Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khoi
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khoi
- khoi-hô̤;
- rivers.
- khoi kàu cí-kò̤ pun cò̤ nŏ̤ a;
- the stream here branches off into two forks.
- khoi cúi tĭⁿ, im kàu bô̤ khoi sua-pà;
- when the river rises the sand banks are wholly submerges.
- i tŏ̤ khoi-kîⁿ tìeⁿ hṳ̂, ngŏ̤ tîeh kâi nâng khṳ̀ thìo khoi, khṳt i kìu tîeh;
- he was on the margin of the river fishing with hook and line, when a man came along and jumped into the river, and was rescued by him.
- khoi chíen căi;
- the stream is very shallow.
- khoi cúi jîeh chim?
- How deep is the river?
- i ŏi siu kùe khoi;
- he can swim across the stream.
- lṳ́ cîah tîeh khoi hṳ̂ hó̤ a hái hṳ̂ hó̤?
- Which do you like best, the fish from fresh or from salt waters?
- pun cêk tîo khoi-kíaⁿ tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ khṳ̀;
- sends off a small branch to flow on the hither side.
- khoi cúi kháu;
- the mouth of a stream.
- cí tîo khoi kâi ngŵn-thâu sĭ tŏ̤ tī-kò̤?
- Where does this river has its source?
- i kâi cúi-sì sĭ lâi tùe khoi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ kò̤ lâi;
- the strongest current flows along down this side the river.
- cīeⁿ-sî kâi khoi bí lâi cōi căi;
- there is lately a great quantity of inland rice coming in.
- khoi khàm;
- the banks of the river.
- bī lô̤h khoi tói;
- dive to the bottom of the river.
- khoi tèng tó̤ phah sua pê;
- dredging out a passage in the river.
- cí-kò̤ kâi khoi-mīn ío khuah;
- the river is wider here.
- hàm kâi thì-thâu-kâi lâi khoi chiu;
- call a barber to trim the beard.
- khoi mâk-bâi;
- trim the eyebrows.
- màiⁿ tò̤ khoi, khoi lío jîet-thìaⁿ;
- do not shave in a direction contrary to that in which the hair naturally grows, if you do it it will smart after being shaved.
- khoi thâu-mô̤;
- cut the hair.
- khòi kṳ̆;
- documentary evidence.
- âng khòi;
- a stamped deed.
- pêh khòi;
- an unstamped deed.
- sùe khò̤i;
- the official fee for stamping a document.
- châng khòi, chù khòi;
- the deed for the field, and for the house.
- la4i khṳ̀ i kò̤ sŭ khòi khuah cē;
- going to his house to chat about what happened while we were separated.
- khòi pĕ;
- an adopted father.
- in sie-khòi cò̤ cí-mūe;
- they have entered into a compact with each other that they will be sisters.
- i khòi i cò̤ a hiaⁿ;
- he is bound to stand in the place of elder brother to him.
- khòi kâi cáu-kíaⁿ;
- a daughter adopted by a compact.
- cía sĭ i kit khòi kâi hiaⁿ-tĭ;
- this is his brother, adopted by a covenant. (Relationships thus entered into are frequently unwholesome ones).
- i tó̤ khòi tṳ-kha-pê;
- he is gnawing a pig's foot.
- kâk kò̤ kut khṳt i khòi;
- throw him a bone to gnaw.