Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lih

by Adele Marion Fielde

lih

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• The peduncle or footstalk of a flower or fruit; the persistent calyx; the stem of a melon; a rootlet.

hue lih;

the peduncle of a flower.

kue sêk, lih lô̤h;

when the melon is ripe the calyx falls off.

tùe ŭ lih tŏ̤-kò̤ a bô̤?

Has it a stem?

săi lih;

the persistent calyx on a persimmon.

kaⁿ tîeh sẃn ŭ lih kâi;

select oranges that have stems on them.

• 裂lîh5311456
• To split, to crack open; to slit, to tear.

lì i lîh khṳ̀;

tore a slit in it.

kûe lîh cêk pak;

tore out a strip by catching it on a nail or other projection.

tâh lîh saⁿ kṳ;

tore off the hem of her robe by stepping on it.

thńg lih khṳ̀;

tore it by poking at it.

tìeⁿ lîh;

split because of internal pressure.

lîh khui cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

cracked in two.

peh lîh;

tore by pulling at with the two hands.

ciⁿ lîh;

split by a wedge.

pek lîh;

split by heating.

lîh cò̤ ku-ā kò̤;

split into several pieces.

lîh kàu chap-chap-chùi;

shivered in fragments.

túi lîh;

tear by pulling downward upon.

khṳt huang khau lîh;

torn by the wind.

chîeⁿ lîh cūe phāng;

the wall has cracked.

jît cē phâk têk lîh;

if exposed to the sun it will crack.

têk lîh;

tear by stretching too severely.

phùa lîh;

riven, fissured, split up.

i chēng kàu phùa-phùa lîh-lîh;

her clothes are in tatters.

bŏi phùa bŏi lîh;

cannot be fractured.

pit lîh;

cracked.

lîh-mâk;

a fissured eye-lid.

chùi lîh-lîh;

a very wide mouth.

chùi lîh kàu hĭⁿ piⁿ;

his mouth extends to his ears.

sùaⁿ cūe lîh khṳ̀, tîeh cai pó;

the seam is ripped, you must sew it up.