Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/liak

by Adele Marion Fielde

liak

• 略lîak5471026
• A resumé, a sketch, a general outline, a digest; a little; in general; rather.

lîak-lîak tàⁿ cē cū hó̤;

to give a resume will be sufficient.

put kùe tàⁿ kâi tăi-lîak;

give only a general outline.

chó̤-lîak;

somewhat; in general; slightly; rather.

chó̤-lîak pat;

understand it in some small degree.

chó̤-lîak ūe;

draw a slight sketch.

lîak cai cêk nŏ̤;

know a little about it.

iak-lîak;

about; somewhere near that amount.

iak-lîak ŭ jîeh cōi?

About how much is there?

iak-lîak saⁿ jît kú;

about three days.

iak-lîak sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is about that.