Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cuh

by Adele Marion Fielde

cuh

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cíu-cuh;

a dimple.

i cē chìe kih-kau nŏ̤ kâi cíu-cuh;

when she laughs there are two dimples in her cheeks.

nâng tàⁿ ŭ cíu-cuh kâi cū ŏi cîah cíu, kù-chṳ́ kìe-cò̤ cíu-cuh;

people say that those who have dimples are apt to be wine-bibbers, therefore dimples are called wine grots.

• 足cuh10141570
• Full; enough; no deficiency; nothing wanting.

nĕ cuh-cuh, kâi cîⁿ bô̤ kíam;

fully sufficient, not lacking a cash.

cêk nî nĕ cuh-cuh;

fully a year.

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• To sip, to suck.

cuh tê;

sips tea.

cuh ta;

to suck dry.

a-nôⁿ cuh nĭ;

the infant sucks at the breast.

máng cuh hueh;

mosquitoes suck blood.

cuh cap;

suck the juice.

cuh cheng-khih khṳ̀;

suck it all out clean.

cuh kàu pá-pá;

sucked his fill.