Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kap

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kap

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  • kap4281426
  • A lizard.
kap-kài;
a spotted lizard.
pó̤-cie-kap;
a tree-toad.
  • 鴿kap4281966
  • Doves; domestic pigeons.
pêh-kap;
pigeons.
pêh-kap pie;
a lottery.
teh pêh-kap pie;
buy a lottery ticket.
pêh-kap pie kìm tit cô̤h mē?
Has the prohibition of lotteries been effective?
  • kap217303
  • To join; to unite; to close; joint.
kap tit bûa kap m̄ bûa?
Do they fit in to each other so as to join or not?
kap îeh;
to compound medicines.
kap kong;
to pool funds; joint stock.
tâng cîⁿ kap pńg kāi;
joint capital.
kap cò̤-pû cîah;
to mess together.
toi-khiah kap-bûa a būe?
Is the crevasse in the dike closed yet?
kap cṳ-cheh;
to bind books.
kap cò̤ cêk pńg;
bind them into one volume.
kap-pô̤ thìo hn̆g sīm kú;
after a long leap, the toad rests a long time.
kap-pô̤ thìo kâi phûn;
a grave with a scalloped front.
  • kap356374
  • Connected, as a side chamber or recess.
kap-páng cún;
a ship.
co kap-páng;
to charter a ship.
tah kap-páng;
go by ship.
kíaⁿ kap-páng;
be a sailor on board a ship.
i kâi mâk-kha-phûe cò̤ ŏi kap-kap?
Why is it that his eye-lids are so swollen?
i kâi kha-pûaⁿ nĕ kap-kap, kâi mih mâuⁿ-pēⁿ?
The top of his foot is very much puffed up, what is the matter with it?
  • kâp2183010
  • Loquacious; talkative; chatter.
i lâi kàu kîh-kîh kâp-kâp, ūe tàⁿ bŏi tit lío;
she came and chattered away as if she would never stop.
kìⁿ tîeh, lí-kẃn kâp;
began to chatter as soon as she saw him.
hía ūe to sĭ thèng kâp;
that is thoughtless talk.
kâp-kâp-kìe;
the noise of many persons conversing.
ka-kī kàp-kâp-kìe;
chattering away to herself.
li-li kâp;
kept right on talking rapidly.