Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/suh

by Adele Marion Fielde

suh

• 𠲿suh779307
• To suck in with a noise.

suh cap;

suck the juice.

suh in;

to inhale smoke in smoking.

• 射sûh749417
• To spurt out; to dart forth.

màiⁿ khṳt i kâi húe-cìⁿ sûh tîeh;

do not get hit by the dart from the fire-wheel.

húe-sûh;

rockets.

pun húe-sûh sûh tîeh;

struck by a rocket.

cē thn̄g, hía cúi ŏi sûh kàu hn̆g-hn̆g kò̤ khṳ̀;

as soon as you poke it open, the water spurts to a great distance.

khṳt i c̄e kek kín hía húe cheⁿ-suh chut lâi;

as soon as the ventilation is stopped the flames burst forth.

hía hô̤-tṳ-chì ŏi sûh nâng;

the quills of the hedgehog may be shot into people.