Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/kut
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- 骨kut4541880
- A bone; anything hard inclosed in or connected with something soft, as the rib of a leaf or an umbrella.
- kha kut, chíu kut;
- bones of the feet and hands.
- phiaⁿ-lî kut;
- the ribs.
- ku-kut;
- old human bones.
- hṳ̆n jìp kut chúe;
- his hatred goes to the marrow of his bones; invincible repugnance.
- phú kṳn, lò kut;
- become emaciated.
- pw̆n kut châk;
- a renegade.
- ngâu hóⁿ kut ka;
- make glue from tiger's bones.
- chûn cò̤ cêk pé kut;
- left but a handful of bones.
- i kâi kut keh hó̤;
- he is well built.
- thong sin kâi kut-cak;
- the bones of the whole body.
- cîah nâng kâi kut-thâu cîaⁿ suaⁿ;
- preys upon people.
- cūaⁿ kut-thâu;
- base, low-live.
- sin-tèng ŭ kò̤ kùi kut;
- has innate refinement.
- sĭ i kâi kut nêk;
- is of his own flesh and blood.
- cía jī thóiⁿ tîeh ŭ kut lâk;
- this letter is vigorously written.
- i cang châ-cí kût tîeh i kâi ka-ciah;
- he took a round stick of wood and hit him on his back.
- khîeh ki tek-ko̤ tùi i li-li kût;
- got a bamboo pole and kept hitting him with it.
- kûn-thâu tùi i kût kàu cêk sin tâk-cak o-cheⁿ;
- mauled him with his fist till his whole body was covered with black and blue spots.
- 滑kût2428510
- Smooth, slippery, polished; wet and sludgy; soapy, glassy, glairy; oily and shining; cunning, flattering.
- ôi li kûiⁿ, lō li kût, híam-híam pûah ku-ā hûe;
- what with my shoes being high, and the road sludgy, I came near falling down several times.
- kût liu-liu;
- slushy.
- hṳ́ tîo lō liu-liu kût;
- that road is very slippery.
- thâu-khak thì kàu kng-kût kng-kût;
- the head shaved very smooth.
- mông tîeh lìu-lìu kût;
- it feels soapy.
- thong sin nĕ kût-kût;
- the whole body smooth.
- bûa lío pêh kût khṳ̀;
- rubbed it so hard as to take off the gloss.
- chùi kût-kût;
- has a good appetite.
- chùi kût-kût lí-kẃn lĭam;
- had it on the end of his tongue and repeated it off without a pause.
- īa tîeh thâk kàu chùi kût cìaⁿ hó̤;
- must also study it till you can recite it easily.
- cá-jît chùi ío siap, kíaⁿ-jît chùi ío kût;
- yesterday I had scarcely any appetite, to-day I feel more like taking food.
- chìu lâi m̄ kût;
- it is not scoured bright.
- kût kàu cū sĭ bûah lâ kâi;
- smooth as if it were oiled.
- khah siap, ēng îu buah i kût;
- if there is too much friction, take oil and smear it till it runs smoothly.
- hṳ́ kó̤ chĭeⁿ cheⁿ-tî lío, kût căi;
- moss has formed there and it is very slippery.
- hâiⁿ tîeh to m̄ kût tîah: cò̤ ŏi siap-siap nē;
- he never pays willingly: how is it that is it so hard to get anything from him.
- kût kâi kheⁿ;
- dig a pit.
- kût chim-chim;
- dig deep.
- kût kâi khut;
- dig a hole.
- kût cêk tìo kau;
- dig a ditch.
- nńg thô chim kût;
- soft earth is deeply dug.
- kût-pó;
- a pickax.
- i sĭ ka-kī kût-khí kâi, m̄ sĭ sêng soiⁿ nâng kâi;
- he is a self-made man, not one who inherited a high position.
- chông peh-sèⁿ kût-khí cò̤ hûang-tì;
- rose from among the common people to the throne.
- i kâi nâng káu-kût;
- he is very tricky.
- kang-kût;
- traitorous.