Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/suak

by Adele Marion Fielde

suak

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• To mold in clay; to model a statue.

suak cêk cun thô-sìeⁿ;

made a clay image.

sĭ thô suah kâi a sĭ châ tio kâi?

Is it moulded in clay, or carved from wood?

cí cêk ūi sîn-sìeⁿ suah lâi ngía câi;

this god is very finely modeled.

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• The first day of the moon.

múeⁿ hông suah bŭang cū tîeh kîaⁿ hieⁿ;

whenever the first and the middle of the month comes, incense must be offered.