Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/thoa

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thoa

  • thoa911645
  • To drag along; to haul after one; to pull along by the hand.
i sĭ khṳt i thoa-lŭi tîeh kâi;
she became involved in it through him.
i kâi ūe tàⁿ lío thoa nî tòa cúi;
he drags the subject of his speech through mud and water; he has a very turgid and verbose style of walking.
cêk ē khah tn̂g thoa-thoa tâh-tâh, to m̄-hó̤;
if it be too long it draggles on the ground and gets under foot and is very troublesome.
tṳ tó̤ thoa sim-mûeh?
What is the pig trailing after him?
  • thòa846508
  • To take along with one; to bring at the same time.
lṳ́ ín-thòa i khṳ̀ tī kò̤?
Whither are you leading him?
ŭ nâng ín-thòa i khṳ̀;
some one is conducting him away.
thòa-lîen-l̆ui tîeh pât nâng;
implicate others.
thòa chíu khîeh lâi;
bring it along when you come.
cí cêk thòa kâi chù lóng-cóng i kâi;
all these dwellings are his.
thòa tàⁿ ke kúi taⁿ lâi;
while you are about it bring a few more carries.
cûn àiⁿ lâi li kŭa hía hùe-mûeh thòa cài lâi;
when the boat is coming bring those goods along in it.