Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/e

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  • é1066308
  • Dumb.
é nâng hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe;
the dumb are loquacious.
ui lâng, ui é, ui cheⁿ-mêⁿ;
to so cure the patient that he is deaf, dumb, and blind.
ău sì tîeh é;
you will be dumb in the next world, (said in scolding a great talker).
i é sîn é kúi;
he is a dumb fellow.
ĕ kùe khoi;
wade across a stream.
tìn-tang kò̤ chim, khíong-ùi ĕ m̄ kùe;
it is deep in the middle, and I fear we cannot wade across.
ĕ pīn sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;
wade in up to the chest.
kha màiⁿ ĕ cúi;
do not step in that puddle.
put-phû khò-kha cìaⁿ hó̤ ĕ;
lift the bottoms of your trowsers, then you can wade.
  • ĕ18312
  • The next; below; under.
ĕ chṳ̀;
the next time.
ĕ nî;
the coming year.
ĕ jît;
some other day soon.
táng kàu ĕ kâi gûeh;
wait until next month.
ĕ cūa cìaⁿ khîeh lâi;
he will bring it the next time.
ĕ hăng tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;
next time you must do thus.
ĕ chut cò̤-nî cò̤?
What is to be done next?
ĕ pái i m̄ káⁿ;
another time he will not do so.
ĕ hûe, m̄ hó̤;
do not do so again.
ĕ sî;
another time, hereafter.
cīeⁿ ĕ sî cū m̄ sie tâng;
they were not the same the last time as they were the first time.
ĕ sî tîeh cai thóiⁿ;
another time you must look out.
chíu ĕ kâi nâng;
subordinates.
tì ĕ nâng;
those under your control.
kha chíu chek ĕ kâi nâng;
dependents.
mâk ĕ kâi kéng-khùang hó̤ mē?
Is the immediate prospect good?
thong thiⁿ ĕ kâi nâng;
all people under heaven.
lô̤h lâu ĕ;
gone down stairs.
pàng tŏ̤ chn̂g ĕ;
put it under the table.
teh tŏ̤ cí cṳ-cheh ĕ;
put it under this book.
khǹg tŏ̤ tû ĕ;
hidden under the cupboard.
ĕ chíu kang;
the work of an apprentice.
cīeⁿ chíu ciap ĕ chíu;
there is no interim between the predecessor and successor.
cīeⁿ chíu sĭ i tó̤ tīu, ĕ chíu sĭ úa tó̤ tīu;
first he lived there, and then I did.
ĕ pŏ;
the lower or latter portion.
ĕ-hâi;
the chin.
ăm ĕ;
the neck, below the chin.
kha ĕ;
under foot.
kha-mâk ĕ;
the side of the foot below the ankle bone.
ko̤h-tháng-ĕ;
the armpit.
kha-thâu-u ĕ;
the kneepan.
tó-câi ĕ;
the abdomen.
hîap ĕ;
the side, below the armpit.
cīeⁿ pńg thâk ŵn cìaⁿ thâk ĕ pńg;
read the preceding volumes, then the succeeding.
cīeⁿ-kùa cò̤ kàu ĕ-kùa;
worked from forenoon till afternoon.
cīeⁿ tǹg lâu ĕ tng;
save the preceding meal for the succeeding one.
cīe ūi, ĕ ūi;
higher and lower positions.
ko̤h ĕ;
Your Excellency.
cīeⁿ chíu pôiⁿ, ĕ chíu pôiⁿ;
up and down in a landscape.
tŏ̤ hṳ́ ĕ sì;
down there on the lower level.
huang ĕ pôiⁿ, huang ĕ pôiⁿ;
to windward and to leeward.
cīeⁿ lâu pôiⁿ, ĕ lâu pôiⁿ;
the side from which the tide comes in, and the opposite side.
tŏ̤ chīu ĕ la-lîang;
under a tree, enjoying the coolness.
cûn tùi kîe ĕ keng-kùe;
the boat passed under the bridge.
cōi nâng chut i kâi mn̂g ĕ;
many have been under his instruction.
cīeⁿ hieⁿ, ĕ hīeⁿ;
the upper and lower villages.
cīe în, ĕ în;
the upper and lower tiers.
ĕ cêk câng;
the lowest shelf.
ĕ câng cṳ;
the next session.
chah tŏ̤ i sit ĕ;
carried under his wing.
cīeⁿ khṳ̀, ĕ khṳ̀;
the high and low departing tones.
cīe phêⁿ, ĕ phêⁿ;
the upper and lower even tones.
pûah tŏ̤ thó ĕ;
fell down upon the ground.
pak ĕ;
the belly.
cûn pak ĕ;
under the boat.
suaⁿ kha ĕ;
at the base of the hill.
  • ē18312
  • A stroke; a time.
cêk ē;
all together.
cêk ē cêk ē;
stroke by stroke.
úa thiaⁿ i phah cêk ē cêk ē hīn-hīn;
I heard the blows distinctly.
ceng híang kúi ē?
How many times did the clock strike?
cêk ē tīaⁿ;
but once.
ŭ jîeh cōi ē?
How many strokes were there?
bô̤ kúi ē cĭu hô̤;
done at a few strokes.
úa thiaⁿ tîeh cōi-cōi ē;
I heard it many times.
lṳ́ táng úa cêk ē cē;
wait for me an instant.
thăi cò̤ cêk ē;
wait for all to assemble.
cò̤ cêk ē khîeh lâi;
bring them all at once.
cŭ cò̤ cêk ē;
collected in one mass.
kap cò̤ cêk ē;
compiled in one.
cò̤ cêk ē lâi khṳ̀;
go all together.
chŵn bô̤ thóiⁿ kù i cêk ē;
paid no regard whatever to him.
  • ē6971817
  • Incessant; continually; repeatedly.
i ē-ē lâi;
he came again and again.
i ē-ē pat khṳ̀ hṳ́-kò̤;
he has been there time and again.
ē-ē m̄ it-tit;
am constantly forgetting it.
i ē-ē pûah-lôh khṳ̀;
he keeps falling down.