Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ioⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

ĭoⁿ

• 掀ĭoⁿ196648
• To raise a little; to lift slightly.

ĭoⁿ lîam;

to turn aside the curtain, as in entering a door.

ĭoⁿ phŭe;

to draw the coverlet over one.

ĭoⁿ khui kài-au kùa;

raise the cover of the covered cup.

khṳt huang ĭoⁿ tīo khṳ̀;

it was whisked off by the wind.

ĭoⁿ khui lêng-sn̂g cū sĭ kúe;

raise the steamer and you find the cake.

ĭoⁿ m̄ khí;

cannot raise it.

ĭoⁿ khui theng;

tip up the window-sash.

jw̆n ĭoⁿ, ĭoⁿ m̄ tîeh;

however much I try to raise it, it does not come up.