Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khok

by Adele Marion Fielde

khok

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• To clear the throat.

khok ŭ hueh chut lâi;

spat blood.

i cē khok-cē-kìe i cū cai;

as soon as he made the sound of clearing his throat he understood (the signal agreed upon).

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• A board with a hole and short handle, used by watchmen to strike the hours.

khà khok, tńg jī khok a būe?

Has the watchmen sounded the second watch yet?

úa thiaⁿ-kìⁿ saⁿ khok hŵn-lío būe ût;

I had not yet been asleep when the third watch struck.

lṳ́ tīam-tīam thiaⁿ thóiⁿ khà kúi khok;

you listen intently and see how many raps there are on the watchman's board.

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• Inhuman; tyrannical.

cí kâi kuaⁿ tham khok;

this ofiicer is avaricious and tyrannical.

khok-ngîak;

inhuman.

hêng-huap chám-khok;

the punishment is cruelly severe.

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• To start, to tremble, as an ox at the sight of a lion.

kàu àiⁿ lîah khṳ̀ phōiⁿ cŭe, thóiⁿ tîeh kâi īeⁿ cū khok-sok;

when he was to be seized and taken to trial, he appeared dreadfully frightened.

kiaⁿ kàu khok-khok sok-sok;

livid with fear.