Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thah

by Adele Marion Fielde

thah

• 塔thah8433210
• A tower; a pagoda; a pile erected over a relic of Buddha.

lṳ́ káⁿ peh-cĭeⁿ thah téng mē?

Would you venture to climb to the top of the pagoda?

kih kâi thah-kíaⁿ;

build a small tower.

khí kâi thah káu în kûiⁿ;

build a pagoda nine stories high.

thah téng téng;

the apex of the pagoda.

thah kîⁿ;

the balconies.

thah kha;

the base.

tùi thah chîeⁿ tói kâi tâh-pō-câng khí khṳ̀;

went up by the stairs in the wall of the pagoda.

• 叠thah8922911
• To pile on; to put one upon another; a pile.

thâh cò̤ nŏ̤ thâh;

pile them up in two piles.

m̄-hó̤ tò̤ thâh;

do not pile them in a reversed order.

sie têng thâh tŏ̤-kò̤;

piled one above another.

thâh sì-cìaⁿ sì-cìaⁿ;

pile them evenly and squarely.

têng-têng thâh-thâh;

piled range above range.