Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kiah
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kiah[edit]
- khṳt châk kiah mn̂g jîp khṳ̀;
- had his door pried open by a thief, who got in.
- mn̂g li khṳt châk kiah khui, mûeh li bŏi m̄ kìⁿ;
- the door was pried open by a thief, but nothing was missing.
- kiah toaⁿ;
- a promissory note.
- kiah hăng;
- debts; liabilities.
- kiah sìo;
- borrowed moneys.
- ŭ kiah hío chut lâi a būe?
- Has the list of successful candidates been published yet?
- tó̤ hṳ́-kò̤ kiah ŭ kîeh cōi ngṳ̂n?
- How much money did he get there ?
- kiah khui;
- to lift apart; to thrust aside; to open up as to the air or to the light.
- kiah khui pò-lîam cū thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;
- lifted the curtain and saw it.
- cúa kiah khui khṳt i lā;
- lift the bundles of paper out and spread them so that they will air.
- kiah tōa lâk cū kiah tit khui;
- lift with force and then you can lift them apart.
- chēng sang kâi âng phûe kîah;
- wear a pair of pattens with red upper leathers.
- khôk-khôk-kìe, chēng sang châ-thâu kîah cū lâi;
- came clamping along in a pair of wooden clogs.
- cang kîah;
- pattens made from the fiber of the coir palm.
- úai cîh kiah kha;
- broke the heel off the patten by stepping on the side of the foot.
- ciap kîah kha;
- put a new sipport under the patten.
- tèng kîah phò;
- a shop when clogs are made.
- kîah kha ìn lío kâi ūi kâi ūi;
- tracks made with muddy pattens.
- thô téng kâi kîah ūi kâi kîah ūi;
- tracks made with pattens on the mud.
- kîah-kíaⁿ khà cheng-khih, cò̤ i khṳ̀;
- shook the dust off his pattens and went.