Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/theⁿ

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theⁿ

  • theⁿ306412
  • To pole a boat.
theⁿ cûn;
to pole a boat.
ā-sŭ ŭ huang cûn cū mín theⁿ;
should there be wind we need not pole the boat.
i tó̤ theⁿ tō-cûn;
he is poling a ferry-boat.
theⁿ m̄ kîaⁿ;
it does not budge when I push upon the pole.
theⁿ lâi;
pole it nearer.
  • thèⁿ306412
  • To prop up with a stick; to shore up; to fasten open, as with a stretcher.
theng thèⁿ kûiⁿ cē;
prop up the shutter a little higher.
cía tîeh kìe kâi a-ói al5i thèⁿ;
must call a dwarf to prop it on.
saⁿ hó̤ thèⁿ pàng hṳ́ kháu khṳt i phâk jît;
hang the jacket out on a propped pole and let it sun.
khîa ki sam lâi thèⁿ cía bŏi tó̤;
bring a stick of timber and prop it up, then it will not fall.
thèⁿ m̄ phû;
it will not stay up when braced.
thèⁿ i khui;
hold it open by a stretcher.
bô̤ mûeh hó̤ thèⁿ;
have nothing to shore it up with.
ki thèⁿ khah sòi;
the prop is too slight.
khîeh ki thûi lâi cò̤ thèⁿ;
take the mallet as a prop.
theng-thèⁿ;
the prop which holds a window-shutter open.
  • thêⁿ848645
  • To push upward with the hands.
thêⁿ kûi-kûiⁿ;
lift it high by pushing upward.
thêⁿ tit khí a thêⁿ m̄ khí?
Can you raise it?
kīe sie-hŭ thêⁿ phû;
help lift the seadn over a high obstruction.