Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/put

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put

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  • An adverb of negation.
put khó̤;
not feasible; unfitting.
put lêng;
unable.
put pĭen;
inconvenient.
put sìo;
disobedient.
put pit;
uncertain.
put mêng put pêh;
not lucid.
put ciet, put lî;
neither instantly nor remotely.
bô̤ só̤ put lí;
there is nothing that is not under his control.
bô̤ nâng káⁿ tàⁿ kâi put jī;
nobody dared disagree with him.
it put cò̤, jī put hiuⁿ;
well, I'm in for it and I'll now go through with it.
put sam put sṳ̀;
neither the one thing nor the other.
i lâi sĭu put sĭ;
he has come to make acknowledgment of an error.
put jît cū kàu;
he will be here erelong.
put jû màiⁿ khṳ̀;
it would be better not to go.
put ieh, jṳ̂ tâng;
without a promise it would be the same.
khṳ̀ kàu, i put ciu, put chái;
on our arrival, he took no notice of us.
put tŏng put khien;
appears out of his element; looks as if it were done by one unaccustomed to the thing; unsystematic and incomplete.
put jîen;
on the contrary.
hûa-hùi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n put cíe;
spent no small amount of money.
i tó lăi put tău-háu;
he is ill at ease.
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  • To lift with both hands.
saⁿ kṳ put phû cìaⁿ bŏi tâh tîeh;
lift your dress and then you won't step on it.
khò put phû cìaⁿ bŏi mûeh tâm;
hold up your trowsers and then they will not get wet.
kûn put phû cìaⁿ bŏi kûe tîeh kha;
raise your skirt, then it will not get in the way of your feet.
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  • To fill a hod or basket with earth, as in building adobe walls.
hàm i khṳ̀ put thô;
tell him to go and bring earth in a hod.
put thô lâi ceng chîeⁿ;
bring the earth for pounding into tho wall.