滅bît5938510
• To submerge; to sink in.

lô̤h khṳ̀ bît thâu bît hîah, híam-híam kek sí;

sank in over head and ears and came very near being drowned.

khĭa lô̤h khṳ̀, bît pīn tī-kò̤?

When you stand in it, how far up does it reach?

tâh lô̤h khṳ̀, bît kàu kha-thâu-u;

stepped on it, and sank up to my knees.

ôi-tói kûiⁿ-kûiⁿ, tâh lô̤h khṳ̀ hŵn-lío bît khṳ̀;

though the soles of my shoes were very high, I still sank to their tops when I stepped on it.