Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khak
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khak
- ŭ tek-khak kâi sìn a bô̤?
- Is there reliable news or not?
- úa thiaⁿ tîeh cía sṳ̄ hŵn-lío būe tek-khak;
- I judge from the hearing, that there is as yet no trustworthy evidence concerning this affair.
- cía sĭ tek-tek khak-khak kâi cèng-kṳ̄;
- this is substantial proof.
- khak-sît sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ mē?
- Is it really so?
- khak-khak sît-sît kâi;
- what is verily so.
- sím kàu khak châk, cū tẁn;
- adjudicate till trustworthy evidence is obtained, and then decide the case.
- sui sĭ sím kúi hûe būe sím chut ŭ khak-khak chàk-chàk kâi chêng-hêng;
- although the case has been tried several times, reliable evidence has not yet been brought out in the trial.
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- The shell of mollusks; the husk or covering of fruits; exuviæ of snakes; a hard outer covering.
- ku khak;
- tortoise shell.
- khang-khak kâi;
- hollow; empty.
- thâu-khak;
- the cranium.
- thâu-khak thìaⁿ;
- headache.
- thâu-khak hîn;
- dizzy.
- lô̤-khak;
- spiral shells.
- ham-khak;
- scallop shells.
- hāu-khak;
- shell of the king crab.
- gê-cí khak;
- cocoa-nut shell.
- tāu khak;
- pea-pods.
- cía sĭ khak hue a sĭ sap hue?
- Is this lime made from whole or from broken sea shells?
- koi-nn̆g khak;
- egg shells.
- khang-khak chīu;
- a hollow tree.
- ké kàu khang-khak;
- consists wholly of pretence.
- ío, kâi mīn m̄ tîeh khîeh kâi sío-kúi-khak lâi tì;
- then you better get a mask to cover your face.
- cûa pak khak;
- the cast skin of a serpent.
- cí kâi mīn-khak ūe lâi sĭo;
- this face is made very lifelike.
- thám kâi khak;
- tie a knot.
- àiⁿ thám ûah khak a thám sí khak?
- Shall I tie a slip-knot or a fixed knot?
- àiⁿ tōiⁿ, tîeh thám ke nŏ̤ kâi khak;
- if you want it to be firm, you must tie two knots more.
- lṳ́ kâi khak cò̤-nî pâk, úa kói m̄ chut?
- How have you tied this knot, that I cannot untie it?
- khak thám m̄ kín cù àiⁿ lut;
- if the knot is not tightly tied it will slip.
- bô̤ kûe bô̤ khak;
- no bunches nor knots in it.
- khak chut lâi kâi nŭaⁿ thi-thi;
- raised some viscid phlegm.
- khak-lw̆n;
- cholera.
- ŭ cêk īeⁿ cèng kìe-cò̤ kang-khak-lw̆n, īa bŏi thò īa bŏi sìa, pí hṳ́ khí khak-lw̆n kèng lī-hāi;
- there is a disease called the dry cholera, in which there is neither vomiting nor purging, and which is still more dangerous than the other sort.
- sîn-khah tê;
- a medicine for colds, brought from Chinchew near Amoy.
- úa kìa lṳ́ khṳ̀ chŵn-ciu kò̤ bói cē sîn-khak lâi;
- I send by you to Chinchew to buy some medicine for colds.
- âng khak;
- upland rice, which reddens the dishes in which it is cooked.
- khak-hieⁿ lêng pheh tīo ùe-khì;
- bishopwort will drive off infection.
- îm-îeⁿ-khak;
- the spinous leaved aspen.